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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it.
I brought my sons into the business to extend my working life, so I could keep my hand in the business.
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.
My family were all entrepreneurs, including my parents and grandparents.
I was happy as an only child, but I've always wanted to be part of a bigger family.
My whole family actually, but my parents. I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business and I still have stuff to do at their house.
I was just born into a business family. It is really a destiny.
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.
My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing.
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