Family businesses

Teo Siong Seng won’t seek re-election as SBF chairman, takes leave of absence from PIL, NUS

Mr Teo Siong Seng said he does not plan to seek re-election once his term as SBF chairman ends on June 24.

Mango father-son rift over inheritance cited in heir bail order

Mr Jonathan Andic being escorted to court in Martorell, near Barcelona, after his arrest on May 19. He was on a hike with his father, when the older Andic fell over 100m off a cliff.

Thai beer heir sacked after brother’s abuse accusations

(From left) Sunit “Pi” Scott, Siranudh “Psi” Scott. One of Thailand’s richest men dismissed his cousin from the Singha beer business empire, after a controversy over allegations that Sunit had sexually abused his own brother.

The ‘surname ceiling’ holding back family companies

The reality is that families are as mixed, and as mixed up, as owners of other companies — and sometimes more so.

Raised on ‘karung guni’ money, they take pride in carrying their dad’s business forward

kjfurniture - Ms Beaunice, Ms Brillyn and Ms Blessance Toh (left to right) of Hock Siong & Co. Photographed on March 20, 2026.

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Gap co-founder Doris Fisher dies at 94

Gap co-founder Doris Fisher (right) died “peacefully, surrounded by her family,” the company said on May 4, without giving a cause or date of death.

On the board but frozen out: The Taib family feud tearing Sarawak construction giant apart

Longest-serving chief minister Taib Mahmud’s legacy looms large over Sarawak as a family feud over his estate threatens to expose skeleton’s in the eastern state’s political closet.

The inventor who chased the secrets of the universe

Mr Sim Wong Hoo (right) pictured with the writer at Shika Snow Mountain in Shangri-la County in China's Yunnan Province in 2018.

Family matters: A daughter’s note and a wedding diet lead two couples to start food ventures

Mr Yap Hong Eng, his wife Betty and their daughter Skylar at their Famiglia Panizza foodcourt outlet (left), and married couple Andy Toh and Cheree Chew at their cafe, Oatsome.

Geylang restaurant Eat First hit by one-star reviews after enforcing $2 outside-drinks charge

Geylang eatery Eat First's Google rating plunged from 4.2 to 2.5 within 24 hours after an article on its policy was published.

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