Who is Doug Spilman as noted in the biography, Factory Man?

Doug Spilman was President and CEO of Bassett Furniture and was the father John Bassett III and Jane Bassett Spilman. Doug believed in the school of hard knocks and was harsh with his son who he considered brilliant yet undisciplined. When Doug came down with terminal cancer, he by-passed his son and named his cousin Ed as President and CEO and his son-in-law, Bob Spilman as his number two.