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In It Together: When Your Life Partner is Also Your Business Partner

George and Carrie Mock generously spend an hour or so with Pete, thinking aloud about the challenges of governing a family business, the work-life balance that accompanies that, the insights about the Company and industry that led to decision to find Fuchs, and a few glimpses of what might be in the next chapter.

As Entrepreneur Owner-Managers, How Do We Learn?

We are in a totally unprecedented time, right (at least during my lifetime)?

I know for my family and me, our world has been upended.  I am now working from home while also trying to care for our 10-month-old, Owen, and “teach” my 6-year-old, Oliver (the materials being sent home from his 1st grade teacher).  I never wanted to be a stay at home mom or a teacher for that matter, so to say I feel a bit like a fish out of water is an understatement.

Thirty Years of Family Dinners (or are they Board Meetings)?

The Mock’s extended family has owned Nye Lubricants (founded 1844) for three generations. After their realization five plus years ago that the family’s ownership structure and limited access to capital was possibly holding back the Company’s global growth, they determined to acquire a new majority owner. Led by President George Mock, the Mock’s and their team thoughtfully executed on a multi-year plan to prepare the company. In January 2020, they successfully completed a transaction where Nye was acquired by Fuchs Petrolab SE (Mannheim, Germany).
George and Carrie Mock generously spend an hour or so with Pete, thinking aloud about the challenges of governing a family business, the work-life balance that accompanies that, the insights about the Company and industry that led to decision to find Fuchs, and a few glimpses of what might be in the next chapter.