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How the Hermes Family Held Off LVMH
Season 2 Episode 57
In 2010, Bernard Arnault and LVMH quietly amassed a 23% stake in Hermès, the family-controlled luxury house known for its Birkin bags and silk scarve…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
How the Zildjian Family Kept a Cymbal Empire Ringing for 400 Years
Season 2 Episode 56
Episode 56 of Family Business Stories with Fexingo examines the Avedis Zildjian Company, the world's oldest family-owned cymbal maker, founded in 162…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
How the Peabody Family Built a Museum Empire Without a Curator
Season 2 Episode 55
This episode explores how the Peabody family, a 19th-century philanthropic dynasty, created one of the world's most influential museum networks—not b…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
How the Brown Family Built Brown-Forman Whiskey Empire
Season 2 Episode 54
In Episode 54 of Family Business Stories with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how the Brown family of Louisville, Kentucky, turned a 19th-century pha…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
How the Lego Family Rebuilt a Toy Empire Brick by Brick
Season 2 Episode 53
Lucas and Luna explore the Lego family's remarkable turnaround in the early 2000s, when the toymaker nearly collapsed under a mountain of debt. They …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
How the Wallenbergs Engineered a Century of Control
Season 2 Episode 52
Lucas and Luna explore the Wallenberg family's unique dual-class share structure that has kept them in control of Sweden's biggest industrial compani…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
How the Cargill Family Built a Global Commodity Empire
Season 2 Episode 51
How did the Cargill family turn a single Iowa grain silo into one of the world's largest privately held corporations, with $165 billion in annual rev…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
How the Koch Industries Family Ownership Structure Works
Season 1 Episode 50
Episode 50 of Family Business Stories with Fexingo takes you inside the ownership structure of Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held com…
4 weeks ago
How the Perdue Family Built a Poultry Empire Without Going Public
Season 1 Episode 49
In Episode 49 of Family Business Stories with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into the Perdue family's 100-year grip on the US poultry industry. From Art…
4 weeks ago
How the Richelieu Family Built a Winemaking Dynasty in Bordeaux
Season 1 Episode 48
The Richelieu family name is synonymous with French nobility, but their most enduring legacy is in wine. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace how th…
4 weeks, 1 day ago