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Lauders looking good for Family Business Leader of the Year award

October 29, 2009

As we approach the halfway point of the search to find www.campdenFB.com's Family Business Leader of the Year 2009, Ronald and Leonard Lauder have taken a decisive lead in the poll, writes Marc Smith

As we approach the halfway point of the search to find 2009's Family Business Leader of the Year, Ronald and Leonard Lauder have taken a decisive lead in the poll. The two sons of beauty queen Estee have impressed voters with the way they handled a succession process that saw a non-family CEO installed but the family retain ownership.

Campden FB Family Business Leader of the Year 2009

October 1, 2009

This year has seen a series of shocks and surprises rock the family business world; two famous retail names – 77-year-old US-based Bashas’ and 128-year-old Germany-based Arcandor filed for insolvency – while the former chairman of Samsung was convicted of a family succession scam and the Middle East was shaken by the governance problems of the Saad Group and AHAB.

This year has seen a series of shocks and surprises rock the family business world; two famous retail names – 77-year-old US-based Bashas' and 128-year-old Germany-based Arcandor filed for insolvency – while the former chairman of Samsung was convicted of a family succession scam and the Middle East was shaken by the governance problems of the Saad Group and AHAB.