next gen
Nike becomes a family business
Arguably the world’s most recognised sports brand Nike has become a family business with the appointment o…
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 of …
ViewPoint: 4 challenges for Chinese family businesses
Almost all businesses in China started in the past 30 years, and many are still founder-owned
Is Samsung on a collision course with South Korea’s government?
The Lee family which control Samsung are on a collision course with South Korea's government
Interview: Leila Wilcox of Wilcox Limousines
She has brought her family's third-generation hearse and limousine-making business into the 21st century,…
Next gens say “no thanks” to family businesses
New research from St Gallen University shows that just 3
Educating family business owners – five schools they attend
Many successful family business people attend certain schools - here are five with excellent family business…
News round-up: Hikma joins the FTSE, Hilton hits turbulence, “buxomgate”
A second-generation Jordanian firm becomes only the fourth drug-maker on the flagship London index
Interview: Richard Simpson of Simpsons Malt
The fifth-generation head of a 153-year-old maltster has transformed a quintessentially traditional business…
ViewPoint: Ferrero’s third generation problem
Cliches about "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations" are nonsense, but families have to…
Succession lessons from King Lear
Over the coming decades thousands of family businesses will transfer to the next generation