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April 16, 2020

Dyson ventilators ready for regulatory green light, Latifi passion invests in son’s Formula One team, Kering’s Pinault and Michael Dell cut salaries.

Dyson ventilators ready for regulatory green light

Family owned engineering firm Dyson says it is ready to make 10,000 ventilators to aid Covid-19 patients as soon as the device is approved by regulators.

British inventor Sir James Dyson (pictured) and his team brought their experience in innovating vacuum cleaners, air purifiers and fans to design and build the prototype CoVent with the Technology Partnership, a Cambridge-based firm.

FB Roundup: Sodexo, Henkel, Roche

April 3, 2020

Sodexo mobilises and board cut salaries, Henkel makes disinfectants and donates millions, coronavirus-testing Roche hailed by UK government.

Sodexo mobilises globally and board cuts pay to support laid-off staff

The family principal and chiefs of Sodexo, the French family-owned food services and facilities management group, will cut their pay and support their staff made redundant because of the coronavirus outbreak with a $32.6 million fund.

Global Family Office Report 2016 Key Findings - Human capital: People matter

January 10, 2017

Human capital is a term coined by Gary Becker, an economist from the University of Chicago, which refers to the abilities and skills of an individual as an economic value. But how are family offices managing human capital in 2016?

Bill Ford agrees to personal salary cuts

February 25, 2009

Ford’s executive chairman Bill Ford has voluntarily agreed to forgo his entire cash compensation this year and will take a 30% cut in his salary over the next two years according to US media reports.

Ford’s executive chairman Bill Ford (pictured) has voluntarily agreed to forgo his entire cash compensation this year and will take a 30% cut in his salary over the next two years according to US media reports.

The news, revealed in an internal company memo, comes as the family-controlled motor company struggles to operate through the current deep economic downturn without accessing government loans.

Paying family members who work outside of the business

May 1, 2008

We have seen how important fairness is when paying operational family members, now we look at how to reward those who are not involved in the business. Steve McClure analyses how best it can be done

Compensating the working family

May 1, 2008

Tom Davidow kicks off our focus on remuneration by taking a look at how family businesses should compensate family members who are active in the company. This must be appropriate and fair or else the dynamics of the family may suffer …

In a climate where million dollar CEO salaries, bonuses and benefits in publicly traded companies are so huge that the public cannot relate to them, family-controlled Aflac Inc has become the first US public company to empower shareholders to vote on executive compensation.