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Warding off the ‘third-generation’ curse in family business
The TV series Succession shows the ugly side of keeping a fortune in the family. Can Singapore find an Asian way for dynasties to keep prospering?
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The HBO show Succession is said to be a thinly veiled depiction of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and his business empire.
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The wildly successful HBO show Succession tells the story of a media and entertainment mogul and his dysfunctional children who are jockeying for his approval. Spoiler alert – the latest season has the patriarch meeting an undignified end, after collapsing in his private jet’s loo no less, leaving the family in a state of shock.
Since Dad has not made clear who is the heir and has been playing his children against one another, they scheme among themselves and the non-family professionals are divided as to who they should support.
