After college, she and her husband took over the company.
"How do you think I took over the company from your father?"
Charles took over the company after the death of his father in 1939.
The younger Heard took over the company in 1961 when his father died.
Until last week, the $2.8 billion was being held in cash and would have been available to anyone who took over the company.
"If they should happen to take over the company, they're going to need the employees."
After her husband left home, she took over the company they had started and its $80,000 debt.
His father died when Edward was 19, and the son took over the company.
He took over the company two years later during a Panic of 1873.
Peter tried to take over his father's company during that period, but he failed.
