What is the world's oldest family owned company, still in business, and when was it founded?

thefixxer

Kongo Gumi Construction Founded 578 Osaka Japan http://www.familybusinessmagazine.com/oldworld.html Jan 30 06, 4:08 PM

lanfranco

That is an extremely interesting site, fixx. Jan 30 06, 4:49 PM

Priscilla9

If you were referring to the burger place, jasmine, it was 1948. http://www.in-n-out.com/history.asp When I saw this question, I though of Hudson Bay. Jan 30 06, 8:24 PM

picqero

Not quite right. Sadly Kongo Gumi was taken over by Takenaka Corporation only last month. The world's oldest family run business is now Hoshi Ryokan founded around 800 AD. Feb 02 06, 2:10 AM

picqero

I forgot to add the reference - see Whttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongo_gumi Feb 02 06, 2:11 AM

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