She ditched her auditing job to work at her family's restaurant. 7 years later, she opened a second spot — and turned a profit.

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Tan opened a sister outlet of her parent's eatery in February.

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Inheritance can destroy a family or be a life-changing gift. Here's how I advise my clients as an estate-planning attorney.

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Dana Blue suggests everyone have a will.

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He left his corporate job to help his mom in the family's 90-year-old restaurant. He almost gave up but figured out how to turn it around.

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Tambunan took over the family's nasi padang business from his mother in 2022.

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Billie Eilish gets annoyed when her brother puts his dirty shoes near her face. An expert says there are pros and cons to working with siblings.

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Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish have won many awards — including Best Original Song for "What Was I Made For?" at the 2024 Academy Awards.

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She grew up helping her grandparents run a shoemaking shop. In college, she came up with a plan to save it.

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Miru Wong the third-generation owner of Sindart, a hand-embroidered shoemaking shop in Hong Kong.

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I took over my family's collapsing business at 27, made it profitable, and managed to sell it to a private equity group. Here are the 5 principles I followed.

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Lauri Union took over her family's corrugated roofing company in 1992.
Lauri Union (R) took over her family's corrugated roofing company in 1992.

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My twin sister was my coworker. We confused customers and colleagues, but the experience helped us become closer.

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The author and her twin sister pictured together in 2019.

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The Rothschild family is worth an estimated $1 billion. Meet the remaining heirs of the legendary dynasty.

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Nicky Hilton is married to James Rothschild, an heir of the Rothschild family's banking fortune.

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45 American families are worth more than $10 billion — and the wealthiest one is even richer than Elon Musk

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Rob, Alice and Jim Walton at a Walmart annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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How the world's oldest cymbal business crafts instruments for celebrities

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The Avedis Zildjian Company is the the oldest cymbal maker in the world. For 400 years, the family business survived migration, a world war, and the worst economic crisis in America.

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