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FB Roundup: Daily Mail and General Trust, Ali Group, L Catterton

July 19, 2021

Founding Rothermere family mulls bid to take Daily Mail group private again, Ali Group merges with Welbilt after founder Luciano Berti dies aged 89, Arnault family’s L Catterton tipped to acquire Etro family business.

Founding Rothermere family mulls bid to take Daily Mail group private again

The British aristocratic billionaire Rothermere family could privately own the bestselling Daily Mail newspaper it founded after almost 90 years if the influential newspaper’s owner sells its insurance and financial assets.

Bernhard Gademann on how Institut auf dem Rosenberg teaches family business entrepreneurs

July 15, 2021

Bernhard Gademann says his family’s elite Swiss private boarding school, Institut auf dem Rosenberg, is run like a 132-year-old startup, with the skills and attitudes of entrepreneurialism nurtured in students in a state-of-the-art, holistic learning environment.

FB Roundup: Melia Hotels International, Lego Group, Bertelsmann

June 28, 2021

Melia Hotels International announces bullish recovery plan, Lego builds on $400 million sustainability effort with recycled bricks, Christoph Mohn succeeds mother as new ‘speaker of the family’ at Bertelsmann.

Melia Hotels International announces bullish recovery plan

The Escarrer family principal of Melia Hotels International has declared flexible expansion, digitalisation and sustainability as the key drivers behind the Spanish hotel chain’s recovery from 15 months of Covid-19 restrictions.

Family comfort and wellbeing prioritised as Campden Wealth returns to in-person forums

May 2, 2021

Families will attend Campden Wealth forums in person with confidence as the global business family membership organisation has devised its own protocols for the comfort and wellbeing of all attendees.

Families will attend Campden Wealth forums in person with confidence as the global business family membership organisation has devised its own protocols for the comfort and wellbeing of all attendees.

Grosvenor makes new appointments

January 19, 2011

Privately owned property company Grosvenor, has appointed Jeffrey Weingarten as the new chief executive of Grosvenor Fund Management, succeeding outgoing Stuart Beevor.

Previously a consultant to the business, Weingarten (pictured) joined the company as non-executive chairman in September 2010. Between 1991 and 1995, he had served as the US chief investment officer at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Outgoing Stuart Beevor joined Grosvenor in 2002, and was involved in the formal establishment of the GFM in 2005.

Agricultural giant focuses on remaining private

January 19, 2011

Cargill, the world’s largest agricultural commodities trader, will sell its shares in fertiliser company Mosaic, in a move designed to ensure the company remains 100% privately owned.

Cargill, the world's largest agricultural commodities trader, will sell its shares in fertiliser company Mosaic, in a move designed to ensure the company remains 100% privately owned.

Founded nearly 150 years ago, the Minnesota-based company is still controlled by around 80 members of the Cargill and MacMillan families. The company said in a statement that the Mosaic transaction would help it accomplish the objective of "maintaining its status as a private company".

Playboy founder finally regains control of company

January 11, 2011

Hugh Hefner, founder of iconic consumer brand Playboy, has finally succeeded in his bid to regain control of the company he founded nearly 60 years ago.

Playboy Enterprises Inc announced on 10 January that it has agreed to accept the offer from Icon Acquisition Holdings, a limited partnership controlled by Hefner, to take the company private for a total of $207 million.