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Undoubtedly family
business represents the most lasting type of business. The expert in family
business, Professor Willian O'Hara,
in one of his books mentioned about family business the following: "Before
the multinational corporation, there was family business. Before the Industrial
Revolution, there was family business. Before the enlightenment of Greece and
the empire of Rome, there was family business." Below there's a list of
world's top 100 oldest companies that
represent family business. These firms can surely state that they managed to
outlast governments, nations and cities. But most importantly these family
businesses outlasted once mighty transnational
corporations. The list may not be entirely accurate and it doesn't claim to
be scientific. Visitors are free to provide any information that might have
been missed.
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