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Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Prada tax investigation: settlement followed by request to close case, without personal conviction” and “Prada Japan: appearance-based discrimination allegation ultimately rejected by Japanese courts”.
5 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Egyptian businessman, former owner of Harrods, the Ritz Paris and Fulham FC, who died in 2023.
10 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Resignation as Transport Minister following El-Ayyat railway disaster” and “Palm Hills: controversy over public land sales to a family group in which he was a shareholder”.
6 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Detention during Saudi anti-corruption purge followed by release without detailed public charges” and “Saudi Star in Gambella: controversy over land concessions and population displacement”.
7 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 2 controversies, including “Huda Beauty: US class action over Neon Obsessions palettes settled” and “Huda Beauty boycott linked to Iran: Mona Kattan publicly distances herself from sister and supports Iranians”.
2 controversies · 5 sources
Politics and governmentBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Saham agricultural insurance agreement: conflict of interest suspicions and suspension” and “Al Barid Bank: conflict of interest suspicions surrounding insurance tender”.
6 controversies · 8 sources
Celebrities, influencers and social mediaBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 30 controversies, including “Old 2017 content: racist/homophobic remarks and sexualised joke about teenage girl, followed by acknowledgement of "inappropriate" language” and “Video funding 1 000 cataract operations: debate over monetising philanthropy and disability representation”.
30 controversies · 51 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 21 controversies, including “Reliance succession: public confrontation with Anil Ambani after Dhirubhai's death, followed by family division” and “RIL–RNRL: Ambani brothers' legal battle over KG-D6 gas pricing resolved in favour of government framework”.
21 controversies · 46 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Restructuring of Yıldız Holding's $6.5 billion debt” and “Multiple investigations into alleged links with Gülen movement, closed without prosecution”.
4 controversies · 6 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Cyrus Mistry case: NCLAT declared Chandrasekaran's appointment unlawful, a decision overturned by the Supreme Court” and “Nusli Wadia: defamation proceedings following the Tata–Mistry dispute, ultimately quashed and withdrawn”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Satirical tweet depicting Mickey and Minnie in Islamic dress: religious offence proceedings subsequently dismissed” and “Political funding and role in opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood before Morsi's downfall”.
6 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Aadhaar: privacy, exclusion, data security and surveillance risks” and “2014 elections: BJP complaint over Aadhaar advertisements displaying his name and image”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “National anthem at Infosys Mysore: controversy, criminal complaints, apology and subsequent judicial quashing” and “Satyam: refusal to hire its employees during the accounting scandal”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “OCI: tax dispute over sale to Lafarge, travel ban, sentence linked to settlement, then favourable tax ruling” and “Departure from the UK following non-dom status reform: controversy over the tax influence of the ultra-wealthy”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Entrepreneur and property investor.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “De Beers guilty plea for industrial diamond price-fixing” and “Debate over displacement of Kalahari San and De Beers' diamond interests”.
4 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “M6 sanctioned by CSA for covert advertising on 'Capital'” and “Loft Story: CSA requires changes to contracts to protect contestants' rights”.
6 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Lancôme cancels Denise Ho concert in Hong Kong following Chinese pressure campaign” and “Munroe Bergdorf dismissed from L'Oréal campaign, followed by accusation of racial hypocrisy”.
9 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Kazaa: International Litigation over File Sharing and Copyright” and “Skype and China: Keyword Filtering by TOM-Skype”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “RIL 2000: Nita Ambani named as a noticee in SEBI's 2021 order concerning the takeover code” and “BCCI conflict-of-interest complaint involving Mumbai Indians and Viacom18's IPL rights, subsequently withdrawn”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Removal of Michael Schulhof: power struggle over Sony America and entertainment operations” and “Six West: Idei compelled to testify in antitrust litigation concerning Sony/Loews cinemas”.
9 controversies · 19 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Final conviction for manipulation of IDB share price around 2012 share offering” and “IDB debt collapse and loss of control of business empire to creditors”.
7 controversies · 17 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “OVH anti-piracy policy initially announced as highly restrictive, then clarified” and “WikiLeaks hosting in France and OVH's application to courts”.
7 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “First major austerity programme under Källenius: workforce reductions and tensions with works council” and “Retreat from 'electric only' target: reassessment of 2030 strategy”.
11 controversies · 21 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Dieselgate at Porsche: final 535-million-euro fine for supervisory failures” and “'Porschegate': text exchanges with Christian Lindner over e-fuels and privileged lobbying allegations”.
