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FB Roundup: Rafael del Pino Jr., Fred DeLuca, Tom Love

March 8, 2023

In this week’s FB Roundup, the Spanish prime minister speaks out against Rafael del Pino Jr’s headquarters move; Goldman Sachs joins the bid to buy Subway from founders’ heirs; and tributes are paid to US truck stop chain founder Tom Love.

Spanish prime minister speaks out against Rafael del Pino Jr.’s headquarters move
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez has publicly criticised billionaire businessman Rafael del Pino Jr. after revealing plans to move the headquarters of Ferrovial SA to the Netherlands.

FB Roundup: Coutts, Colgin Cellars, and Case Foundation

November 23, 2017

Family philanthropy drives corporate donations boom; Colgin Cellars joins LVMH; and time flies for impact investing

Family philanthropy drives corporate donations boom

Philanthropy has boomed since the global financial crisis, with a record high of £1.83 billion ($2.4 billion) donated in 2016.

The number of donations of £1 million ($1.3 million) and above was also up by two-thirds over the decade, according to the 10th anniversary Coutts Million Pound Donors Report released this week.

Sawiris weighing up Egyptian relisting for OCI

May 27, 2014

Nassef Sawiris is considering relisting part of OCI, the Netherlands-listed construction and fertiliser company, on the Cairo stock exchange.

Nassef Sawiris is considering relisting part of OCI, the Netherlands-listed construction and fertiliser company, on the Cairo stock exchange.

Sawiris, who is chief executive of OCI, allegedly sent out a number of proposals to local and international banks to test the water for a potential sale, which according to unnamed individuals close to the entrepreneur, could be worth €220 million.

Dutch courage

April 29, 2013

Royal Huisman has 129-years' experience in delivering some of the world's finest yachts. Fifth-generation chief executive Alice Husiman talkes to CampdenFB about its roots and its move into the superyacht market.

The Dutch know their yachts. They, after all, invented them more than 500 years ago to pursue smugglers around their coast. One hundred and a few years later the good burghers of the Netherlands started seeing the potential of these “jachts”, as they called them, as pleasure crafts. The rest is history.

Dutch shipyards are still famous among sailors for building some of the finest yachts on earth – and not least among these shipyards is the 129-year-old Royal Huisman, maker of a number of the world’s largest and most advanced superyachts.

Infographic: Benelux family businesses

August 17, 2012

The Netherlands might be the largest country in the Benelux area in terms of size, but it is also the one where family businesses are predominantly small or medium-sized. But what about the family business sector in Belgium and Luxembourg? CampdenFB takes a look at some of the leading family businesses in the Benelux countries in an interactive graphic.