People
Interview: Jan Olszewski – sometimes it pays to leave the family business
For the second generation it can be tough.
L’Oreal success defined by being family owned
Despite the fact that the family that controls L’Oreal, the world’s biggest cosmetics group in terms…
Five octogenarian family business leaders still going strong
Succession experts say that business leaders should hand over power in their sixties.
When the adopted son takes the business
A fight between the patriarch of a 100-year-old conglomerate and an adopted son has blown up, and gone…
Interview: Jouni and Jouko Salo on the culture of curiosity
Two brothers from a Finnish shipping dynasty talk creativity, drones and greentech.
Loyalty and romance in family businesses
It is not uncommon for several generations of a non-owning family to work for a family company.
News: Tata, Siemens, SK, Alibaba
Ratan Tata buys a stake in China's biggest smartphone maker, there may be trouble ahead for Siemens,…
Profile: Gustavo Grobocopatel, the philosopher farmer
The Argentinian who applied management theory to agriculture - and made billions.
War & Piech: chairman loses VW battle
The chairman has resigned after two decades, but the German automaker's complex governance ought to ensure…
Interview: Leila Wilcox of Wilcox Limousines
She has brought her family's third-generation hearse and limousine-making business into the 21st century,…
Interview: Andrew Maloney of the Tulla Group
The second-gen of Australia's stud-farm-to-copper-mines conglomerate has continued his business's drive…
Three lessons from Lee Kuan Yew, the ultimate patriarch
Singapore's founding father was a huge figure in the city state's life, and his death raises issues familiar…
Educating family business owners – five schools they attend
Many successful family business people attend certain schools - here are five with excellent family business…