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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Zach Udell, the cousin of Randi and Scott Udell and a member of the fourth generation leading London Jewelers, has a pretty good sense there will be a fifth generation entering the family business. — David Moin, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026

Among other enterprises Antetokounmpo endorses are a Nike shoe line, the Kalshi prediction market, Amita Juices, Aegean Airlines, im8 health, Candy Funhouse and the Antetokounbros Shop family business venture. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026

Two Trees, David and Jed Walentas’s family business, has long made its commercial buildings more appealing to paying tenants by handing space to the arts and subsidizing studios for artists. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2026

If a family business is involved, future leaders need to know their responsibilities before a funeral, not after one. — Peter Miles, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for family business

• agribusiness
• nonbusiness