{"id":208,"date":"2016-05-20T03:50:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T03:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/centre-for-family-enterprise\/?p=208"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:43:49","slug":"top-13-wholly-owned-us-family-businesses-concentrated-in-select-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/centre-for-family-enterprise\/2016\/05\/20\/top-13-wholly-owned-us-family-businesses-concentrated-in-select-sectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 13 Wholly-Owned US Family Businesses Concentrated in Select Sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Campden research studied the wholly-owned US family businesses and found that the top 13 among them were dominant in a select few sectors. If they were a nation, their GDP (i.e. total revenues of $232 bn) would be 45th largest on the globe. The sectors where these family businesses were found dominant included &#8216;agriculture, food and beverages&#8217; (62% share of the sector), followed by &#8216;retail, consumer goods &amp; lifestyle&#8217; sector (46% share held by family firms). &#8216;Energy, oil &amp; gas&#8217; and &#8216;Supply chain and transport&#8217; sectors came next where these wholly-owned family businesses had 23% share of business.<\/p>\n<p>Majority of these businesses were led by the third generation members. The average number of family members involved in these businesses came to 3.3. Nearly half (46%) of those family members were found to have worked in organisations outside the family business. These businesses employed a little over a half-million employees. A large number of these businesses (85%) had international operations. 77% of these businesses were found to have a philanthropic strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Source: CampdenFB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campden research studied the wholly-owned US family businesses and found that the top 13 among them were dominant in a select few sectors. If they were a nation, their GDP (i.e. total revenues of $232 bn) would be 45th largest on the globe. 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