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I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception.

I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.

I've always tried to fit what I do professionally into my family, rather than the other way around.

When I was 18, and when I entered my family business, I soon realised that it wasn't as easy as I thought. I had to deal with people of my father's generation. Building trust was key to doing business.

Thank God, I have the opportunity to do what I love, which is my family and work on a business and try and make it the best that it can be.

Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.

I brought my sons into the business to extend my working life, so I could keep my hand in the business.

I was just born into a business family. It is really a destiny.

When I came into the business, things changed a lot, and my life was in a real state of flux.

My family was in two businesses - they were in the textile business, and they were in the candy business. The conversations around the dinner table were all about the factory floor and how many machines were running and what was happening in the business. I grew up very engaged in manufacturing and as part of a family business.