Tony Simmons on the 150-Year Tabasco Legacy

This week's guest is Tony Simmons, the former President and CEO of McIlhenny Company and long-time Chairman of the S Corporation Association. Tony shares the history of Tabasco – starting with a single pepper plant back in 1868 and now a storied worldwide brand – as well as the importance of family-owned businesses and the role that tax policy plays in deciding whether to pass a company down from one generation to the next. This episode of the Talking Taxes in a Truck podcast was recorded on June 22, 2023, and runs 35 minutes long.