Zack Needles

Family enterprises tend to be relationship-driven — built on trust and connection with customers. For Weston Jewelers, this connection is especially personal, given that the South Florida-based purveyor of timepieces and fine jewelry is often tasked with ... See more

In this episode, Brent Thomas, co-founder and CEO of Tepi Naturals, shares the company’s unconventional founding story of a son-led startup-turned-multigenerational family business. Thomas discusses how the family turned a discarded coffee byproduct into ... See more

In 1989, Elite International Realty Co-Founder Leo Ickowicz didn’t set out to build a real estate company in Miami. He was trying to protect his family. A successful travel agency owner in Rio de Janeiro during the 1980s, Leo had already built a thriving ... See more

In this episode, Kala Tuohey-McDonald, Sean Tuohey and Mary Tuohey-Fahy discuss the next-generation leadership transition at The Collins Companies, a family-owned industrial distributor of pipe, valves and fittings and engineered specialties with more tha... See more

The Dude Ranchers’ Association, founded in 1926, launched its year-long centennial celebration late last month at the organization’s 100th annual meeting and convention in Billings, Montana. “As we enter this landmark era, we are not just celebrating 100 ... See more