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How the Rothschild Family Built a Banking Empire Across Europe
Season 2 Episode 77
Mayer Amschel Rothschild started a coin trading business in Frankfurt's Jewish ghetto in the 1760s. By 1815, his five sons had established banks in F…
2 weeks ago
How the Bata Family Built a Shoe Empire Across Continents
Season 2 Episode 76
Tomáš Bata founded a shoe company in 1894 in what is now the Czech Republic. Through two world wars, communist nationalization, and family exile, the…
2 weeks ago
How the Fan Family Turned a Dim Sum Stall Into a Global Food Empire
Season 2 Episode 75
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the rise of the FAN family, who built a global food empire starting from a single dim sum stall in Hong Kong.…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
How the Wedgwood Family Lost a Ceramics Empire
Season 2 Episode 74
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the cautionary tale of Wedgwood, the 260-year-old British ceramics company that defined fine china but coll…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
How the Lauder Family Built an Estee Lauder Empire Without Losing Control
Season 2 Episode 73
In this episode of Family Business Stories, Lucas and Luna explore how the Lauder family built and maintained control of Estée Lauder, a $50 billion …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
How the Cargill Family Built a Secretive Agribusiness Giant
Season 2 Episode 72
In this episode of Family Business Stories with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into the Cargill family's approach to building one of the world's largest…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
How the IKEA Family Built a Flat-Pack Empire on a Foundation of Tax Efficiency
Season 2 Episode 71
This episode unpacks the IKEA story through an unusual lens: how the Kamprad family used a complex structure of foundations, trusts, and holding comp…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
How the Gucci Family Lost Control of a Fashion Empire
Season 2 Episode 70
In this episode of Family Business Stories with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine the dramatic unraveling of the Gucci family's control over the iconic…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
How the Gallo Family Built a Wine Empire Without Outside Investors
Season 2 Episode 69
Lucas and Luna explore the E. & J. Gallo Winery story, a family-controlled wine giant that bootstrapped its way from a Modesto basement to $4.7 billi…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
How the Ferrero Family Built a Nutella Empire Without Bank Debt
Season 2 Episode 68
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the Ferrero family built a global confectionery empire without ever taking on bank debt. They dive into t…
2 weeks, 4 days ago