From Clocks to Circuits: Reinventing a 175-Year Family Legacy

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From Mills to Mobility: The 200-Year Peugeot Family Journey

Sébastien Damery is the 8th generation of the Peugeot business family and serves as the Family Council Coordinator. Peugeot was founded in 1810 in the eastern part of France and became one of the leading global car manufacturers. Many changes have taken place in the global automo ...  Show more

From Legacy to Leadership: How the Second Generation Builds Forward

Keyth Pisani is the second generation of the family enterprise Corinthia Group, which is a leading international hotel developer, investor, and operator. It was founded in Malta in 1962 when Keyth’s father Alfred Pisani opened a restaurant. The family developed the restaurant int ...  Show more

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