Todd Tucker | Family Issue 2018

How are you able to juggle
having a family and running
your business?
A lot of help. It sucks. In order
to be successful, there is always
something that’s going
to suffer because you have to
spend a lot of time working
at being successful. I just do
my best. For instance, waking
my son up every morning
and taking him to school. I
might not be able to pick him
up but at least get him off to
school. This morning, me and
my wife we just took him to
the Puppetry Museum before
we had to run and go handle
business. So, it’s like trying
to make time and forcing
yourself to maybe push back
a meeting or push back on a
few things to make that time
for your kids and for your
family.
How do you carve out time
for yourself?
For myself? That’s a good
question. It’s tough with the
amount of hours that we put
into all the projects we work
on. For me, it’s like every day
I’m missing out on something
but I do carve out time. Next
week, I’m going away for a
week for my birthday when I
probably should be here dealing
with building my restaurant
out but sometimes you
just gotta take it. Let somebody
else manage or take
over some things for me. I’m
probably still going to make
some phone calls and check
my cameras. I’m still going
to be working but it will be
somewhat carved out time.
Old Lady Gang is a family
restaurant and you have a
production company with
your wife. Why is it important
to build family businesses
and allow the family
to generate their own
wealth?
Well, I think at the end of the
day, I don’t know of many
black Rockefeller families so
“I don’t know of many
black Rockefeller families so
it’s very important to build
generational wealth.”
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it’s very important to build
generational wealth. Right
now, Old Lady Gang employs
quite a few of our family
members. I think the main
thing is trying to be able to
pass a few good things down
generation to generation.
That money that can continue
to take care of our family.
Not always selling everything.
Not selling our home
and being able to leave it for
the next generation. Hopefully,
we teach them something
so they continue to pass it on
and take care of it.
Some people may say it’s
33 The Quintessential Gentleman | Summer 2018 www.TheQGentleman.com