Dynasties

Rothschilds • Morgans • Fords • Toyoda • Agnellis • Rockefellers • Guggenheims

Dynastic family businesses have everything: extraordinary success, bizarre eccentricity, bitter rivalry – as well as pots of money and power. Yet almost no one has looked closely enough to see what it is that really makes them tick.

In Dynasties, award-winning author David Landes casts his eye over some of the most power...