Before World War II, Toshiba was a member of the Mitsui Group zaibatsu ( family-controlled vertical monopoly ).

Japanese keiretsu ( 系列 ) and South Korean chaebol ( which tend to be family-controlled ) are corporate groups which consist of complex interlocking business relationships and shareholdings.

There are several dozen large Korean family-controlled corporate groups which fall under this definition.

It is the seventh-largest alcohol supplier in the United States, the second-largest holder of bourbon whiskey in the world, the only remaining family-owned distillery in Kentucky ( not counting the Brown-Forman Corporation, which is publicly traded but more than two-thirds family-controlled ), and the largest independent family-owned and operated producer and marketer of distilled spirits in the United States.

In 2010, the family-controlled Dr Reddy's denied that it was in talks to sell its generics business in India to US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which had been suing the company for alleged patent infringement after Dr Reddy's announced that it intended to produce a generic version of Atorvastatin, marketed by Pfizer as Lipitor, an anti-cholesterol medication.

However, the zaibatsu ( Japan's family-controlled industrial conglomerates ) were ordered to be dismantled by the Allied powers in 1950, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was split into three regional companies, each with an involvement in motor vehicle development: West Japan Heavy-Industries, Central Japan Heavy-Industries, and East Japan Heavy-Industries.

The Wallenberg sphere, an international banking-and industry group under the control of Wallenberg family through the holding company Investor AB, based in Stockholm, Sweden, is today Europe's largest family-controlled business empire.

It was found in late 2011 that some of the Swedish company's assets had been transferred to family-controlled companies in Cyprus, leading to a fresh round of litigation there.

At time of its sale in 1998 to JC Penny, the still family-controlled chain was headquartered in Melville, New York and had 141 stores and 5, 000 employees.

In time, all three — Dr. Abraham L. Garver, Edwin G. Bobb and Dr. William M. Eldon — became partners and / or managers in one of Bare's largely family-controlled companies.

Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal, a wealthy, family-controlled foundation, Møller made substantial donations to causes with a wide range of interest: restoring historical monuments, furthering financial and cultural co-operation with the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig and in the rest of Scandinavia, and supporting science and shipping in Denmark.

By definition, the " zaibatsu " were large family-controlled vertical monopolies consisting of a holding company on top, with a wholly owned banking subsidiary providing finance, and several industrial subsidiaries dominating specific sectors of a market, either solely, or through a number of sub-subsidiary companies.

The company, although listed on the NASDAQ, is family-controlled, with 86 % of the voting power and nearly half of the shares owned by the Ingles family.

Duvel Moortgat Brewery ( Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat ) () is a Flemish family-controlled brewery founded in 1871.

By transferring land to a family-controlled monastery, the family would retain the use of the land without having to perform any services to the king for the land.

Japanese investment in Cambodia includes Phnom Penh Commercial Bank, a joint venture of Hyundai Switzerland and Japanese SBI Group, opened in 2008.

Hyundai Kia Automotive Group is Korea's largest automaker.

Hyundai was founded in 1967 and it, along with Kia, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group, which is the world's fourth largest automobile manufacturer based on annual vehicle sales in 2010.

Hyundai's parent company, Hyundai Motor Group, invested heavily in the quality, design, manufacturing, and long-term research of its vehicles.

In 2000, the company established a strategic alliance with DaimlerChrysler and severed its partnership with the Hyundai Group.

Hyundai cars are manufactured in Egypt also, the local manufacturer of these vehicles is the Ghabbour Group, which is located in Cairo.

A joint venture with Beijing Automotive Group, Beijing Hyundai Motor manufactures many Hyundai vehicles, as well as a few models which are exclusive to the Chinese market.

* Hyundai Group

* Hyundai Motor Group

Hyundai Group is a South Korean conglomerate ( Chaebol ) founded by Chung Ju-yung.

The company spun off many of its better known businesses after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, including Hyundai Automotive Group, Hyundai Department Store Group, and Hyundai Heavy Industries Group.

The Hyundai Group now focuses on elevators, container services, and tourism to Mount Kumgang.

As of March 2007, Hyundai Engineering and Construction is the main shareholder of Hyundai Merchant Marine, which is the de-facto holding company of Hyundai Group.

The country's major shipbuilder was Hyundai, which built a 1-million-ton capacity drydock at Ulsan in the mid-1970s.

Hyundai operates the world's largest integrated automobile manufacturing facility in Ulsan, which is capable of producing 1. 6 million units annually.

In 2009, according to a preliminary report from the Environmental Protection Agency published in November 2009, which is based on 2009 pre-model year production projections provided by automakers, Hyundai, at an average of, is the second most fuel-efficient automaker in America, after Honda's combined U. S. fleet of Honda and Acura models at an average of.

Hyundai subsequently sold the plant, which was eventually purchased by Olymbec inc, a Quebec real estate developer.

South Korean car maker Hyundai, which as per reports is also world ’ s fastest growing automaker and fourth largest car manufacturer across the globe, has launched a new car, Hyundai EON in October in India.

Hyundai's Getz, i10, Accent, SantaFe, Sonata, and Grand Starex were among the models which brought Hyundai to the third spot.

Other are the Santa Fe Hybrid, the Elantra, Sonata Hybrid and the Hyundai i20, which will replace the Hyundai Getz.

Hyundai is going to provide a collection of 32 Tucson fuel cell vehicles, which are powered by UTC Fuel Cell power plants.

In 2001, Hyundai debuted a new evolution of the Accent WRC, which was intended to improve reliability, but the performance of the car was still not good enough to challenge the four big teams ( Ford, Mitsubishi, Peugeot and Subaru ).

In September 2003, after a season hampered by budget constraints, Hyundai announced withdrawal from the WRC and planned to return in 2006, which did not happen.

On February 15, 1995, the company sold its microelectronics division and storage systems division to Hyundai which named it Symbios Logic.

This lead to the Cortina 80 at the end of its production life serving as a starting point for the first Hyundai Stellar which succeeded the Cortina line in South Korea, handing over some major technical components such as the steering rack and the transmission propelling shaft to the otherwise non-Ford successor.

However, during the Asian financial crisis, Kia declared bankruptcy in 1997 ; in 1998 Hyundai Motor Company acquired 51 % of the company outbidding Ford Motor Company which had owned an interest in Kia Motors since 1986.

The only post he kept was the chair of Hyundai Asan, which his father wanted him to continue running.

There were about 20 divisions in the Daewoo Group, which before the crisis was the second largest conglomerate in Korea after Hyundai Group, followed by LG Group and Samsung Group.