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Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “December 2024–March 2026: appointment as "AI & Crypto Czar" while remaining a Craft Ventures partner” and “March 2026: end of operational special government employee role and transition to PCAST”.
14 controversies · 24 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “Recurring controversies in 2025-2026 over non-binary options and trans people's gym access” and “Alleged £8m fraud by Bannatyne Group finance director”.
14 controversies · 15 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “Danone sues Chobani in 2026 over allegedly misleading protein-content claims” and “La Colombe cold brew: Danone allowed to pursue claim over alleged imitation of packaging and slogan”.
14 controversies · 23 sources
Business and billionaires
British industrialist, founder and chairman of INEOS, co-owner of Manchester United.
14 controversies · 22 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “2025–February 2026: key PleasrDAO claims survive; Shkreli countersues over copyright” and “January–October 2024: pharmaceutical ban and $64.6 million order upheld on appeal, Supreme Court declines review”.
14 controversies · 11 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “Anduril and the 'virtual wall': automated surveillance of US–Mexico border” and “Substantial Republican fundraising and Anduril public contracts: perceived conflict of interest”.
14 controversies · 28 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
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 13 controversies, including “2026: further ED asset freezes and seizures” and “2026: SEBI rejects settlement application in new Reliance Infrastructure case”.
13 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Paper imports through offshore companies: lengthy SPK proceedings, acquittals overturned then time-barred” and “Sale of Doğan media empire to Demirören amid political pressure and media concentration”.
13 controversies · 33 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Arbitration appeal trial: prosecution seeks five-year suspended sentence” and “Death before appeal judgment: criminal proceedings extinguished, no appellate criminal conviction of Tapie”.
13 controversies · 14 sources6 convictions7 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “2025: €23 million in 2024 remuneration and approximately €12 million more in planned severance and bonuses” and “2023–2024: Total remuneration rises 56% to approximately €36.5 million”.
13 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “France: asset seizures and battle over enforcement of Turkish judgments, with successive conflicting decisions” and “France: approximately $68 billion compensation claim over seizure of former assets dismissed in 2026”.
13 controversies · 22 sources7 convictions7 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Persistent Debate over Low Royalties Paid to Artists” and “Dispute with The Mechanical Licensing Collective over Audiobook Bundling and Royalties”.
13 controversies · 30 sources
Business and billionairesScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “2025–2026: Michelle Ritter accuses Schmidt of sexual assault and surveillance; preliminary arbitration ruling favours Schmidt” and “2019–2024: investments and business ties in China while warning Washington about Chinese technological competition”.
13 controversies · 22 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Prosecution of former Glencore executives for corruption” and “Aabar litigation: Ivan Glasenberg personally named as defendant in investor claims arising from corruption revelations”.
13 controversies · 21 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Kirch affair: prosecuted for attempted litigation fraud, definitively acquitted” and “Loans to Donald Trump: press reports Ackermann approved renewed lending despite previous defaults”.
13 controversies · 24 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “2004–2006: alleged bank fraud followed by findings of guilt concerning the use of personal credit lines” and “2006: jury finds him guilty on all counts in the Enron trial”.
13 controversies · 11 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “September 2023: sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Singapore court, but remains outside Singapore” and “2026: approximately $1.1 billion insolvent trading claim in BVI still pending”.
13 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Togo case: Arrest, extradition, charge of complicity in fraud and subsequent provisional release” and “Conditional release revoked for failure to meet financial obligations, followed by return to prison”.
13 controversies · 14 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “2022–2026: Wirecard criminal trial ongoing, hearings scheduled until 23 December 2026” and “December 2022–2023: Trial begins; Oliver Bellenhaus pleads guilty and implicates Braun, who disputes his account”.
13 controversies · 16 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Spanish €107.8 Million Fine for Commercial Practices Deemed Abusive” and “Italian €255.8 Million Fine for Abuse of Dominant Position Against Travel Agencies”.
13 controversies · 24 sources
Business and billionaires
British entrepreneur, founder of Sports Direct and controlling shareholder of Frasers Group, former owner of Newcastle United.
13 controversies · 21 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “AI-First Shift: Workforce Reduction Followed by Partial Return to Human Service” and “Criticism of Buy Now, Pay Later Model and Stronger Consumer Protection”.
13 controversies · 31 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Sale of Corsican villa after Omar Bongo's death and belated settlement of debts” and “€2 million fine remained unpaid for years and expulsion from Legion of Honour”.
