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Five family business trends for 2019

January 23, 2019

How will family businesses fare in 2019? What will be the major trends to shape their experience or to watch out for? We’ve put our thinking caps on to forecast five key family business trends in 2019.

The start of 2019 signals the start of prediction season. This year there’s plenty of grand forecasts about geopolitical and macroeconomic changes from trade wars to a cooling Chinese, US, and global economy in a year of transformation and disruption.

Divorces, impact investing and rich lists: Top 10 stories of 2014

December 24, 2014

A messy divorce, impact investing, and Indonesian rich lists – these were just some of the themes that kept CampdenFB readers hooked during 2014. Below we’ve listed the most read stories of the year.

1. Berkshire Hathaway offers long-term alternative for family offices

Going global: Top 15 destinations for family offices

September 18, 2014

As the number of family offices increases globally so to has the number of international financial centres trying to entice families to their jurisdictions. In this section, CampdenFO has selected out the top 15 destinations for family offices, providing an update on the regulatory developments and what makes them attractive. Chris Owen reports.

The family business heartland: Top 10 US family businesses

April 10, 2014

The United States is home to some of the most successful family businesses in the world. From homespun cotton to farm fertiliser, family values matter in the land of opportunity, and are often the key to commercial success. Here are CampdenFB’s top 10 US family businesses to watch in 2014.

Leading lights

February 25, 2014

It's that time of year again – CampdenFB's annual Top Family Business Leaders list. This year we bring you 60 of the most successful stewards and innovators in family business across the globe. It's almost time to reveal who made the grade.

Top 60 Family Business Leaders 2014

February 25, 2014

Welcome to CampdenFB’s fourth annual Top Family Business Leaders list, and, aided by a panel of experts, we have scoured the globe to find the individuals heading some of the most innovative, fastest growing and influential businesses on the planet.

It's that time of year again – CampdenFB's annual Top Family Business Leaders list. This year we bring you 60 of the most successful stewards and innovators in family business across the globe.

Top 50 Family Business Leaders 2013

February 21, 2013

CampdenFB unveils its annual Top 50 Family Business Leaders list – the names inspiring their businesses and beyond.

Top of the family tree

February 21, 2013

Now in its third year, CampdenFB’s Top 50 Family Business Leaders represents the most authoritative list of the world’s greatest leaders of family-controlled firms.

For the most part, family businesses like discretion. When asked who in the family is the inspiration behind the business, some might offer the name of the founder, others the current family principal, but most will be reluctant to name anyone in particular. That, say most family businesses, is how they like it – operating discreetly and not singling out anyone for notoriety.

Six of the best

November 16, 2012

Want to know more about the family businesses on our Global Challengers 2012 list? Here are six of the best.

Fifty family businesses made our Global Challengers 2012 list. Here’s six of the best:

Scholz Group
Scholz family

Top 50 global challengers 2012

November 15, 2012

Which family businesses are likely to challenge for the top positions in the years ahead? CampdenFB has produced its annual list of the 50 fastest growing family businesses in the world.

Blink and you might miss them. CampdenFB’s annual survey of the 50 fastest growing family businesses in the world, carried out in association with Ernst & Young, underlines how important the family is to business. So which family firms are likely to challenge for the top positions in the years ahead? Take a look at the look list below – where every company achieved impressive growth of at least 40%.