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Business and billionairesArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2017–2018: indirect funding of Project Birmingham and disinformation campaign during Alabama Senate election” and “2013–2015: repeated meetings with Epstein after his conviction during MIT fundraising”.
11 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 2 controversies, including “'Report' investigation into down, animal welfare and Moncler's production chain” and “2026 checks on luxury subcontracting chains: documents requested from Moncler”.
2 controversies · 4 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Operação Monte Branco: Arrest and Suspicion of Five Offences” and “Banco de Portugal: €3.75 Million Fine and Ban from Financial Positions over Sale of ESI Debt”.
11 controversies · 22 sources2 convictions5 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 15 controversies, including “1971: purchase tax fraud involving export records, arrest and settlement with Customs & Excise” and “1992–1993: British Airways 'dirty tricks' affair ends favourably for Branson and Virgin”.
15 controversies · 26 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 24 controversies, including “Acquisition of Express Newspapers amid controversy over adult publishing empire” and “Daily Express anti-asylum seeker campaign and NUJ journalists' revolt”.
24 controversies · 27 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “1990s/2000s–2019: Epstein's longstanding accountant and financial manager” and “2008–2019: continued work for Epstein after his conviction”.
10 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “J Capital attack on WiseTech accounts: allegations of overstated profits and growth” and “Christine Holman's resignation with allegations of harassment and intimidation; claims subsequently unsubstantiated by 2024 review”.
8 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Kountheya Hotels: FIR alleging fraud/forgery ultimately quashed by the Karnataka High Court” and “Whitefield: FIR alleging booking manipulation and withholding of revenue quashed in 2023”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 21 controversies, including “CMA CGM near insolvency: debt restructuring and entry of investors, including public FSI” and “Major commitment to LNG: criticism over methane leaks and accusations of greenwashing”.
21 controversies · 33 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Separation of Large Drives Applications: employee protests before creation of Innomotics” and “Marco Polo strategy: plans for rapid expansion in China followed by dependency debate”.
7 controversies · 18 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Audi Dieselgate: fraud conviction becomes final in 2025” and “Audi replaces four management board members amid Dieselgate crisis but retains Stadler”.
4 controversies · 10 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “FIR alleging cheating and breach of trust involving a laptop supplier” and “Tax notice concerning gains from the sale of Flipkart to Walmart”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Pandora Papers: yacht held through offshore company in the British Virgin Islands” and “Unimer Proteins: group subsidiary caught up in investigation involving 3.6 tonnes of cannabis”.
4 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Detention in 2017 anti-corruption purge and unclear subsequent status” and “Post-9/11 civil proceedings: Dallah Al-Baraka and Saleh Kamel accused of financial support, claims dismissed”.
5 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Morocco Mall: Moroccan journalists excluded from opening ceremony” and “E-commerce in 2022: suspected conflict of interest surrounding tighter customs rules and Wasal project”.
4 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 23 controversies, including “2005–2012: Loopt — retrospective internal criticism of leadership style and alleged attempts to replace him” and “2012: controversy over Loopt's actual user numbers before its sale”.
23 controversies · 39 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Orascom Development: initial two-year sentence over financial disclosures, followed by discontinuation of the case” and “Refusal to make new investments in Egypt due to repression and weaknesses in the rule of law”.
4 controversies · 7 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Room Mate dispute: bank guarantees attributed to Sandra Ortega and signatures found to be forged” and “Series of criminal complaints by Sandra Ortega against former manager José Leyte, several dismissed”.
4 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
British industrialist, founder and head of GFG Alliance and Liberty Steel.
12 controversies · 21 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 19 controversies, including “2014: approximately 18,000 redundancies after Nokia acquisition” and “'Karma' remarks about women's pay rises, followed by apology”.
19 controversies · 35 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Scott Farquhar's weak password reportedly enabled major Atlassian intrusion, according to historical investigation published in 2026” and “Multimillion-dollar donations to Climate 200 and controversy over major donors' influence”.
5 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Klarna App Privacy Incident: Other Customers' Data Visible” and “GDPR Sanction Against Klarna for Insufficient Customer Information”.
13 controversies · 31 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2013–2014: relationship with Google X employee sparks internal controversy over professional boundaries” and “2012–2014: Google Glass, championed by Brin, triggers extensive privacy and surveillance controversy”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Announcement of 900 redundancies at Bank Hapoalim and dispute with Histadrut” and “Clash with Bank of Israel over chairman Danny Dankner remaining in office”.
