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Ones to watch

March 21, 2013

The next-gens in luxury firms aren’t complacent. Campden looks at 10 who are making a name in their own right.

Kilian Hennessy, 40
He’s an heir of the legendary Hennessy cognac company, but Kilian Hennessy’s luxury interests lie elsewhere: in fragrances. After training under some of Europe’s most prolific noses he worked as a perfumer for Christian Dior, Paco Rabanne, Alexander McQueen and Giorgio Armani.

Li Ka-shing: Asians should eschew traditional inheritance customs

April 30, 2008

Family business patriarch and Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing, has called on Asians to change the way they view inheritance issues.

Family business patriarch and Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing, has called on Asians to change the way they view inheritance issues. He is encouraging other regional family heads to transcend the traditional values of passing wealth through lineage as an imperative duty in favour of more charitable and socially-aware philanthropic efforts.