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Life at the world's largest toymaker

It might also surprise you to learn that Lego, the largest toymaker in the world by sales and profits, is family-owned. This is the story of the Kirk Kristiansen family of Denmark...

Zegna stability amidst market challenges

A recent article in the Financial Times highlighted an iconic Italian business family – Zegna, and it’s one we’re tracking closely…

Inside the Cargill family

How the largest privately-held U.S. company (by revenue) has managed to innovate, endure – and remain in family control…

Samsung: challenges in the family empire

Korea’s Lee family has faced founder health issues, succession battles, espionage, bribery, sibling rivalries – and now a $7 billion estate tax bill…

Canada’s Reucassel family

How the International Group Inc. survived the deaths of not one but two family members who drove its strategy and vision…

The sweet taste of Ferrero’s success

The Italian family behind some of the world’s favourite candy products is now in its third generation…

Celebrating the McCain family

Here we celebrate one of Canada’s true entrepreneurial success stories, told from the vantage point of Wallace McCain’s eldest son, Scott McCain…

The inspiring story of Heineken

How Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken made the bold (and sudden) decision to step into her father’s shoes and run the family business…

The legacy of Milton Hershey

The company he created still thrives more than 70 years after his death, and continues to reflect his unique humanitarian vision for the world…

Hermes keeps it all in the family

This story is perhaps the most extraordinary display of a business family’s unity in recent history…

The tragedy of Mark McCormack and IMG

How a premature death and the lack of a succession plan dramatically altered the company founded by the ‘original Jerry McGuire’…

The enduring success of the Mars family

After two unorthodox successions, the Mars family has learned some valuable lessons as they survive (and thrive) into the fourth generation of family ownership…