Founded 1855, Omaha

"I think the three of us running the business are the beneficiaries of getting along both in our personal and our business lives. We definitely do argue; we definitely do disagree with each other. But we do it respectfully. And I think Dad sets the tone for the rest of us -- that what's best for business and for the family comes first. One thing my dad drilled into me: Whenever people would talk about the company or him or the whole Dodge lineage and all that kind of baloney, Dad would say, 'Let other people worry about who your great-grandfather was; you worry about how his great-grandson is going to turn out.'"

-- Nate Dodge, 44, executive vice president, fifth generation