6 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Gezi Park: Koç Group's Divan Hotel shelters protesters, provoking government political attack” and “Tax inspections at Tüpraş, Aygaz and Opet after Gezi: suspected political retaliation denied by government”.
7 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Pandora Papers: beneficial owner of British Virgin Islands company” and “Bank of Spain: personal fine in BMCE Bank International governance sanction”.
4 controversies · 5 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Resignation from Web Summit Following Israel–Hamas War Comments, Then Return as CEO” and “Legal Battle Between Web Summit Co-Founders Settled in 2025”.
12 controversies · 21 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “Total Recall Technologies: allegation of misappropriation of VR project, action ultimately closed without ruling on merits” and “ZeniMax v. Oculus: NDA breach found, but trade secret theft rejected and $50 million personal award against Luckey set aside”.
14 controversies · 28 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “"Africa loves Trump" at Davos: controversy and apology” and “Disclosed political party funding by companies linked to Motsepe”.
7 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Bourse Direct: partial deprivation of voting rights on presumption of concerted action” and “Bourse Direct sanctioned by AMF over failures to detect and report suspicious transactions”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “EACOP/Tilenga projects in Uganda and Tanzania: environmental opposition and duty of vigilance litigation” and “Continued operations in Russia after invasion of Ukraine”.
9 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Bertelli recounts smashing badly parked cars' headlights with a hammer” and “Jil Sander: power struggle with Prada, designer's successive departures and resale after difficult years”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 3 controversies, including “Sonae's Takeover Bid for Portugal Telecom: Corporate Battle and Subsequent Allegations of Political Interference” and “Altice/Media Capital: Criminal Complaint Announced Following Remarks about a Possible 'Operação Marquês Ten Times Bigger'”.
3 controversies · 7 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Acquisition of Red Letter Days after administration” and “ASA complaints about BT 'Gremlins' advertisements featuring Peter Jones ultimately dismissed”.
7 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Clairtone failure following subsidised expansion in Nova Scotia and public takeover” and “Lawsuit alleging insider trading following Clairtone”.
10 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Dispute with Christian Ringnes over Danish Hotels: Claim of Approximately NOK 1.5–1.6 Billion Followed by NOK 80 Million Settlement” and “Labour Inspections: Violations Identified at 26 Hotels in the Group”.
9 controversies · 20 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
British businessman, former owner of BHS and controlling figure of Arcadia Group.
7 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Mediatrade: conviction on appeal followed by final acquittal by Court of Cassation” and “Mediaset–Vivendi: five years of industrial and legal conflict before comprehensive settlement”.
6 controversies · 14 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “eBay / Goldman Sachs: litigation over "IPO spinning" and financial settlement” and “eBay: battle with Carl Icahn over board conflicts of interest and Skype sale”.
18 controversies · 31 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “IPO announced then postponed twelve days later” and “GDPR fine for cookies placed without valid consent”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2017: Honour of Kings described as 'poison' in state media, prompting gaming time limits for minors” and “2018–2020: WeChat, political content censorship and monitoring of accounts registered outside China”.
8 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “SEC investigation into reinsurance transactions, financial restatement and investigation closed without action” and “Battle against short sellers: Fairfax sues for manipulation and obtains favourable verdict”.
6 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 3 controversies, including “1997 investigation involving a house and possible property issue, closed without prosecution” and “Gezi: Melih Gökçek's allegations against Rahmi Koç and group, subsequently sanctioned by RTÜK”.
3 controversies · 5 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “DHFL/DOIT: allegation of a 600 crore rupee gratification in exchange for Yes Bank transactions” and “Avantha Realty: allegedly undervalued bungalow purchase presented as an illicit gratification”.
10 controversies · 21 sources3 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Tata Tea, ULFA and the "Tata Tapes": allegations of links to the separatist organisation and lobbying of the central government” and “Tata Finance: scandal involving hundreds of crores and Dilip Pendse's allegation that senior management knew”.
12 controversies · 22 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2016: Succession conflict with Greg Jensen and internal votes on character and conduct” and “2016: Bridgewater's 'radical transparency' culture, constant monitoring and high staff turnover”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Media and journalismBusiness and billionaires
British media executive, former editor of the News of the World and the Sun, and subsequently chief executive of News UK.
7 controversies · 13 sources1 formal charge
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