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A brother and sister took their younger brother to court over the multimillion-dollar “early inheritance” he received from their father.

A son’s ‘early inheritance’ and a family feud over $20m properties

A trio of siblings ended up in a Sydney court after their father gave his youngest child a multimillion-dollar gift before his death.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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Vancouver Canucks owners (from left) Paolo, Francesco and Roberto Aquilini.

Ice hockey billionaires sued by family member in feud over fortune

The sprawling empire of the Aquilini family includes Vancouver’s professional hockey team. But an ugly legal brawl is tearing the clan apart.

  • Thomas Seal
A worker collects a sample of paint for quality control at the Nippon Paint plant in Qingyuan,China.

Tycoon’s fortune makes six grandchildren billionaires

The handover of the inheritance marks an unusual transfer of assets for an ultrarich Asian family that has skipped one generation.

  • Filipe Pacheco and Pui Gwen Yeung
The Murdoch family multibillion-dollar feud has come to an end. Rupert Murdoch and his four eldest children (from left), Lachlan, Elisabeth, Prudence and James.

What’s to become of Murdoch’s corporate orphans?

The middle-aged trio – especially James and Elisabeth – don’t possess the obscurity gene, having been members of arguably the most talked about family outside the British royals.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Lachlan Murdoch emerges as the winner from the court case.

Captain Lachlan may be News Corp’s master and commander but troubled waters lie ahead

While Murdoch snr’s anointed heir is likely to stick to the same course, the media giant must brace for shifting consumer habits and economic headwinds.

  • Michael Koziol
Rupert Murdoch has ensured his media empire’s conservative editorial will continue after his death.

Lachlan, Rupert Murdoch ‘pleased’ as succession war ends with $5b buyout

The Murdoch family has reached a deal cementing Lachlan Murdoch as the successor to the family empire, bringing an end to the decades-long battle against his siblings.

  • Calum Jaspan and Colin Kruger
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Four-in-five Australians want to leave their family members an inheritance.

How ‘living inheritances’ are changing the lives of adult ‘kids’

Almost 20 per cent of Australians have inherited some form of wealth from a family member.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
LVMH chief Bernard Arnault, with wife Helene, has been working to make sure his company will stay firmly in his family’s hands.

‘Wolf in cashmere’: Billionaire’s luxury empire is facing a crisis

Bernard Arnault’s company owns some of the world’s best known luxury brands, and it made him, at one time, the richest person in the world. Now he is under increasing pressure.

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Ananya Birla,31, has her own interests that are independent of the sprawling commodities behemoth led by her father.

The Gen Z billionaires who are bored with business

Some of India’s most successful tycoons have a problem. Their children don’t want to take over.

  • Andy Mukherjee
James Packer

How James Packer plans to avoid passing the succession poison chalice to his kids

The fifth generation of Packers – James’ three children – will ultimately inherit riches rather than power.

  • Elizabeth Knight