May
How the Ford family plans to avoid a Murdoch succession battle
Bill Ford, the great-grandson of Ford founder Henry, has three rules for any of the family who want to work in the business. “It’s not a family employment agency.”
Do these 4 things if your kids can’t (or won’t) take over the business
Joe Rinaldi poured his heart and soul into building a profitable car dealership. Then came the realisation he had no successor.
April
How to avoid a succession fight like the Cue fashion family’s
The legal principle of promissory estoppel is tripping up founders who have made promises but not put them in writing.
Will a ‘young’ Filipino become the next pope?
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, 67, is often mentioned among Catholic Church liberals – but his age may actually count against him.
WiseTech and MinRes’ founder troubles are now succession problems
With their leaders’ power galvanised by scandals, the two companies are trying to get on with life. But what does the future really look like?
How the Macquarie CEO played a role in setting me up to lead Magellan
When Magellan chair Andrew Formica was on the hunt for a CEO, he had a quiet chat to Shemara Wikramanayake about her approach for setting executives up for success.
What a beach house and dog called Trouble teach us about succession
Estate planning is where wealth collides with family politics, and nowhere does that hit harder than with lifestyle assets.
March
Executive changes disrupt big banks as BoQ sounds out CEO candidates
The musical chairs have started one rung down from the big banks’ top jobs, and everyone is looking for new hires. When will the music stop?
Property billionaire Nick Andrianakos dies in Greece
He came to Australia in 1967 and spent a decade working in various jobs, including for Richard Pratt’s Visy, before saving enough to buy his first petrol station.
February
Singapore’s richest clan in crisis over public father-son feud
Even by the standards of Asian succession dramas, the family feud raging at the Kwek dynasty, who run Singapore’s biggest listed developer, is striking.
How Donald Trump upended Rupert Murdoch’s succession plans
This week on The Fin podcast, Myriam Robin and Neil Chenoweth on the bitter fight for control of the Murdoch media empire and why Trump’s reelection has complicated it.
BHP appoints former NAB boss Ross McEwan as its next chairman
He succeeds Ken MacKenzie, who had chaired the world’s biggest mining company for just over eight years, at the end of March.
What the ATO wants to know about your family’s succession plan
The founders of some of the nation’s most successful family business will soon turn 70, and the ATO wants to know what comes next.
January
Lindsay Fox debuts new branch of family tree at Australian Open
The trucking magnate, closely flanked by his grandson and newest employee, rubbed shoulders with corporates and bankers at the men’s championship.
As wealth whisperers help the rich, one rebel gave it all away
A service industry has sprung up to help wealthy families preserve their fortune through the generations, but Austrian heiress Marlene Engelhorn had other ideas.
Jamie Dimon’s top lieutenant departs JPMorgan
The executive shuffle is the latest twist in the long-running question of who will succeed the longest-serving CEO of any major US bank.
December 2024
Logan Roy’s death morphed into a real life Murdoch succession drama
Shortly after the fictional patriarch died on television, the family behind the News and Fox empires began to plot life after their patriarch, Rupert.
ANZ investors see new chief executive Nuno Matos as a clean slate
The bank appointed the former HSBC wealth boss to succeed Shayne Elliott over internal candidates. The Portuguese banker, 57, will take up the job next year.
ANZ’s left-field CEO pick piles risk upon risk
A new chief executive with no Australian experience will spend years finishing Shayne Elliott’s signature projects. It’s a perilous sandwich for investors.
September 2024
Why the Pratts are fighting over the family fortune
This week on The Fin podcast, BOSS deputy editor Patrick Durkin and senior reporter Max Mason discuss the legal fight over the Pratt packaging fortune.