app02 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:26:15 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Owner's Box @WashU Olin - Episodes Tagged with “Family Business” https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/family%20business Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0600 Though a lot of our national attention goes to big publicly traded firms, 87% of companies that earn more than 100 million dollars a year in revenue are privately held—by their founders, families, partnership groups, or even their employees. Instead of answering to a range of distant shareholders, they’re setting their own course…for better or worse. We find that there are as many ways to run a business as there are people who decide to do it. What makes private ownership so interesting is that each choice an owner makes has a ripple effect on their family, employees, and community. Each owner’s story is simultaneously a snapshot of one individual and a piece of the giant mosaic that is our economy. Understanding them helps us understand the world we live in, no matter where we sit. en-us episodic Human stories and research insights that illuminate the business ownership journey Dr. Peter Boumgarden Though a lot of our national attention goes to big publicly traded firms, 87% of companies that earn more than 100 million dollars a year in revenue are privately held—by their founders, families, partnership groups, or even their employees. Instead of answering to a range of distant shareholders, they’re setting their own course…for better or worse. We find that there are as many ways to run a business as there are people who decide to do it. What makes private ownership so interesting is that each choice an owner makes has a ripple effect on their family, employees, and community. Each owner’s story is simultaneously a snapshot of one individual and a piece of the giant mosaic that is our economy. Understanding them helps us understand the world we live in, no matter where we sit. no ownership, business, work Dr. Peter Boumgarden boumgardenp@wustl.edu Tactic's from the Owner's Box: Sustaining a Mission-Driven Media Company https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/17 cc304c9a-de3d-402f-b59c-da891d521bce Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0600 Dr. Peter Boumgarden bonus 3 Dr. Peter Boumgarden The Washington Post just announced it was laying off 30% of its workforce. 300 newsroom journalists told to put down their pens, entire sections gutted. How did we get here? What does it take to sustain a mission-driven media company? At the Owner's Box, we are interested in how ownership shapes a company's behavior and nowhere is that more interesting than in an industry with a mission to provide a public good. 8:13 no <p>The Washington Post just announced it was laying off 30% of its workforce. 300 newsroom journalists told to put down their pens, entire sections gutted. How did we get here? What does it take to sustain a mission-driven media company? At the Owner's Box, we are interested in how ownership shapes a company's behavior and nowhere is that more interesting than in an industry with a mission to provide a public good. </p> The Washington Post, The New York Times, Media, Mission, Business, Family Business, Jeff Bezos, Thomas Jefferson, Morgan Stanley, News The Washington Post just announced it was laying off 30% of its workforce. 300 newsroom journalists told to put down their pens, entire sections gutted. How did we get here? What does it take to sustain a mission-driven media company? At the Owner's Box, we are interested in how ownership shapes a company's behavior and nowhere is that more interesting than in an industry with a mission to provide a public good.

]]> The Washington Post just announced it was laying off 30% of its workforce. 300 newsroom journalists told to put down their pens, entire sections gutted. How did we get here? What does it take to sustain a mission-driven media company? At the Owner's Box, we are interested in how ownership shapes a company's behavior and nowhere is that more interesting than in an industry with a mission to provide a public good.

