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Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2026: not-guilty plea before Manhattan federal court” and “2026: most pretrial motions to dismiss or clarify charges rejected”.
10 controversies · 7 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2014: STF rules seizure and cloning of Banco Opportunity hard drives unlawful” and “2012: acquittal for insufficient evidence in Kroll / Operação Chacal case”.
8 controversies · 9 sources2 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 billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “Royal Mail: deteriorating delivery performance, £21 million Ofcom fine and new investigation after change of control” and “Casino: second debt restructuring and renewed negotiations with creditors”.
14 controversies · 29 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “Uber One: FTC and then 21 states accuse Uber of deceptive billing and deliberately difficult cancellations” and “Disability: New DOJ lawsuit over refusals involving assistance dogs and wheelchairs; motion to dismiss rejected”.
18 controversies · 29 sources
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 4 controversies, including “Thomson Reuters contracts with DHS/ICE: shareholder resolution on human rights risks” and “Transfers of loss-making companies to Woodbridge affiliates: related-party transactions and tax optimisation”.
4 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Psychic Sisters investment and criticism of pseudoscience promotion” and “Acu Seeds / ME-CFS controversy and altered programme edit”.
6 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “8 May 2026: Bombay High Court stays PMLA attachment and prevents ED taking possession pending appeal” and “3 July 2025: PMLA Appellate Tribunal overturns favourable 2020 decision and confirms asset attachment”.
9 controversies · 6 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Gig workers' strikes and public dispute over pay, exploitation and regulation” and “Temple/« Entropy »: scientific criticism of unvalidated claims concerning ageing and metabolism”.
10 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Arnault succession: family rivalries and Xavier Niel's role in internal balance of power” and “Dior placed under judicial administration in Italy after failures in subcontractor oversight”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 3 controversies, including “Inheritance dispute over Atlı Köşk: Demir Sabancı named among defendant heirs” and “WIPO domain name dispute over "Sabancı" between Sedesco and Sabancı Holding, won by Demir Sabancı's company”.
3 controversies · 5 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “PartnerRe affair: SCOR formally placed under investigation in 2025 for alleged acts attributed to Denis Kessler after his executive departure” and “SCOR–Covéa governance battle following attempted takeover in 2018”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Moriarty Tribunal: Esat Digifone, Payments Linked to Lowry and No Prosecution in 2026” and “Civil Defamation Judgment Concerning Two Phoenix Law Solicitors”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionairesMedia and journalism
Documented profile covering 15 controversies, including “Marianne and Libération: allegations of tightened editorial control and concerns over his influence” and “Editis: restructuring, dismissal of executives and strikes under new governance”.
15 controversies · 20 sources
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
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “1986–1987: Extensive cooperation with investigators triggers prosecutions of other Wall Street figures” and “February 1987: Two years in prison and $362,000 fine, sentence reduced for cooperation”.
6 controversies · 7 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Panama Papers and Defamation Action Against The Irish Times Settled in 2026” and “Governance Crisis and Celtic Supporters' Revolt”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Nuclear versus renewables controversy: allegations against CSIRO, corrected fact-check and 196 ABC complaints” and “Dick Smith Foods closure: Aldi accused of 'extreme capitalism', allegation rejected”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Institutional psychological harassment: Lombard's criminal conviction upheld through Court of Cassation in 2025” and “2011 return as special adviser: Controversy over remuneration, followed by retirement”.
6 controversies · 14 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Belgian Cofibel–Cofimines affair: Detention, trial and partial finding of guilt” and “Schneider succession: Shareholder pressure and governance uncertainty”.
6 controversies · 10 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Tod's and 'caporalato': request for judicial administration and supply chain investigation, with no personal charge against Della Valle” and “Tod's-funded Colosseum restoration: controversy over image rights and private sponsorship”.
6 controversies · 14 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 15 controversies, including “Diesel: Zetsche heard as witness in model investor litigation seeking approximately 1,25 billion euros” and “TUI: shareholder counterproposal challenging discharge of Zetsche as supervisory board chairman”.
15 controversies · 28 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “ServusTV accused of providing a platform for COVID scepticism and misinformation” 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 8 controversies, including “Delaware: direct allegation of fraudulent transfers and concealment of $533 million” and “NCLT: resolution professional seeks compensation from former directors over alleged domestic transfer of ₹130 crore”.
