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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His older sons had become enthusiastic crypto proponents after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol effectively exiled the family business from the mainstream financial system.
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Eric Lipton, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Granddaughter of Adele Fendi, who founded the family business with a leather goods and luggage shop in Rome in 1925, Venturini Fendi is perhaps best known as the woman who in 1997 masterminded the iconic Baguette bag, and as the designer of Fendi menswear since 2000.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
The same goes for sons of electricians who want to join the family business.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
Bowen Yang and Han Gi-Chan play Chris and Min, a seemingly solid Seattle couple—until Min’s very rich grandmother, Ja-Young (Youn Yuh-jung, of Minari), who’s been bankrolling his stay in the U.S., threatens to bring him back to Korea to run the family business.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
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Eric Lipton, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Granddaughter of Adele Fendi, who founded the family business with a leather goods and luggage shop in Rome in 1925, Venturini Fendi is perhaps best known as the woman who in 1997 masterminded the iconic Baguette bag, and as the designer of Fendi menswear since 2000.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
The same goes for sons of electricians who want to join the family business.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
Bowen Yang and Han Gi-Chan play Chris and Min, a seemingly solid Seattle couple—until Min’s very rich grandmother, Ja-Young (Youn Yuh-jung, of Minari), who’s been bankrolling his stay in the U.S., threatens to bring him back to Korea to run the family business.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Family business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20business. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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