Use case
Family business and dynasty map
A family business map combines a family tree with the business around it: who is married to whom, who sits on which board, who holds the shares, and who is next in line. It is the view you need to understand a succession fight, and neither a family tree nor an org chart can show it alone.
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Family tree versus family network
A family tree shows descent and nothing else. A family business map adds the ties that decide who runs things: marriages that joined two fortunes, in-laws on the board, cousins who run rival divisions, advisers who outlasted three generations. Draw family ties in one colour and business ties in another, and the power structure separates from the genealogy on its own.
How to build one
- Start with the founder and add each generation, with birth and death years as the person's dates.
- Add the holding company and main businesses as organisation nodes.
- Draw family ties ("married", "son of") and business ties ("chairs", "owns 20% of") with dates.
- Source anything about living people and mark reported claims as reported.
- Play the timeline to watch control pass from one generation to the next.