User blog comment:RigbysMom/Who gets the inheritance?/@comment-3257939-20161104053443/@comment-3257939-20161104200550

Keep that train of thought moving and consider the following: What if Jacques' is planning to make Whitley the primary heir? We don't know how much inheritance goes to the kid but we at least know he doesn't have neither the age or experience to handle a company. But what after a few years? As you said, Jacques pushes Weiss away by forcing the company onto her which is probably how things went with Winter as well thus causing her to leave permanently. Two failures and all because he had to insist on them being heirs from a very young age. But that doesn't appear to be the case with  Whitley right? Seems to me like the father learned his lesson after failing with his two oldest kids so he's not forcing anything onto  Whitley, thinking the boy will just turn out like Winter and Weiss. It 's all speculation but this is my own answer.

Now, a more logical answer would be this: Whether the children want the company or not is irrelevant. The company must live. No  matter how much Jacques might prefer to make  Whitley the heir, would you hand down the CEO seat to your pre-teen kid who's still not mature or experienced enough for the task or your adult  daughter  who's reluctant but better prepared? It's not about the exact age, family preferences or impressions. It's all about logic. Weiss is ready,  Whitley is not, period.

@Spirited: As RigbysMom said, it's implied that Winter joined the army precisely to escape her father and create her own path. She has rejected her inheritance thus making her no longer an option. Even if Jacques hands down the company to her anyway, Winter would probably leave all responsibilities to Weiss or Whitley because she simply doesn't want to be related to the company in the slightest.