app01 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:13:00 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Owner's Box @WashU Olin - Episodes Tagged with “Father” https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/father Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:15:00 -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 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.

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