family business
noun
: a business owned or operated by one's family
She joined the family business after graduating from college.
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In order to grow the family business, however, Johnson-Cope considered partnering with security firms in other states, something that threatened to put some of the company’s founding priorities on the back burner.
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Harvard Business Review, 24 Dec. 2024
The business passed to Vincenzo’s son Cesare who studied in Turin at one of the city’s most prestigious tailoring schools and then returned to Naples and the family business.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
The hypocrisy and cynicism displayed by Assad was a family business.
—Ivan Watson, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Notably, James Murdoch — once considered a contender to take over the family business — resigned from the board of News Corp. in 2020, citing disagreements over editorial content published by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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Harvard Business Review, 24 Dec. 2024
The business passed to Vincenzo’s son Cesare who studied in Turin at one of the city’s most prestigious tailoring schools and then returned to Naples and the family business.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
The hypocrisy and cynicism displayed by Assad was a family business.
—Ivan Watson, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Notably, James Murdoch — once considered a contender to take over the family business — resigned from the board of News Corp. in 2020, citing disagreements over editorial content published by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Family business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20business. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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