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Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Veolia's acquisition-led expansion: rising debt, share price decline and failed Suez project” and “Dismissal of six Veolia trade unionists followed by legal action for reinstatement”.
8 controversies · 10 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Control battle in Brazil between Casino and Abilio Diniz over GPA and Carrefour” and “Open battle with Galeries Lafayette over control and valuation of Monoprix”.
8 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Garnier convicted in recruitment-related racial discrimination case” and “Controversy following Jean-Paul Agon's statements on 'positive discrimination' at L'Oréal”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Sale of 14.7% of NCSoft to Nexon followed by restructuring affecting approximately 400 employees” and “Control dispute with Nexon after its shareholding was reclassified as "management participation"”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Meetic ordered in urgent proceedings to remove sponsored links using Easyrencontre trademark” and “Prolonged Meetic–2L Multimedia litigation over trademarks, domain names and content”.
8 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Founder of WPP and subsequently S4 Capital.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Record Volkswagen remuneration and controversy over executive pay system” and “Power struggle with Ferdinand Piëch at Volkswagen”.
8 controversies · 18 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Court orders closure of first version of QuiEstLeMoinsCher.com over unlawful comparative advertising” and “Leclerc campaign on non-reimbursed medicines deemed aggressive and unfair”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Massive funding of Climate 200 and debate over billionaires' political influence” and “Two hostile bids for AGL with Brookfield, rejected as undervaluing the company”.
8 controversies · 17 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 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 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 8 controversies, including “Initial refusal to close Breitbart store on freedom of expression grounds” and “Public clash with Citron Research over "get-rich-quick" model and FTC non-compliance allegations”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Seven FIRs in Bhopal concerning fraud by third parties using Paytm: Sharma ultimately cleared by investigators” and “Demonetisation: Paytm advertisement featuring Narendra Modi, political controversy and government notice”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Newcastle United: controversy over separation of PIF from Saudi state” and “LIV Golf / PGA Tour: legal battle, discovery and criticism of attempt to avoid depositions”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Kerala LIFE Mission case: media reports of ED summons publicly denied” and “LuLu Mall project in Thrissur: land reclassification overturned and fresh review ordered”.
8 controversies · 20 sources
Business and billionaires
Businessman, former KGB officer and media investor.
7 controversies · 10 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Mobileye acquires Shashua-co-founded Mentee Robotics for $900 million: related-party transaction” and “Announced departure as Mobileye CEO amid weak forecasts and falling share price”.
7 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “ASIC against Fortescue and Andrew Forrest: allegations of misleading statements about Chinese contracts, followed by unanimous High Court victory” and “Yindjibarndi / Solomon Hub: mining without agreement, record compensation of approximately 150 million and appeals pending”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Subhiksha: 500 crore rupee defamation claim following remarks by Premji” and “India Awake for Transparency: serious allegations and more than 70 proceedings ultimately closed with apologies”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “September 2002: humanitarian trip to Africa aboard Jeffrey Epstein's aircraft” and “2003 / published in 2026: flirtatious and sexually explicit exchanges with Ghislaine Maxwell while Wasserman was married”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Tabacalera case: acquitted due to limitation period despite findings that inside information had been used” and “Telefónica takeover offer for Terra: minority shareholder challenges over price and treatment”.
7 controversies · 13 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Strong opposition to the 35-hour working week, described as a 'historic economic policy mistake'” and “Medef's withdrawal from Social Security management and plans for 'restructuring'”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Payments to Charles Haughey and Moriarty Tribunal Findings” and “Flood Tribunal: Century Radio, PJ Mara and Conflicting Testimony”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Takeover of Austria Salzburg and controversial erasure of the club's historical identity” and “RB Leipzig and alleged circumvention of the spirit of Germany's 50+1 rule”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Failure and liquidation of Modu after raising approximately $125 million” and “M-Systems required to restate several years of accounts following share option irregularities”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Attempt to remove CEO Joe Natale and board split” and “Removal of five directors by written consent”.
7 controversies · 1 source
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “US class action alleging misleading stock market disclosures: Shwed named, then directors removed before settlement” and “SofaWare: former executive Adi Ruppin's personal claim against Check Point and Shwed dismissed”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1990s–2013: longstanding social and financial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein” and “2004: Epstein acts as intermediary in Highbridge–JPMorgan deal”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Uswipe–Checkout.com litigation and renewed scrutiny of links with Renderwison” and “Checkout.com's rapid growth: valuation decline, departures and criticism of compliance resources”.
7 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “First GREE Verdict: $8.5 Million for Patent Infringement” and “Second GREE Verdict: $92.2 Million in Separate Patent Case”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Plan to extend working time for managers withdrawn amid internal opposition” and “Hinkley Point C: finance director resigns over investment timetable”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Increase in Thuisbezorgd commissions and allegations of market power over restaurants” and “Acquisition of Grubhub for $7.3 billion followed by sale for $650 million”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Charges in the Casinos Austria / Peter Sidlo affair” and “Political sponsorship network and the 'Novomatic zahlt alle' controversy”.
7 controversies · 12 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Abrupt replacement as Telefónica chairman amid shareholder restructuring and weak share performance” and “Severance and departure settlement amounting to tens of millions of euros”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Nexon–NCSoft control dispute following acquisition of stake in Kim Taek-jin's company” and “Jin Kyung-joon case: "free shares", car and travel benefits alleged to be bribes, followed by Kim's acquittal”.
7 controversies · 16 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Inheritance tax dispute over valuation of LG estate, lost at first instance” and “Family inheritance and LG control lawsuit: first-instance victory for Koo, followed by appeal”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Steel industrialist and executive chairman of ArcelorMittal.
7 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “"Black Diamond" affair: investigation into alleged diamond smuggling at LLD, Leviev questioned then personal case closed” and “UNICEF cuts ties with Leviev following controversy over his companies' activities in West Bank settlements”.
7 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Italia '90: cost overruns, delays and construction accidents at centre of parliamentary criticism” and “Confindustria versus Berlusconi and politics: public clashes over reforms, taxation and attacks on business”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Entrepreneur, investor and former chairman of Channel 4.
7 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Perrigo/Omega Pharma arbitration: Belgian tribunal finds fraud by sellers and awards Perrigo approximately €355 million” and “US Perrigo investor proceedings: Coucke named in complaints before being dismissed or withdrawn from the actions”.
7 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Telecom Italia: proposed separation of fixed-line and mobile businesses, political conflict and resignation as chairman” and “Telecom 'dossier illegali': security governance crisis, without Tronchetti personally placed under investigation in main case”.
7 controversies · 14 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1990s–2019: Ossa Properties, 301 East 66th Street and property ties with Jeffrey Epstein” and “2005–2008: unlawful eviction of Echelon Photography — civil liability and treble damages”.
7 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Bid-rigging in major public works contracts during 1990s” and “Formally placed under investigation in Botton–Noir case, then acquitted”.
7 controversies · 17 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Work on "new military equipment" during the war before Sony was founded” and “Transistor project: MITI initially refuses, deeming Ibuka's gamble unrealistic for a small company”.
7 controversies · 14 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
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