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The generational handover in family business: Is it better to appoint internally or externally?

March 7, 2023

Sooner or later, all privately-owned companies have to tackle the quandary of the generational handover, but is it better to keep it in the family or bring in fresh blood, asks Jesús Rico, professor of strategy at EAE Business School?

Sooner or later, all large family companies have to tackle the quandary of the generational handover. Should they appoint a member of the family who knows the company and has its mission imprinted on their DNA? Or is it better to bring on board a director from outside the company who shakes things up with a new vision?

FB Roundup: Sir James Dyson, Mike Ashley, Ivan Ko

December 7, 2022

In this week’s FB Roundup, James Dyson expands his Weybourne family office; Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group serves Coventry City football club stadium an eviction notice; and Ivan Ko plans to revitalise an East London ‘ghost town’ development.

James Dyson expands his Weybourne family office
Billionaire British inventor Sir James Dyson has transferred almost £5 billion from his self-named company to fund his family office, Weybourne.

Sir James has moved funds from his global technology company to shape one of the “World’s biggest investment firms for the super-rich.”

FB Roundup: JCB, Lavazza, Weybourne Holdings

November 1, 2021

Family-controlled JCB and Fortescue Future Industries sign green hydrogen deal, Lavazza coffee family in $200 million expansion of cafes in China, Sir James Dyson’s family office boosted by $1.8 billion transfer.

Family-controlled JCB and Fortescue Future Industries sign green hydrogen deal

Lord Anthony Bamford, the British second-generation chairman of heavy machinery maker JCB, hails a multibillion-dollar green hydrogen deal with Australian family business Fortescue Future Industries as “a major advance” towards making the clean fuel practical for consumers.

FB Roundup: Bestseller, Bertelsmann, Bayshore Global Management

February 6, 2021

Danish Povlsen family’s Bestseller in UK Asos Top Shop deal, German family-controlled Bertelsmann mulls sale of French media group M6, Google co-founder Sergey Brin joins billionaire rush for Singapore family offices.

Danish Povlsen family Bestseller in UK Asos Top Shop deal

Anders Holch Povlsen, the second-generation Danish online retail billionaire, is behind the £295 million ($403 million) acquisition for UK high street names Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge.

FB Roundup: Dyson, Ferrero, Henkel

October 9, 2020

James Dyson says entrepreneurialism and wealth creation will help Covid-19 economic recovery, Ferrero family takes the biscuit at Fox’s as acquisition spree continues, Henkel charts modest fourth quarter recovery without lockdowns.

James Dyson says entrepreneurialism and wealth creation will help Covid-19 economic recovery

Family business founder Sir James Dyson says entrepreneurialism and wealth creation should be encouraged to recover the economy from Covid-19 as he announced his Dyson Institute will be permitted to award its own degrees for the first time.

FB Roundup: Dyson, Melia Hotels, AB InBev

March 27, 2020

James Dyson says “race is on” to make 10,000 coronavirus ventilators, Escarrer family braces Melia Hotels for coronavirus and world recovery, AB InBev adapts to changing consumer tastes with premiumisation strategy.

James Dyson says “race is on” to make 10,000 coronavirus ventilators

Sir James Dyson, the UK billionaire entrepreneur who made his fortune by inventing a cyclonic vacuum cleaner, has been commissioned by the UK government to make 10,000 critical ventilating machines for the country’s health service in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

FB Roundup: Henry Sy, Cosentino, and Dyson

January 25, 2019

Henry Sy, the Philippines richest man and shopping mall tycoon, dies aged 94, Cosentino Group opens its fifth centre in Stockholm, Brexit champion James Dyson denies hypocrisy in moving HQ to Singapore.

Henry Sy, the Philippines richest man and shopping mall tycoon, dies aged 94

Henry Sy (pictured), founder and chairman emeritus of family-owned SM Investments—one of the Philippines’ largest conglomerates— has died “peacefully in his sleep” aged 94, according to his company.

He is survived by his wife, Felicidad Tan-Sy, six children—Teresita Sy-Coson, Elizabeth, Henry Jr, Hans, Herbert and Harley—and several grandchildren.

FB Roundup: Dyson, chaebols, and Ambani

August 31, 2018

Dyson to build $260 electric car test site, South Korea’s regulators slap new rules on family-run chaebols, Power unit sale helps lift Reliance debt burden.

Dyson unveils $260 million test track for electric vehicles

A year after announcing it would join the electric car race, UK technology firm Dyson has revealed its plans to convert a former airfield in Southern England into a 17km test track and extensive electric vehicle (EV) testing centre.

Dyson, headed by the dynamic UK inventor Sir James Dyson (pictured), bought Hullavington Airfield, Wiltshire several years ago and plans to spend up to £200 million ($260 million) converting it into a EV testing centre.

Rise of the Robots: From big data to artificial intelligence

September 25, 2017

Worldwide spending on artificial intelligence and big data will reach the tens of billions by 2025. Michael Finnigan finds out what family-run operations need to know about the rise of the robots.

Worldwide spending on artificial intelligence and big data will reach the tens of billions by 2025. Michael Finnigan finds out what family-run operations need to know about the rise of the robots.

The county of Wiltshire in the United Kingdom might seem like an unlikely setting for one of the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) laboratories. It is best-known for its Neolithic monuments and iconic stone circles, most famously Stonehenge, but beneath its prehistoric landscape the future is unfolding.