How Three Family Businesses Became Global

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Meet the three Australian-based businesses that became global.

1. Lucas' Papaw Remedies -- most commonly used for chapped lips.
2. Bundaberg Brewed Drinks -- famous for its brewing ginger beer in a familiar stubby bottle.
3. Blackmores -- international health supplement business.

"They are the engine room of our economy: they may not get the publicity constantly that the ASX-listed companies get, but family business is the bread and butter," says John McLean, chief executive of Bundaberg Brewed Drinks

Find out how they become global here.