The issue of family business is one of the intensively monitored areas of research. At the same time, it is an issue with a significant impact on the economic and social environment, ie on a topic of high social relevance. The topic is appropriate and necessary, but it is very demanding due to its interdisciplinarity, breadth. In the academic field, the topic of family business appeared in the early 1980s. In the 1990s, family business research became an independent multidisciplinary field. Research has focused on a number of paradoxes, located at the interface of various disciplines, combining economic, managerial, sociological, psychological, historical issues and many more. The unique nature of family businesses has given us the opportunity to ask many interesting research questions