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Why France's 500,000 Business Handovers Stall Before Successors Sign On
France's succession debate focuses on finding buyers, but a quieter obstacle is emerging: identified heirs walk away bec...
Portuguese SMEs Still Manage to Cut Taxes, Not Build Value, Consultant Warns
Yunit Consulting’s Virgínia Duarte says many Portuguese SMEs under-report EBITDA to save on IRC, then discover buyers va...
Dassault Heirs Take the Boardroom: Fourth Generation Steps Up at €58bn Family Holding
Marcel Dassault's 13 great-grandchildren are moving into the supervisory board of the family's €58bn holding, with Hélén...
Africa's Millionaire Boom Is Rewriting Wealth Management: Mobility, Succession and the Next Generation
Africa's 122,500 dollar millionaires are set to grow 65% in a decade — and younger, more mobile clients are forcing weal...
Goldman Sachs Playbook Maps How Family Firms Can Beat the 12% Odds of Reaching the Third Generation
Only 30% of family businesses pass successfully to the second generation, and barely 12% make it to the third. A Goldman...
After Losing Their Jobs, This Couple Started a Shoe Business That Now Has 600 Employees
Marina and Ricardo Larroudé turned a pandemic layoff into a shoe company with hundreds of employees and a simple rule: t...
Bernard Arnault breaks silence to dismiss LVMH succession battle claims
The luxury titan used his first-ever social media post to amplify a three-page rebuttal of a Le Monde investigation port...
Dominique Diagou Steps Up: How the Next Generation Is Leading NSIA’s Insurance Empire
Mansan Dominique Diagou, daughter of founder Jean Kacou Diagou, has taken the helm of NSIA Holding Assurances, steering ...
Entrepreneurial Couples Are Sprouting Success Across Africa's Agribusiness Sector
From Nigeria to Senegal, husband-wife teams are building innovative agricultural ventures, blending complementary skills...
SK Group Chairman to Pay Ex-Wife €570 Million in Final Divorce Ruling
South Korea's top court slashed the payout from earlier billions, capping it at €570 million after a decade-long battle ...
The Last of His Kind: Wolfgang Grupp Readies Trigema for the Next Generation
Wolfgang Grupp, 80, prepares to hand over his Trigema shares to his wife by year-end, then to one of his two children, i...
How the Muratori Family’s Third Generation Is Redefining Franciacorta’s Future
Michela and Alberto Muratori, alongside their cousins, are steering the family-owned Franciacorta estate toward a sharpe...
How a Son’s Basketball Gaming Obsession Turned Into a $32 Million Revenue Family Business
A construction company owner pivoted to launch Shoot 360 after seeing his son’s passion for video game basketball. The i...
The 700-Year-Old Inn Fueling Germany's Bobsled Team — and the True Cost of Olympic Medals
German bobsled legend Francesco Friedrich trained at Isserwirt, a family-run inn in its 16th generation, before winning ...
Carlos Miguens Bemberg, Who Led Quilmes Then Bet on Energy and Gold, Dies at 77
The heir to Argentina’s most famous beer dynasty died on Sunday. He opposed the sale of the family brewery, then used th...