esteban: esteban grafton. lemonis: nice to meet you, sir. -esteban: nice to meet you. -lemonis: wow. esteban: well, i've been here since 1953, and i'm an american. lemonis: you're an american. i'm american. -we're both americans. -esteban: [ laughs ] lemonis: and so you're the true american success story. steve: they call him "maestro" around here. lemonis: yeah? "maestro"? you come to work every day? esteban: most of the time. lemonis: you in your 60s? -esteban: i'm 82. -lemonis: 82. -steve: and this is steven. -steven: hey lemonis: how are you? i'm marcus. steven: nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: you're a steven, also? steven: yeah. it's a terrible story, really. steve: i'm steve, he's steven, he's esteban. lemonis: okay, so three generations right here. steve: right here. lemonis: the thing that i love the most about grafton furniture is the fact that it's a three-generational business. that tells me that there's a lot of love and a lot of passion here. what worries me is that generational businesses often struggle. we know that second-generational businesses fail

grafton furniture is currently run by steve grafton, who also grew up in the furniture business, and it was founded by his late father esteban. now he's helped by his son steven, the third generation of the grafton family. in my time working with the graftons, they've implemented a new manufacturing process that not only changed the efficiency, but it changed the profitability. and that new process also has strong quality control measures that ensure that every customer is happy. this is ana's father gilbert. this is steve grafton. i flew both of them out to california because i wanted them to be part of our first employee meeting. steve: my son steven. ana: very nice to meet you. stevie: nice to meet you. ana: ana maria. nice to meet you. steve: hola todos. man: hola. lemonis: so i wanted you guys to know that ana and gilbert and i made a deal, along with stevie and steven, to invest $300,000 into pacific hospitality, to buy a 45% stake. and so, going forward, these two businesses are going to be one company. putting the businesses together means more work, more business, and more money for everybody. but i'm 100% in charge