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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Min has zero interest in joining the family business.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
But being born into the family didn’t automatically entitle Gonzalez to step right into a management position in a family business that currently operates 43 markets across Southern California, with more than 7,500 employees.
—Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2025
Jim Crown, grandson of industrialist Henry Crown, was the chief executive of the family business but died in June 2023 in a car crash on a racing track in Colorado.
—Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
His children with wife Maj Axelsson, Heidi and Preston, continued in the family business.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
But being born into the family didn’t automatically entitle Gonzalez to step right into a management position in a family business that currently operates 43 markets across Southern California, with more than 7,500 employees.
—Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2025
Jim Crown, grandson of industrialist Henry Crown, was the chief executive of the family business but died in June 2023 in a car crash on a racing track in Colorado.
—Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
His children with wife Maj Axelsson, Heidi and Preston, continued in the family business.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Family business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20business. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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