When Walmart’s Rob Walton, board chairman of the family-controlled company, appointed Greg Penner to vice chairman last week, he was going to bat for his son-in-law, underscoring the important role that in-laws can play in the game of family business.
Working with Your In-Laws Isn’t Always a Terrible Idea
Advice from people who’ve made it work.
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