8 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Dispute with Donne Botha over existence of marriage and property rights” and “Steyn City next to Diepsloot: criticism of luxury enclave and debate over actual social benefits”.
4 controversies · 4 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “2023 judicial reform: Moran warns of investor flight and major economic decline, with forecasts subsequently challenged” and “Moran joins Supreme Court petition seeking to prevent indicted Netanyahu from forming government”.
7 controversies · 11 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 7 controversies, including “Power of the Rogers Control Trust and minority shareholder rights” and “Rogers–Shaw merger and market concentration”.
7 controversies · 1 source
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Joint liability upheld for MMX tax debt estimated at 3.5 billion reais” and “CVM fine for voting with conflict of interest on MMX board”.
11 controversies · 16 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “British High Court: German assets held through secret trusts for Fishman's benefit” and “Trustee challenges transfers of assets to Fishman family, interim measures followed by creditor settlement”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 50 controversies, including “Twitter: late disclosure of crossing 5% threshold — SEC lawsuit followed by $1.5 million settlement in 2026” and “Twitter acquisition: 2026 civil verdict finding investor fraud over 'deal on hold' tweet”.
50 controversies · 79 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Estadio Azteca redevelopment ahead of 2026 World Cup: delays, defects and criticism of fan experience” and “Dispute with Estadio Azteca box owners over rights during 2026 World Cup”.
6 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “"Valores Santander": CNMV penalties for sales practice failings” and “Preference shares sold to elderly customers: civil judgment finding "disloyalty and bad faith"”.
9 controversies · 14 sources2 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2023: STF blocks immediate confiscation of approximately R$ 71 million without a final conviction” and “2021: Atibaia conviction annulled and Emílio's criminal liability extinguished by limitation”.
9 controversies · 9 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Employee litigation over profit-sharing and disclosure of group accounts” and “PNF tax fraud investigation: searches at Lactalis and Emmanuel Besnier's home”.
9 controversies · 12 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 5 controversies, including “Closure of Merck Serono's Geneva site and retrospective debate over sale without a retention guarantee” and “America's Cup: legal battle with BMW Oracle over challenger rules”.
5 controversies · 7 sources
Business and billionaires
Media owner and member of the House of Lords.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Iran's seizure of MSC Aries and Iranian accusations against Eyal Ofer” and “Lawsuit by Bangladeshi worker seriously injured while dismantling the Eurus London, a former Zodiac vessel”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionairesMedia and journalism
Documented profile covering 19 controversies, including “'Falsissimo' and Alfonso Signorini: investigation for non-consensual intimate image distribution following presenter's complaint” and “Signorini civil injunction: provisional ban on publishing new episode and removal of content”.
19 controversies · 25 sources9 convictions11 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Nykaa's 5:1 bonus issue ahead of lock-in expiry: corporate governance controversy” and “Non-compliance with Section 139 of the Companies Act: compounding and personal fees paid by Falguni Nayar”.
4 controversies · 6 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “First HoldCo: concentration of shareholding and declared ambition to gain control” and “Fuel subsidies: sting operation involving Farouk Lawan, Lawan's conviction and renewed allegations in 2025”.
6 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Seda Akgül claims political pressure led to her removal from Star TV and Şahenk asked her to remain silent” and “Galataport: restructuring and transfer of 49% equity to creditor banks”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Corruption investigation surrounding Force Blue case, followed by closure of allegation against Briatore” and “Force Blue: Lengthy tax and customs proceedings, convictions overturned and final acquittal”.
6 controversies · 11 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Business and billionairesSport
Documented profile covering 15 controversies, including “Super League: 2026 agreement in principle between Real Madrid and UEFA to end litigation” and “New Bernabéu: Concert, noise and car park disputes surrounding stadium operating model”.
15 controversies · 31 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 2 controversies, including “OML 127: state-imposed acquisition of interests, followed by Famfa victory in Supreme Court” and “OPL 216: discretionary allocation and persistent suspicions of political favouritism”.
2 controversies · 3 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Accelerated BPCE succession and criticism of lack of transparency” and “BPCE appointment and illegal taking of interest trial: Definitive acquittal on appeal”.
5 controversies · 8 sources1 formal charge
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