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Creating a Family Business: The Genesis of Rogers Family Enterprises
Abstract
Steven Rogers had always thought that someday he would like to own a business with one or both of his daughters. As his eldest daughter, Akilah, finished her final semester at Harvard Business School, she told Rogers that she would like to create with him a Chicago-based real estate venture that included buying, rehabbing and renting homes in the Englewood and South Shore neighborhoods of Chicago.
Rogers quickly realized that his biggest challenge was how to equitably structure the ownership of the business. He gathered advice from family business experts and slowly began to build a plan that would benefit each member of his family. Meanwhile, Akilah assumed responsibilities associated with the business as she finished her final semester at HBS. The case ends with Rogers Family Enterprises owning its first three houses.
Type
Case
Author(s)
John L. Ward, Susan Schwendener, Scott Whitaker
Date Published
10/20/2011
Citations
Ward, John L., Susan Schwendener, and Scott Whitaker. Creating a Family Business: The Genesis of Rogers Family Enterprises. Case 5-210-254 (KEL567).
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