Keeping a family business going from one generation to the next isn’t easy. Just 10% of family businesses are passed from the second generation to the third. So it’s no mean feat that Judson Studios, a stained glass company based in South Pasadena, California, is currently run by the fifth generation of the family.
That would be David Judson, who in 2020 has figured out a way to keep his family’s studio as relevant as it was in 1897, when Judson’s great-great-grandfather founded the company. Judson recently wrote a book about the his family’s history and the company’s legacy in Southern California, “Judson: Innovation in Stained Glass.”