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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 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 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 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 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 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 6 controversies, including “UBA–Heirs Holdings: related-party loans and controversy over interest rate” and “UBA 2025: allegations of retaliation against employees suspected of participating in internal whistleblowing”.
6 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Section 59: findings of racially discriminatory effects in healthcare provider monitoring systems” and “Competition Commission investigation into alleged collusion among major insurers”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Reliance Aston Martin crash: public speculation over driver's identity, ultimately attributed by police to a chauffeur” and “Jio launch: interconnection dispute and mutual accusations involving incumbent operators”.
5 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionairesMonarchies and royal families
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Detention at the Ritz-Carlton and financial settlement during anti-corruption campaign” and “UK dispute over commission on aircraft sale to Muammar Gaddafi”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Statements opposing rapid phase-out of oil and gas, strongly contested by climate advocates” and “COP28: Aramco employees in Saudi delegation without declared affiliation”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Addoha: transfer of collective land in Ouled Sbita and allegations of dispossession” and “Addoha stock market flotation: insider trading suspicions and closed regulatory investigation”.
5 controversies · 5 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “OpenTV/Kudelski patent litigation against Apple, followed by a global settlement” and “Patent litigation with Netflix resolved through a commercial agreement”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “2006 space flight: controversy over display of Iranian flag” and “"Space tourist" paying approximately 20 million dollars: debate over elitism, privatisation and status of private travellers”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Governance crisis following Kevin Roberts's remarks on diversity” and “One-year boycott of major advertising awards to finance Marcel platform”.
5 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Grand Mosque crane collapse: sanctions against Saudi Binladin Group followed by company conviction” and “Detention from 2017 to 2021 during anti-corruption purge, without public charges”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Labour inspection: 63% of employees exceeded overtime limit and 4.4 billion won in unpaid wages” and “Death of Netmarble Neo developer recognised as work-related due to overwork”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Luxembourg–Jersey tax structure substantially reducing dividend withholding tax” and “Control structure giving the family greater power than its economic interest”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “2006 investigation into wealth transfers through Bontec/Glovis, ultimately without indictment” and “Hyundai Mobis–Glovis restructuring plan withdrawn after opposition from Elliott and major proxy advisers”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Hyundai Group slush fund and embezzlement” and “Criminal breach of trust involving recapitalisations and affiliated-company transactions to support or transfer value”.
5 controversies · 10 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Appointment to lead Dior at centre of LVMH dynastic succession debate” and “Dior placed under judicial administration in Italy after failures in subcontractor oversight”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Personal bankruptcy involving several billion shekels and controversy over major banks' exposure” and “British High Court: German assets held through secret trusts for Fishman's benefit”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Serono: guilty plea and $704 million settlement concerning Serostim” and “America's Cup: legal battle with BMW Oracle over challenger rules”.
5 controversies · 7 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “2011 US sanctions against Ofer entities linked to maritime trade with Iran — family context” and “Very low effective tax rate reported for Ofer family's British shipping companies”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Restructuring of several billion euros of Doğuş Group debt” and “Galataport: restructuring and transfer of 49% equity to creditor banks”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Complaint against François-Marie Banier triggers Bettencourt family legal battle” and “Covert recordings made at Liliane Bettencourt's home handed to police”.
5 controversies · 9 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Inheritance conflict with Sevilay Sabancı Çınar: civil actions and complaint alleging forged documents” and “Proposal to introduce university tuition fees and debate over equal access”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Conviction in Bank Sarmayeh case for fraudulent loans and economic disruption” and “Persepolis privatisation: Steel Azin consortium's eligibility rejected amid controversy over bank debts”.
5 controversies · 7 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “IEF proposals for social and economic reform: civil servants, pensions, co-payments and employment law” and “Rana Plaza: disputed link to a workshop preparing Mango samples and change of position on compensation”.
5 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionairesMedia and journalism
Media executive and investor, former executive at News International, 21st Century Fox and Sky.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “First CNIL investigation into Criteo's advertising practices closed without action” and “New CNIL investigation into Criteo features and products”.
5 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Société Générale control failures exposed by Kerviel affair” and “€100 000 AMF sanction for insider dealing breach, without criminal prosecution”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “2018 remarks about economic behaviour and accusations of racial stereotyping” and “Control of Richemont through enhanced voting rights shares and governance challenge”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Aramco: cautious opposition to IPO, followed by loss of chairmanship and Energy Ministry” and “Regional headquarters programme: access to public contracts conditional on establishing Saudi presence”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Post-Fukushima Action 2016 plan: recruitment freeze and workforce reductions” and “Olkiluoto 3: Luc Oursel acknowledges Areva's engineering and documentation errors”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Property dispute with Anat Agmon over 50% of Globes group” and “DayTwo closes after raising approximately $85 million and cutting most jobs”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Inheritance of 49% of Red Bull and dividends amounting to hundreds of millions of euros” and “Governance crisis involving Christian Horner and power struggle at Red Bull Racing”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Panama Papers: directorship of Panamanian companies” and “Ynna Holding / Fives FCB: prolonged arbitration proceedings and attempted asset seizure”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 billionairesSport
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Collapse of Waterford Wedgwood and Job Losses” and “Personal Financial Collapse and Bankruptcy in the Bahamas”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Opposition to Sheshinski reform increasing taxation of gas profits” and “Delek Real Estate debt restructuring with substantial losses for bondholders”.
5 controversies · 12 sources
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