"People have criticized us in every decade since the 1930s, " retorts Chris Galvin, 48, a 25-year Motorola veteran and grandson of company founder Paul Galvin.

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When he isn't skiing in Austria, sailing in Polynesia or taking one of his triannual trips to the U.S., the grandson of company founder Salvatore Ferragamo keeps busy as CEO of Il Borro, the family's 1, 730-acre Tuscan hotel.

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Howard Glickberg, who is the grandson of the company's founder, remains on the board.

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David Bronner, acting president of the company, is the grandson of Emil Bronner.

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Pulliam worried that his descendants -- among them, former Vice President Dan Quayle, a grandson -- might sell the company.

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Rivals will offer to triple the salaries of its sales staff or managers, says Gildo Zegna, the company's chief executive and grandson of its founder.

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Illy is the grandson of Francesco Illy, who developed the modern espresso machine and founded the company in Trieste in 1933.

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Mr Nasser was forced out in 2001 and William Clay Ford, great-grandson of the founder, Henry Ford, took over as head of the company.

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Ford, who is the great-grandson of the automotive pioneer who founded Ford 99 years ago, took over the company a year ago, and his tenure has coincided with one of the bleakest in the company's history.

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The sudden retirement of Chief Executive Davinder Brar has set off speculation in some corners that Tempest, a nine-year company veteran, is just warming the seat for Malvinder Singh, the founder's grandson.

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