Business Family Enterprise Report - Moving From Success to Significance

Weighing the Costs of Being Together Just about every family has at least some members who view themselves as “one big happy family”, although many of those also include other people who view things quite differently. While many strive for the “family of affinity” goal espoused by James E. (Jay) Hughes Jr., few achieve that […]

India Business News: Family businesses across India are booming — branching into new markets, adopting artificial intelligence, preparing for IPOs and investing in sustain.

With 113 years in business, Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes has served generations of Greenville families and adapted to the needs of the community.

Meat, risk, and NASCAR — here's how Jack Link's CEO Troy Link has grown his family business into a global phenomenon.

For the first time in generations, a wide array of U.S. entrepreneurs are struggling to do better than their parents, small-business owners and experts say.

AN ESTIMATED 25% OF ALL U.S. COMPANIES ARE FAMILY FIRMS, EMPLOYING ALMOST A QUARTER OF THE NATION’S WORKFORCE, SELLING EVERYTHING FROM CARS TO CAT FOOD. HERE ARE THE 15 LARGEST.

The third generation usually destroys the family business, but JIM PERDUE ended up growing his family’s century-old poultry company tenfold by focusing on all-natural premium meats—beyond chicken—and not following the flock.

Updated Jun 21, 2026, 8:41 AM GMT Gerardo Aletti and his family work together on their car rental business. Gerardo Aletti Gerardo Aletti and Sofia Escarra, a married couple based in Miami, bought a Nissan Infiniti in 2020 with the plan to rent it out and see how it went. If it worked out, great, the couple thought. If not, they figured they could sell the car. Cut to six years later: the car-renting side gig has grown into a full-time, family-run business with 63 cars, earning the Venezuelan

On Inclusion and Belonging in Groups and Families Regular readers (thanks!) know that I’m involved in a number of groups of professionals who work in some area of the space I work in. See On Peer Groups and Feelings of Infidelity. All such groups go through phases of evolution, and the way things have always […]

Building resilience and making smart, long-term decisions throughout every stage of your business' lifecycle is what success is all about.

Parents who hire their own kids often skip the safety conversations they’d have with any other new employee. But that assumption can put young workers in danger.

This family-owned department store is keeping traditions alive with a beloved candy counter, fresh fudge, and generations of loyal shoppers.

The Yuengling family business has endured nearly two centuries of change and growth, but it still stays rooted in the place where it all began.

Budget measures gut the sector that employs more Australians than any other and Pauline Hanson is placed to exploit the fallout.

You might hope for an easy transition, but your children could have different ideas about who gets what. Talking about it early could head off divisions.

Family Business UK (FBUK) warned the national insurance tax raid and inflation-busting hikes in the minimum wage are hitting recruitment among Britain's five million family-owned enterprises.

The West Midlands-based company has been in business for more than 160 years.

Thapanee Techajareonvikul, a second-generation member of one of Thailand’s most prominent business dynasties, discusses the lessons she learned from her father, the family’s multi-billion-dollar succession and how she is shaping her own leadership at Berli Jucker. In this special edition of “CNBC Meets: Legacies,” she speaks with Tania Bryer about legacy, responsibility and the future of the family business.

James Reed reflects on the decision that defined his career — taking the risk of joining the family business. The Reed CEO discusses failure, purpose and why standing still is the worst decision of all.

Shuaib Hussain, aged 24, was jailed for a charge of fraud

Updated Jun 1, 2026, 10:34 AM GMT This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jill Gardner, family president at the Laird Norton Company. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I married my husband, Doug, I also married into his family business. My husband and his cousins are the fifth generation of his family to own the Laird Norton Company. The business was founded in 1855 by two brothers and their cousin as a lumber operation. Today, we're an investment firm that's involved

Forbes inaugural list of the nation's 100 biggest family firms include the companies behind everything from where we shop (Wegmans), stay (Hyatt) and eat (Chick-fil-A).

For the first time, Forbes ranks the nation’s most valuable public family businesses —including the companies behind M·A·C cosmetics, Jimmy Dean breakfast foods and Orkin pest control.