The entrepreneurs at the forefront of China’s economic emergence in the 1980s and '90s are retiring. Who will succeed them?
Liu Xiaoming, Governor of Hainan Province, delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Entrepreneurs, December 3, 2024. Credit: Boao Forum for Entrepreneurs
As the many fans of the HBO blockbuster show Succession know, managing transitions at family companies can be difficult — and entertaining. Another such drama is playing out in real life at Double Star, once a leading Chinese shoe brand.
A book released in 2019 covering Wang Hai's 40 year journey of reforming his company, Double Star. Credit: CTPH
According to Chinese media reports, in a letter to the staff last month, the company’s 84-year-old chairman, Wang Hai, accused his grandson
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