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Not all scions are useless at business

In the lore of family businesses, the unworthy heir is a recurring theme. Weak-chinned wonders are promoted to the top job when their far more capable parents retire or die, only to pursue a strategy that gradually wrecks everything the family built, while long-serving staff mutter “I told you so”.

People trust family businesses significantly more than they trust business in general, according to an opinion poll by Edelman. More than twice as many people want to work for them as do not — and are more committed. Customers will pay more for their products.

But they shudder when introduced to Junior and his siblings. Nearly two-thirds believe the next generation will mismanage the company and just over half of family business employees think scions are less talented than their forebears.

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安德魯•希爾

安德魯•希爾(Andrew Hill)是《金融時報》副總編兼管理主編。先前,他擔任過倫敦金融城主編、金融主編、評論和分析主編。他在1988年加入FT,還曾經擔任過FT紐約分社社長、國際新聞主編、FT駐布魯塞爾和米蘭記者。

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