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Family-owned companies of the United States

  • ComcastIn 1963, Ralph J. Roberts and two partners bought American Cable Systems for $500,000. The operation started in Tupelo, Mississippi with just five channels…
  • Marriott InternationalJohn Willard Marriott opened a root beer stand in Washington, D.C. on the 13th of August 1927. He and his wife Alice ran the small business from their home…
  • Hearst CommunicationsIn 1880, George Hearst bought the San Francisco Daily Examiner for a mining entrepreneur and U.S. senator. He turned that paper over to his son William…
  • Cox EnterprisesJames M. Cox bought the Dayton Daily News in 1898, marking the start of a business empire that would span over a century.