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Five reasons to join the North American Family Enterprise Conference in Phoenix

January 30, 2020

The Campden Wealth North American Family Enterprise Conference in Phoenix on 24-26 February is the ideal event for significant wealth holding entrepreneurs and multigenerational families and their executives from across the Americas—find out why you need to attend.

Top 75 Family Business Leaders 2019: Americas

September 30, 2019

CampdenFB has featured many of the leading lights in the family business and family office space over its 75 issues. Here we take a look at some of the icons in the world of business families plus the up-and-comers taking the community into the 21st century

CampdenFB has featured many of the leading lights in the family business and family office space over its 75 issues. Here we take a look at some of the icons in the world of business families plus the up-and-comers taking the community into the 21st century.

Shared best practice makes families fit for the future

November 9, 2018

Best practice education, unique networking opportunities and peer-to-peer insights were enjoyed by families and their family offices at the latest Campden European Family Office Conference in London this week.

Celebrating its 20^th anniversary, the continent’s leading family office conference was held for the first time in the historic Royal Society on 6-7 November 2018, and attended by principals, family members and senior executives from 150 true single family offices.

FB Roundup: Ford, Lotte, and trade tariffs

July 26, 2018

Ford creates new self-drive company, Lotte still sweet for jailed director, and family dynasties uneasy over Trump trade

Ford creates new self-drive company

Ford is to morph its self-driving vehicles arm into its own company, Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, investing $4 billion into the venture over the next five years.

It follows a similar move by General Motors, which launched “GM Cruise” late last year. Sherif Marakby, Ford’s vice president autonomous vehicles and electrification, will be chief executive of the new LLC, which is structured to allow third party investors.

FB Roundup: Dassault Group, JAB Holding, and Brown-Forman

May 31, 2018

French industrialist Serge Dassault dies, JAB Holding adds Pret to portfolio, and Jack Daniels maker Brown-Forman appoints second successive non-family CEO

French icon Serge Dassault dies aged 93

The controversial French industrialist and politician Serge Dassault, chairman of the eponymous aviation and software giant Dassault Group, has died aged 93.

The nonagenarian, who took over the business after his father’s death in 1986, is understood to have died at the headquarters of Dassault Aviation, according to French media reports.

Family Business Roundup: Volkswagen, Heineken and Brown-Forman

March 4, 2016

Winterkorn aware of Volkswagen emission cheating software back in 2014; Heineken announces $2bn spending spree in Mexico; and Brown-Forman shifts focus to US

Winterkorn aware of Volkswagen emission cheating software back in 2014

Volkswagen shares suffered a slight dip, before recovering lost ground, after the carmaker admitted that former CEO Martin Winterkorn was aware of emission cheating software as early as May 2014.

Family business round up: Brown-Forman, Schindler Group, White Castle, Mills Fleet Farm

January 15, 2016

Brown-Forman sells liqueur brands to fellow family-owned business, fourth-gen announces succession plan at Schindler Group, leadership change at White Castle, and Mills family sells out to KKR.

Brown-Forman sells two liqueur brands

US family alcohol business Brown-Forman has sold two of its liqueur brands, Southern Comfort and Tuaca, to another family-owned company, Sazerac Company, for $544 million.

The end of family ownership for Remy Cointreau?

April 7, 2014

Brown-Forman, one of the US's largest spirits companies, is rumoured to have its sights set on acquiring third-generation French cognac business Remy Cointreau.

Brown-Forman, one of the US's largest spirits companies, is rumoured to have its sights set on acquiring third-generation French cognac business Remy Cointreau.

The source of the rumour was Betaville, a City of London blog penned by freelance financial journalist Ben Harrington.

Infographic: US family businesses

June 26, 2013

Family business should not be confused with small business in the US

Size matters in the US, which is home to some of the world’s biggest family businesses. The country’s five largest family-controlled firms – Walmart, Ford, Cargill, Koch Industries and Comcast – had combined revenues of $911.9 billion (€694.8 billion) in 2012, more than Indonesia’s GDP.

Former chairman of family business Brown-Forman dies

September 28, 2011

Owsley Brown II, former chairman and chief executive of family-controlled wine and liquor company Brown-Forman, died on 26 September aged 69.

The great-grandson of the founder of the company, Brown died after a brief illness, said a statement by the American beverage group.

Brown, who started his career at the family business in 1968, became its chief executive in 1993 and took over as chairman two years later.