immigrant family businesses

Royal jeweller Wartski celebrates 150 years with sponsorship and book

November 24, 2015

A family business that has served as a jeweller to six generations of British royalty are sponsoring an exhibition at one of London’s top museums to celebrate their 150th anniversary.

A family business that has served as a jeweller to six generations of British royalty are sponsoring an exhibition at one of London’s top museums to celebrate their 150th anniversary.

Luxury antique dealer Wartski was founded by a Polish refugee, Morris Wartski, in 1865 in the Welsh town of Bangor. Its clients have included everyone from Bing Crosby to Kate Middleton and Prince William, who exchanged wedding bands made by the company when they married in 2011.

Bulk order: How Australia’s Casella Family Brands cracked the US wine market

July 23, 2015

Wine snobs may wrinkle their noses at the wines produced by Australia’s Casella Family Brands, but the eponymous family behind the business doesn’t mind – their affordable tipples are taking the US by storm.

A bouncing kangaroo, like that brandished across Yellow Tail wine bottles, might be a stereotypically Australian image, but Casella Family Brands, the company behind it, built its company offshore.