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Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Xinjiang: US customs detention followed by declaration that no cotton from the region was used and backlash in China” and “"Japanese people could disappear": controversy over productivity, demographics and immigration”.
8 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “"Ten years of training to become a sushi chef is ridiculous": enduring controversy over traditional crafts” and “WAGYUMAFIA: edible flowers scattered during performance, prompting accusations of waste and vulgarity”.
10 controversies · 14 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Toyota's ten-year failure to comply with US emissions-defect reporting obligations” and “Longstanding scepticism towards battery-electric vehicles and prioritisation of hybrids and hydrogen”.
4 controversies · 7 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Sagi's Skywind accuses sellers of In Touch Games of misleading it in £53 million acquisition” and “Arbitration with Skaal brothers over LayAm acquisition and undisclosed debts”.
9 controversies · 16 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Rising losses at Robert Dyas and direct operational involvement in turnaround” and “£33,000 internal fraud at Red Letter Days”.
11 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Public warning to Elon Musk ahead of Donald Trump interview disavowed by Commission” and “Abrupt resignation from European Commission and allegation of 'questionable governance' against Ursula von der Leyen”.
7 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “French judicial investigation into LSK's operations between 2007 and 2014 and Panama Papers revelations” and “LSK bankruptcy with liabilities approaching €100 million”.
10 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “AXA leaves Net-Zero Insurance Alliance that it chaired” and “Oil and gas policy criticised despite AXA's positioning as a climate leader”.
5 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “US investor litigation over Credit Suisse's collapse: Gottstein removed as a party in 2025” and “Credit Suisse convicted in Bulgarian money-laundering case, then acquitted on appeal”.
9 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “2005–2010: Civil liability to certain shareholders for inaccurate financial information, with outcomes varying according to causation” and “2002–2006: Final criminal conviction for inaccurate presentation of EM.TV financial position”.
5 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2016–2017: Transfer to open prison conditions followed by early release after serving much of sentence” and “2016: Appeal dismissed — 2014 conviction becomes final”.
9 controversies · 9 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 27 controversies, including “United States: DOJ sues Apple for monopolisation of smartphone market” and “Epic Games: Apple found in contempt for wilful breach of anti-steering injunction”.
27 controversies · 47 sources
Business and billionaires
Founder and chairman of JD Wetherspoon.
7 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Founder Share guaranteeing him 40 % of voting rights: lasting concentration of control” and “Support for tax-weighted voting and proposal to deny voting rights to certain pensioners”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “2024–2026: open rift between Boehly and Clearlake over control of Chelsea” and “2025–2026: potential conflict of interest involving Vivid Seats and resale of Chelsea tickets”.
14 controversies · 22 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Airbus corruption cases: Self-reporting, compliance reforms and 2020 global settlements” and “Airbus succession crisis: Governance struggle and planned departures of Brégier and Enders”.
8 controversies · 19 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “2026: Systemic consequences of Hayes ruling and further parliamentary questions about SFO procedures” and “23 July 2025: Supreme Court unanimously quashes all eight convictions because of unfair trial”.
12 controversies · 11 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “UBA 2025: allegations of retaliation against employees suspected of participating in internal whistleblowing” and “Oil acquisition blocked under Buhari: allegation of political intervention revealed in 2024”.
6 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionairesSport
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Personal Financial Collapse and Bankruptcy in the Bahamas” and “Battle for Control of Independent News & Media with Denis O'Brien”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “December 1996: Four years in prison, $2 million fine and restitution following Daiwa scandal” and “1984–1995: Approximately 30,000 unauthorised bond trades and concealed losses of $1.1 billion”.
5 controversies · 5 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 24 controversies, including “2016 data breach: Kalanick informed and approves $100,000 payment, but Joe Sullivan alone convicted over cover-up” and “CloudKitchens: pregnancy and sex discrimination lawsuit alleging 'boys' club' culture, also personally targeting Kalanick”.
24 controversies · 46 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 17 controversies, including “February 2026: appellate court upholds $167.727 million arbitration award despite his arguments on causation” and “September 2026: pardon does not allow him to erase civil consequences of fraud findings in Nikola bankruptcy”.
17 controversies · 11 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Infina Finance: 131 crore rupees in electoral bonds according to accounts, including 60 crore identifiable in SBI/ECI data” and “RBI: severe restrictions on Kotak Mahindra Bank following IT deficiencies observed in 2022–2023”.
7 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionairesSport
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “La7: journalists' strikes over starting salaries, precarious contracts, staffing and career progression” and “Closure of 'Non è l'Arena': suspicions of pressure surrounding Baiardo disputed by Cairo”.
11 controversies · 22 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “2026 dispute over reappointment to Tata trust and Tata Sons listing” and “Governance rift within Tata Trusts and criticism of lack of transparency”.
6 controversies · 5 sources
MusicBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “2018–2026: prolonged losses and financing of fashion group, followed by turnaround and first operating profit” and “2026: public rift with Brooklyn Beckham and allegations concerning family control, brand and wedding”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2026: Recovery of more than 14 000 crore does not extinguish pending PMLA proceedings, according to ED” and “United Kingdom: Personal bankruptcy ordered and appeal dismissed in 2025”.
10 controversies · 14 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Paytm Payments Bank crisis: severe RBI restrictions, Sharma's departure from the board and licence revocation in 2026” and “SEBI show-cause notice concerning the timing of a 2023 disclosure on small loans”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2019–2025: Kraft Heinz, acknowledged overpayment, major impairments and questions over Berkshire–3G investment” and “2000–2019: Buffett's personal trades in securities also traded by Berkshire, revealed by ProPublica”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2023–2025: financial penalty under J&F leniency agreement suspended and subjected to recalculation” and “2025: return to JBS board and restoration of significant political influence”.
9 controversies · 13 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 26 controversies, including “2024 cyberattack: Free and Free Mobile fined €42 million by CNIL in 2026” and “Iliad Italia: binding commitments following investigation into transparency of fixed-line relocations”.
26 controversies · 42 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Vivendi split challenged by minority shareholders as means of strengthening Bolloré control” and “Further concentration of Havas ownership around Bolloré family after split”.
7 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “LIV Golf: over $5 billion committed before withdrawal of PIF funding” and “Electronic Arts: $55 billion acquisition by PIF-dominated consortium, prompting debate on influence and security”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 2 controversies, including “Suisse Secrets and post-2011 Swiss investigation: Credit Suisse accounts, initial suspicions and overall closure without charges” and “Palm Hills: public land contract ruled unlawful, allegations of undervaluation and subsequent criminal acquittal”.
2 controversies · 5 sources1 formal charge
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “2023: US designates Wagner a significant transnational criminal organisation” and “2023: gold and diamond network in Central African Republic used to finance Wagner”.
14 controversies · 16 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Delek Foundation donations to Western Wall synagogue project: derivative action and repayment of 16 million NIS” and “Delek Group's 2020 debt crisis and bondholder pressure”.
5 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Investment advertisement impersonation: Maezawa sues Meta and symbolically seeks one yen” and “Maezawa Cup 2026: auditions for "round girls" criticised as recruitment of young women”.
9 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Andhra Pradesh: public interest litigation challenging land allocations to LuLu in Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada” and “LuLu Mall project in Thrissur: land reclassification overturned and fresh review ordered”.
8 controversies · 20 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2020: India bans TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps on security and digital sovereignty grounds” and “2020: Trump administration attempts to ban TikTok or force divestment of US operations”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
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