]]> S3: E5: Balancing Ambition in a Culinary Portfolio with Nina Compton https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/16 ab0057ce-e42b-4f42-9a0d-26845d2ecb3c Tue, 27 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0600 Dr. Peter Boumgarden full Dr. Peter Boumgarden Today we have an opportunity to chat with my friend, Chef Nina Compton, the owner of the acclaimed Compère Lapin in New Orleans. Nina's journey from cooking Christmas dinner for her family in St. Lucia to competing on Top Chef and winning the James Beard Award for Best Chef: South is remarkable. But what makes her story particularly interesting from an ownership lens is that she and her husband, Larry, have thoughtfully built a portfolio of projects, all while trying to live a life worth living. On today’s episode, Balancing Ambition in a Culinary Portfolio with Nina Compton. 39:38 no <p>Today we have an opportunity to chat with my friend, Chef Nina Compton, the owner of the acclaimed Compère Lapin in New Orleans. Nina's journey from cooking Christmas dinner for her family in St. Lucia to competing on Top Chef and winning the James Beard Award for Best Chef: South is remarkable. But what makes her story particularly interesting from an ownership lens is that she and her husband, Larry, have thoughtfully built a portfolio of projects, all while trying to live a life worth living. On today’s episode, Balancing Ambition in a Culinary Portfolio with Nina Compton. Special Guest: Nina Compton.</p> Nina Compton, Top Chef, New Orleans, James Beard Award, St. Lucia, Family Business, Restaurant Today we have an opportunity to chat with my friend, Chef Nina Compton, the owner of the acclaimed Compère Lapin in New Orleans. Nina's journey from cooking Christmas dinner for her family in St. Lucia to competing on Top Chef and winning the James Beard Award for Best Chef: South is remarkable. But what makes her story particularly interesting from an ownership lens is that she and her husband, Larry, have thoughtfully built a portfolio of projects, all while trying to live a life worth living. On today’s episode, Balancing Ambition in a Culinary Portfolio with Nina Compton.

Special Guest: Nina Compton.

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Special Guest: Nina Compton.

]]> S3: E4: New Growth from Deep Roots with Tad & Ben Edwards https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/15 fb03f281-bf13-472c-8485-3852ac39f228 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:15:00 -0600 Dr. Peter Boumgarden full 3 Dr. Peter Boumgarden Today’s guests are a father-son duo who have been on a fascinating journey of growing up with the family business, exiting that chapter, and deciding to start a new one. Tad Edwards was part of a multi-generational family business in the financial services industry, A.G. Edwards, that was ultimately acquired by Wachovia and then Wells Fargo. Tad took the pen on the next chapter of the family legacy by starting the firm Benjamin F. Edwards, and is now joined in the business by his son, Ben. On today’s episode, New Growth from Deep Roots with Tad and Ben Edwards of Benjamin F. Edwards. 43:00 no <p>Today’s guests are a father-son duo who have been on a fascinating journey of growing up with the family business, exiting that chapter, and deciding to start a new one. Tad Edwards was part of a multi-generational family business in the financial services industry, A.G. Edwards, that was ultimately acquired by Wachovia and then Wells Fargo. Tad took the pen on the next chapter of the family legacy by starting the firm Benjamin F. Edwards, and is now joined in the business by his son, Ben. On today’s episode, New Growth from Deep Roots with Tad and Ben Edwards of Benjamin F. Edwards. Special Guests: Benjamin (Ben) F. Edwards V and Tad Edwards.</p> family business, financial services, st. louis, father, son, A. G. Edwards, public, private, business, brokerage firm Today’s guests are a father-son duo who have been on a fascinating journey of growing up with the family business, exiting that chapter, and deciding to start a new one. Tad Edwards was part of a multi-generational family business in the financial services industry, A.G. Edwards, that was ultimately acquired by Wachovia and then Wells Fargo. Tad took the pen on the next chapter of the family legacy by starting the firm Benjamin F. Edwards, and is now joined in the business by his son, Ben. On today’s episode, New Growth from Deep Roots with Tad and Ben Edwards of Benjamin F. Edwards.

Special Guests: Benjamin (Ben) F. Edwards V and Tad Edwards.

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Special Guests: Benjamin (Ben) F. Edwards V and Tad Edwards.

]]> Tactics from the Owner's Box: The Family Mission Statement https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/14 76de6767-ab31-4789-8058-9c2182a110ad Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0600 Dr. Peter Boumgarden bonus Dr. Peter Boumgarden In October, Juliet Chung of the Wall Street Journal wrote a piece titled "Wealthy Families Are Writing Mission Statements to Avoid Fights, Lost Fortunes." If no family – happy or unhappy– is simple, what does it mean for a family to be intentional? Today on the Owner's Box, the power and limitations of a family mission statement, and what lessons are worth mining from multi-generational family business owners. 8:10 no <p>In October, Juliet Chung of the Wall Street Journal wrote a piece titled "Wealthy Families Are Writing Mission Statements to Avoid Fights, Lost Fortunes." If no family – happy or unhappy– is simple, what does it mean for a family to be intentional? Today on the Owner's Box, the power and limitations of a family mission statement, and what lessons are worth mining from multi-generational family business owners. </p> mission statements, Wall Street Journal, family, family business, parenting, multi-generational, philanthropy In October, Juliet Chung of the Wall Street Journal wrote a piece titled "Wealthy Families Are Writing Mission Statements to Avoid Fights, Lost Fortunes." If no family – happy or unhappy– is simple, what does it mean for a family to be intentional? Today on the Owner's Box, the power and limitations of a family mission statement, and what lessons are worth mining from multi-generational family business owners.

