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Family Business
Hoshi Ryokan from Japan, C Hoare & Co from the United Kingdom, De Kuyper Royal Distillers from The Netherlands and Mellerio dits Meller from France are some of the oldest companies in the world. While they represent diverse industries, from hospitality and banking services, to royal heritage distillery and luxury jewellery, they all share one common model. As family businesses, they managed to navigate multiple crises and build resilience over generations.
Lamberto Frescobaldi opens the cellar door on 700 years of noble Italian family business at Marchesi Frescobaldi. James Beech hears how he sustains the ancient winemaker with shrewd acquisitions, partnerships and innovations
Leibinger family’s Trumpf leads global quantum breakthrough, lockdown book lovers help stabilise Bertelsmann revenues, Reimann family’s JAB Holding sells Coty stake as portfolio hits turbulence.
Vertical farming is being planted as the future of agriculture and the blossoming sector’s long-term growth could be a good fit for family investors and their patient capital.
The popular interactive Campden Club webinar series returns with its new Fund Manager & Investment Event on 1 December, open virtually for global participants.
The Covid-19 pandemic and its social and economic reverberations are triggering particularly salient challenges for family businesses. The first one relates to family business succession.
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