I see the business only secondarily as a financial asset. For me, what I’ve founded is more an empire and something I’d like to leave undiminished to my descendants so that they can continue to work within it.
1564 - 1616
1803 – 1882
1854 – 1900
1942 – 2016
1928 – 2014
1835 – 1910
1869 – 1948
1884 – 1962
1898 – 1963
1929 – 1993
1879 – 1955
1809 – 1865
