Family owned businesses employ 59% of the working population

Family owned firms account for 89% of all businesses in the United States.
Family owned businesses employ 59% of the working population.
They are responsible for 64% of the U.S.’s Gross Domestic Product.
Family owned firms created 86 % of all of the new jobs over the last decade. Yet the Jobs Summit invited reps from unions, campaign donors, and big companies instead of the people that actually create jobs.