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]]> Tactics from the Owner's Box: Ownership Overhaul at OpenAI https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/12 b78a69f8-4086-43de-996f-024d280ea1ac Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0600 Dr. Peter Boumgarden bonus 3 Dr. Peter Boumgarden OpenAI's ownership redesign has the potential to shape how the technology on our screens and in our pockets affects our economy and our society. Can they deliver benefit to the public and profit to the few at the same time? 7:48 no <p>OpenAI's ownership redesign has the potential to shape how the technology on our screens and in our pockets affects our economy and our society. Can they deliver benefit to the public and profit to the few at the same time?</p> AI, Data, OpenAI, Ownership, Family Business OpenAI's ownership redesign has the potential to shape how the technology on our screens and in our pockets affects our economy and our society. Can they deliver benefit to the public and profit to the few at the same time?

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]]> S2: E5: Stewarding Potential with Katie Ford https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/2-5 fe3acde0-4d3c-4bcc-970e-9ca531b7622b Thu, 13 Mar 2025 04:00:00 -0500 Dr. Peter Boumgarden full 2 Dr. Peter Boumgarden In today’s episode, we learn from Katie Ford all about how one company shaped the modeling business, and what that means for the person holding the reins. 34:37 no <p>In today’s episode, we learn from Katie Ford all about how one company shaped the modeling business, and what that means for the person holding the reins. Special Guest: Katie Ford.</p> modeling, family business, ford models, art, travel, human trafficking, investments In today’s episode, we learn from Katie Ford all about how one company shaped the modeling business, and what that means for the person holding the reins.

Special Guest: Katie Ford.

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Special Guest: Katie Ford.

]]> Episode 6: All That We Bring to the Table with Cindi Bigelow https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/6 2305535b-a5dc-40a5-aa13-da7ee5570d61 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 04:00:00 -0500 Dr. Peter Boumgarden full 1 Dr. Peter Boumgarden For those of you playing along at home.... while this season has highlighted a number of different voices, there is at least one that is characteristically missing -- that of a female owner taking over leadership of their family business. Our discussion with Carolyn Kindle at St. Louis CITY SC hit on pieces of this work, but this was in the context of starting something new -- a soccer club in the MLS. There is something different about stewarding something that already exists. How do you lead that well? What does it mean to own something from a deep understanding of who you are. And so with that, we queue up, Cindi Bigelow of Bigelow Tea. 43:52 no <p>For those of you playing along at home.... while this season has highlighted a number of different voices, there is at least one that is characteristically missing -- that of a female owner taking over leadership of their family business. Our discussion with Carolyn Kindle at St. Louis CITY SC hit on pieces of this work, but this was in the context of starting something new -- a soccer club in the MLS. There is something different about stewarding something that already exists. How do you lead that well? What does it mean to own something from a deep understanding of who you are. And so with that, we queue up, Cindi Bigelow of Bigelow Tea. </p> Bigelow Tea, Tea, Family Business, Female, Leadership For those of you playing along at home.... while this season has highlighted a number of different voices, there is at least one that is characteristically missing -- that of a female owner taking over leadership of their family business. Our discussion with Carolyn Kindle at St. Louis CITY SC hit on pieces of this work, but this was in the context of starting something new -- a soccer club in the MLS. There is something different about stewarding something that already exists. How do you lead that well? What does it mean to own something from a deep understanding of who you are. And so with that, we queue up, Cindi Bigelow of Bigelow Tea.

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