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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code” and “BCCI conflict-of-interest complaint involving Mumbai Indians and Viacom18's IPL rights, subsequently withdrawn”.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 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
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
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 convictions4 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
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