6 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Hyperloop One: internal lawsuit alleging conflicts of interest, nepotism and abuse of control” and “Hillary Clinton fundraiser costing over 350,000 dollars: protests against money in politics”.
10 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Succession battle with his brother for control of Lotte Group” and “Controversy over Lotte's "Japanese" identity and opaque control structure, followed by public apology”.
8 controversies · 13 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionairesFilm, television and entertainment
Television producer, entrepreneur and Syco executive.
11 controversies · 19 sources
Business and billionairesFilm, television and entertainment
Producer, manager and founder of 19 Entertainment / XIX Entertainment.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Etiket transaction: family profit of approximately 8 million and disclosure failures” and “Yannon affair: undisclosed 18 million loss, lengthy investigation followed by final decision not to prosecute”.
10 controversies · 19 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “€436,563 donation to Sebastian Kurz's ÖVP and questioning by the Ibiza inquiry committee” and “Controversial public subsidies for KTM Motohall”.
10 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Cypriot-British entrepreneur, founder of easyJet and easyGroup.
9 controversies · 18 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Loft Story contestants' contracts challenged over extent of rights assigned” and “M6 accuses TF1 and Endemol of copying Loft Story with Star Academy”.
7 controversies · 14 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “South African investigation into excessive cancer medicine pricing, ultimately closed” and “EU antitrust investigation into pricing of six cancer medicines and commitments to cut prices by 73%”.
6 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “2006 Attempt to Take The Warehouse Private: Price Considered Low and Governance Criticism” and “New Privatisation Attempt with Adamantem: Offer Abandoned for Lack of Key Shareholder Support”.
4 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “2013–2014: Jeffrey Epstein arranges meetings between Steve Tisch and several young adult women” and “2017 / disclosed in 2026: last documented email extends relationship well beyond 2013 and prompts challenges to 'brief association' description”.
4 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “1971: reported guilty plea to attempted theft of a diamond ring” and “1986–1988: sale of over $20 million in unregistered notes — SEC injunction and rescission offer”.
10 controversies · 15 sources2 convictions
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “2006: DP World's acquisition of P&O sparks US political storm over port security, followed by sale of American assets” and “2008–2010: optimistic assurances before Dubai World debt crisis, followed by bin Sulayem's replacement at Nakheel and Dubai World”.
12 controversies · 21 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 30 controversies, including “James Damore: dismissed after memo challenging diversity policies” and “Project Maven: internal revolt against Pentagon AI and decision not to renew”.
30 controversies · 52 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Bury Lawn School: parental revolt against GEMS governance and abandonment of academy project” and “Dubai: over 90% fee increase at Dubai Modern High School and dispute over tuition caps”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Criticism of "black company" practices, high staff turnover and accelerated management training for young recruits” and “Defamation lawsuit over "Uniqlo Empire" investigative book: final defeat”.
8 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Challenge to Japanese baseball establishment: attempted purchase of Kintetsu Buffaloes and bid for a new franchise” and “Hostile raid on Nippon Broadcasting and struggle for control with Fuji Television”.
10 controversies · 14 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “US Senate hearing: defence of Toyota's electronics during the unintended acceleration crisis” and “Paice hybrid patents: jury finds infringement under doctrine of equivalents involving Prius technology”.
4 controversies · 7 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Historic conviction for fraud, corruption and stock market manipulation in Discount affair” and “Playtech transactions involving Sagi-linked assets or companies and governance criticism”.
9 controversies · 16 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Riot after Millwall play-off under his chairmanship” and “Attack on Football League: comparison to a 'kebab shop'”.
11 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Massive France Télécom restructuring and elimination of thousands of positions through non-replacement” and “Appointment as Finance Minister and debate over conflicts of interest linked to France Télécom and private directorships”.
7 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “$15.3 billion acquisition of XL Group despite strong market scepticism” and “Major litigation with restaurateurs over Covid-19 business interruption losses”.
5 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Credit Suisse's exposure to the Luckin Coffee scandal” and “Approximately $450 million impairment linked to York Capital”.
9 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 27 controversies, including “Apple Maps: failed launch and Tim Cook's public apology” and “Foxconn and working conditions: independent audits launched under public pressure”.
27 controversies · 47 sources
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