12 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “2004–2006: Cooperates with Enron Task Force, then receives reduced six-year sentence” and “14 January 2004: Guilty plea to two securities fraud and wire fraud conspiracy counts”.
12 controversies · 5 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “September 2026: Shotgun taken into Portugal by private jet without required import documentation” and “2015–2023: Guilty plea to tax-related fraud through false statement to HMRC and 17-month suspended sentence”.
12 controversies · 19 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “2007–2014: Convictions upheld, permanent SEC settlement, then parole” and “17 June–19 September 2005: Guilty on 22 of 23 Tyco counts, sentenced to 8⅓–25 years, $70m fine and $134m joint restitution”.
12 controversies · 8 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
SportBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “LaLiga–CVC agreement: opposition from Real Madrid, Athletic and FC Barcelona and prolonged litigation” and “FC Barcelona financial data: TAD proceedings opened then definitively closed without sanction”.
12 controversies · 22 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “2016: Compassionate release because of terminal cancer” and “2005–2008: Fifteen years' imprisonment and family forfeiture exceeding $1bn, then one bank fraud count overturned on appeal and sentence reduced to twelve years”.
12 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Processo Berardo: Arrest, 51 Searches and Suspicions of Fraud, Money Laundering and Harmful Management” and “Fundação José Berardo: Administrative Dissolution, Initial Annulment and Supreme Court Confirmation in 2026”.
12 controversies · 25 sources2 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Solstad Offshore Restructuring: Allegations of Preferential Treatment Favouring Aker” and “Move to Switzerland and Debate over Avoiding Wealth Tax”.
12 controversies · 23 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “New 2018 tax investigation into 520 nominee accounts and approximately 85.6 billion won in taxes” and “Private residence renovations paid for with Samsung C&T funds: executives indicted, proceedings against Lee suspended”.
12 controversies · 17 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Further conviction in Rennes for mobile telephony VAT fraud” and “Arrest in Rome, extradition and detention in France”.
12 controversies · 8 sources3 convictions3 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “John McGuirk's Defamation Action Still Pending Following 2026 Adjournment” and “Legal Battle Between Web Summit Co-Founders Settled in 2025”.
12 controversies · 21 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Radia Tapes: conversations with lobbyist Niira Radia, influence allegations and lengthy privacy dispute” and “Corus: allegation of an overpriced acquisition driven by ego, disputed by Tata”.
12 controversies · 22 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “32.13 billion-peso tax payment agreement and start of instalments” and “TV Azteca and bondholders clash in New York over debt of several hundred million dollars”.
12 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “2022–2026: challenges to European Union sanctions rejected again in September 2026” and “2022–2026: Chelsea sale proceeds remain frozen, UK ultimatum and threat of legal action”.
12 controversies · 21 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 12 controversies, including “2026: approximately $1.1 billion insolvent trading action in BVI and other claims still pending against Zhu and Davies” and “June 2025: Singapore appeal — disclosure orders upheld, but Zhu examination order overturned for abuse of process”.
12 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “2009 / revealed in 2026: Epstein approaches Peter Mandelson in support of London Gateway financing” and “2008–2019 / disclosures in 2026: extensive friendly and business correspondence with Epstein after his conviction”.
12 controversies · 21 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 billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Second copyright infringement judgment concerning his book on René Bousquet” and “Oléron Participations: civil judgment against company founded by Minc and Bergé for 'fraudulent sale'”.
11 controversies · 20 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Death before appeal judgment in main trial: Criminal proceedings terminated” and “Conviction for using a forged passport while a fugitive”.
11 controversies · 9 sources3 convictions3 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Mazars formally placed under investigation in connection with Lagardère case” and “Formally placed under investigation for misuse of corporate assets, abuse of power, vote buying, misleading information and failure to file accounts”.
11 controversies · 11 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2009–2024: recovery proceedings and restitution of billions to victims” and “2020–2021: compassionate release request for terminal illness denied, followed by death in prison”.
11 controversies · 8 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Ola Electric faces CCPA/BIS scrutiny following more than 10,000 consumer complaints” and “FIR for abetment following an Ola Electric employee's suicide: disputed harassment allegations”.
11 controversies · 20 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “November 2025–March 2026: Delaware default judgment followed by civil liability of $714.54 million, appeal filed” and “2022–2026: Qatar Holding $150 million loan, personal guarantee and Singapore arbitration with asset freeze”.
11 controversies · 11 sources
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