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Hilltop Holdings faces bitter succession fight among Ford family

The dispute centers on control of Hilltop Holdings, a $2 billion financial-services company.

A business and family dispute is unfolding at Hilltop Holdings, a financial-services company valued at about $2 billion, according to the WSJ Markets.

The outlet reports that Gerald J. Ford, a Texas banking billionaire, and his children are locked in a bitter succession battle over control of the company.

The fight highlights governance stakes within a privately influenced group while the company remains at the center of an internal power struggle, WSJ Markets notes.

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