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Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “CumCum affair: Searches and tax investigation targeting several banks including BNP Paribas” and “Sudan: US civil verdict against BNP Paribas contested on appeal”.
9 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Rhodia spin-off: Shareholder complaints and financial investigation” and “Sale of SFR to Numericable: Disputed allegations of favouritism and conflict of interest”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Celebrities, influencers and social mediaBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2023: Statements against they/them pronouns and some non-binary labels, followed by clarification” and “2022: Yak meat business criticised in light of his 'pet' statements and cruelty-free brand”.
9 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Governance crisis surrounding RIM's co-CEO model” and “Complete departure from RIM following strategic disagreement”.
9 controversies · 4 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Adani coal mine in Australia: Kaeser retains Siemens contract despite climate campaign” and “Siemens–Alstom rail merger fails following European Commission veto”.
9 controversies · 21 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2024–2026: Stellantis production and employment crisis in Italy” and “2025–2026: break-up of GEDI and sales of La Repubblica and La Stampa”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
4th Viscount Rothermere, chairman and controlling owner of DMGT.
9 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2025: new SEBI front-running case and 65.77 crore in alleged gains” and “2020: prima facie involvement in front-running investigation”.
9 controversies · 6 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “SM Entertainment acquisition: arrest and indictment for share-price manipulation, first-instance acquittal followed by appeal” and “K Cube Holdings accused of breaching separation-of-finance-and-industry rules, then cleared”.
9 controversies · 19 sources2 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “1987: $17.9 million remuneration criticised by UAW” and “1986: Remuneration exceeds $20 million after symbolic salary era”.
9 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “9–23 June 2026: House hearing — Groff denies knowledge of crimes despite highly sceptical questioning” and “July 2026: six survivors tell CNN Groff lied to Congress; committee considers affidavits”.
9 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2001–2005: Investigation into possible influence-buying surrounding pardon, closed without charges” and “1983–2001: Flight to Switzerland, arrest warrant and seventeen years as a fugitive”.
9 controversies · 10 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “September 2026: discharge application — Goyal cites absence of CBI charge sheet three years after FIR; ED opposes” and “6 May 2024: Bombay High Court grants medical interim bail during cancer treatment”.
9 controversies · 10 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “US multidistrict litigation over hair relaxers and alleged cancer risks” and “Gradual withdrawal of PFAS following environmental criticism of certain cosmetics”.
9 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2003 "Sony Shock" and Transformation 60: stock-market collapse followed by 20,000 job reductions” and “Walkman versus iPod: Sony's closed strategy and failure to adapt to digital music”.
9 controversies · 19 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Mozambique LNG: allegations of abuses by security forces, official investigations and complaint alleging complicity in war crimes” and “TotalEnergies ordered to supplement its climate vigilance plan”.
9 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Strawberry Fields Tax Case: Withdrawals of Approximately NOK 795 Million and Anti-Avoidance Rule Applied, Supreme Court Appeal Refused” and “Tax Deduction of NOK 80 Million Linked to Ringnes Settlement: Appeal Victory but Case Accepted by Supreme Court”.
9 controversies · 20 sources
Business and billionairesMedia and journalism
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2001: Final DTI report assigns Maxwell primary responsibility for manipulation and financial flows surrounding Mirror Group flotation” and “1990–1993: Daily Mirror campaign against Arthur Scargill and Peter Heathfield later condemned as based on paid testimony and discredited allegations”.
9 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2006 / revealed in 2026: Brin appears in Epstein's social circle on Guana Island before Epstein's conviction” and “2026: at least $82 million spent opposing proposed California billionaire tax”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Cypriot-British entrepreneur, founder of easyJet and easyGroup.
9 controversies · 18 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 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 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 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 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 “Cement: domestic oligopoly and pricing power of major producers” and “Rivalry with Dangote: public accusations of manipulating investigations, expressly denied”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Carrefour in Israel: boycott calls, settlement-related allegations and repeated denials by Bompard” and “Senate hearing on supermarket margins and defence of Carrefour's business model”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Delhi liquor policy case: money laundering allegations and prolonged licence refusal” and “Indian tax reassessment exceeding $300 million over import valuations”.
8 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Uyghur forced labour: French complaints against Inditex ultimately declared inadmissible” and “Zara pay disputes: 2022 strike followed by European mobilisation for profit-sharing in 2025”.
8 controversies · 18 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Vivendi split challenged by minority shareholders amid legal battle over Bolloré control” and “Editis: costly acquisition followed by substantial impairment before resale”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Appaloosa/Palomino litigation concerning the AT1 write-down and March 2023 statements” and “Investor class actions concerning statements preceding Credit Suisse's collapse”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2026 US sanctions against crypto and commercial network attributed to Zanjani” and “2026 British sanctions: asset freeze, travel ban and disqualification as company director”.
8 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2010–2016: Investments in funds linked to Cum/Ex transactions; Maschmeyer claims he was deceived and denies knowledge of scheme” and “2005–2014: Approximately €2 million for rights to Gerhard Schröder's memoirs and debate over political influence”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2025–2026 governance battle with Lululemon: proxy campaign, mutual accusations and final agreement” and “Anti-NDP election advertising in British Columbia: administrative fine of 600 dollars”.
8 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Removal from Tata Sons and oppression/mismanagement litigation ultimately lost before the Supreme Court” and “Leak of confidential email dated 25 October 2016: NCLT finding cited by Supreme Court linking disclosure to Cyrus Mistry”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Kerviel affair: €4.9 billion loss and control failures” and “Extremely harsh remarks about Jérôme Kerviel, followed by expressions of regret”.
8 controversies · 12 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 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 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
Media owner and member of the House of Lords.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Further workforce reduction in France: Approximately 640 positions targeted in 2020” and “2019 restructuring: 1 600 job cuts announced, including approximately 750 in France”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2026 Ways and Means inquiry: renewed political campaign over foreign funding of tax-exempt organisations” and “Nebraska: civil action alleging indirect foreign financing of referendum campaigns”.
8 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “EDF 'star consultants' affair: favouritism charges, general acquittal then PNF appeal” and “Aborted Thales appointment: controversy over requested remuneration and consultancy links to Rosatom”.
8 controversies · 10 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2026 criminal conviction for active private-sector bribery and dissemination of false or misleading information in Nicolas Miguet affair” and “Naouri's complaint against Carrefour-linked figures over 2018 events followed by searches in 2026”.
8 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
SportBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Promise of stadium in La Duchère: ethics review, reminder and closure” and “Defamation proceedings against Rue89Lyon: journalists acquitted at first instance and on appeal”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Shareholder criticism of Jean-Paul Agon's remuneration and pension arrangements” and “€189.5 million fine in French personal care and household products cartel”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2020: $300 million lawsuit against Red Granite following 1MDB scandal surrounding film financing” and “2003–2018: restitution of $110.36 million and prolonged dispute over payments to victims”.
8 controversies · 7 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Family governance: executive roles of his wife and brother, with criticism continuing until 2024 restructuring” and “2024 restructuring: spin-offs, voluntary departures and union accusation of making employees pay for management mistakes”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
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