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Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “DayTwo closes after raising approximately $85 million and cutting most jobs” and “Property dispute with Anat Agmon over 50% of Globes group”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “2019–2026: persistent challenge to ruling that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide and repeated calls for new investigation” and “2026: potential $10 million bequest revealed in Jeffrey Epstein's 1953 Trust”.
7 controversies · 16 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 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 4 controversies, including “Steinhoff accounting fraud: central scheme, R475 million FSCA fine and criminal proceedings ended by his death” and “Sanction for disclosing inside information to associates before Steinhoff's collapse”.
4 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionairesFilm, television and entertainment
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2014: Confidential settlement with Macy's ends litigation against MSLO” and “2011–2013: J.C. Penney agreement challenged by Macy's, preliminary injunction and trial over commercial exclusivity”.
11 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Family dispute over Francis Bouygues's estate” and “Disposal of Alstom stake at centre of debate over French industrial sovereignty”.
7 controversies · 17 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 3 controversies, including “Open Letter Threatening to Move Spotify's Expansion Outside Sweden” and “'Zero Understanding' for Artists Demanding Better Streaming Pay”.
3 controversies · 6 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
Founder of WPP and subsequently S4 Capital.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Dieselgate in Germany: criminal trial opened, then provisionally suspended for health reasons without verdict” and “United States: federal indictment for conspiracy and wire fraud in Dieselgate”.
8 controversies · 18 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “2023 report: longstanding knowledge of Johnny's abuse, persistent denial and major role in institutional concealment” and “2019 JFTC warning to Johnny & Associates over suspected pressure on broadcasters concerning former SMAP members”.
6 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “"Kindergarten Is Too Late": theory of the first three years and enduring early education controversy” and “Japanese televisions in the United States: dumping and antitrust conspiracy allegations against Sony”.
7 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “2026: further $30 billion in OpenAI funded by $40 billion bridge facility, followed by announcement of early $25.9 billion repayment” and “Oyo: $2.2 billion loan to founder Ritesh Agarwal personally guaranteed by Masayoshi Son”.
18 controversies · 29 sources
SportBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “2011–2016: worker's death at Saras refinery — negotiated sentence (patteggiamento) for manslaughter” and “2006–2015: surveillance of Christian Vieri — civil liability of Inter and Telecom, without personal conviction of Moratti”.
6 controversies · 11 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Venezuelan debt restructuring mandate: exceptional contract and suspicions of US influence” and “Media as a 'cultural battle' and political ambitions ahead of 2027”.
11 controversies · 19 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Maurice Lévy's remuneration as supervisory board chair criticised by Proxinvest” and “Publicis subsidiary's work for Saudi authorities sparks internal ethical debate”.
6 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Pamukbank: embezzlement conviction involving loans to his own companies, upheld in 2016” and “Turkcell–TeliaSonera: abandoned sale agreement followed by arbitration finding binding contract”.
6 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Punjab National Bank case: Two CBI charge sheets for alleged bank fraud” and “Five additional CBI cases in 2022 for alleged fraud against banks and financial institutions”.
10 controversies · 17 sources2 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “February 2020: full presidential pardon for federal convictions” and “1998: SEC action for violating professional ban through MC Group — $47 million financial recovery”.
8 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 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
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “2025–2026: Class and derivative actions challenging communications about Bitcoin strategy, subsequently voluntarily withdrawn” and “2024–2025: Saylor controls majority of Strategy voting rights despite much smaller economic stake”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “NTL: Major investment, losses and disclosure failures” and “MobilCom: Financial commitments, board disclosures and CDBF sanction”.
6 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Proposed reduction of approximately 5 000 jobs at SFR after employment commitments expired” and “SFR becomes operator receiving most consumer complaints during his presidency”.
6 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Insider-trading investigation after share sales: Case closed without further action” and “BNP Paribas transactions with countries subject to US sanctions”.
7 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Allegations of circumventing EGalim laws through European buying groups” and “Further €33.5 million fine against Eurelec over 2025 commercial negotiations”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 3 controversies, including “Vail Resorts shareholder derivative action against Romanow and other directors” and “Clearco turnaround: major workforce cuts, international withdrawal and Romanow's departure as CEO”.
3 controversies · 5 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “NESREA: prosecution of Globacom and former CEO over missing environmental audits” and “Abia 2026: Globacom offices sealed under court order over more than 4 billion naira in taxes and levies”.
11 controversies · 16 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 8 controversies, including “Deep rift with Scott Farquhar and Atlassian succession conflict revealed in 2026” and “Approximately 1 600 Atlassian jobs cut to self-fund AI and enterprise sales”.
8 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “PlayBook commercial failure and approximately 485 M$ inventory write-down” and “Governance crisis over the co-CEO/co-chairman model and Lazaridis' departure from operational leadership”.
6 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
British technology entrepreneur, co-founder of Autonomy and founder of Invoke Capital.
4 controversies · 9 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Ynna Holding / Fives FCB: prolonged arbitration proceedings and attempted asset seizure” and “Panama Papers: directorship of Panamanian companies”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 2 controversies, including “2018 Sidi Ali boycott: prices, purchasing power and debate over exploitation of water resources” and “CGEM: rumour of changes to statutes to allow a third term”.
2 controversies · 6 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Kolhapuri sandals: cultural appropriation allegations followed by acknowledgement of origins and artisan collaboration” and “'Pradamalia': figurine compared with racist 'Sambo' caricatures and agreement with New York human rights commission”.
5 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Egyptian businessman, former owner of Harrods, the Ritz Paris and Fulham FC, who died in 2023.
10 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “£5 million donation to Conservatives followed by knighthood: controversy over major donors' influence” and “Mantrac and Russia after the invasion of Ukraine: controversy involving a major British Conservative donor”.
6 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “MIDROC / Lega Dembi mine: licence suspended following pollution-related protests” and “Preem Lysekil: refinery expansion opposed over climate impact, then abandoned”.
7 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 2 controversies, including “Huda Beauty boycott linked to Iran: Mona Kattan publicly distances herself from sister and supports Iranians” and “Huda Beauty: US class action over Neon Obsessions palettes settled”.
2 controversies · 5 sources
Politics and governmentBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “BIM affair and renegotiation of Morocco-Turkey agreement: allegation of conflict of interest” and “Sale of Saham to Sanlam: geopolitical controversy linked to South Africa's position on Western Sahara”.
6 controversies · 8 sources
Celebrities, influencers and social mediaBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 30 controversies, including “MrBeast Burger: split with Virtual Dining Concepts, competing lawsuits and appellate dismissal of several counterclaims against Donaldson” and “Beast Games: proposed class action by contestants alleging unsafe conditions, unpaid wages and sexual harassment”.
30 controversies · 51 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 21 controversies, including “Reliance Petroleum 2007: derivatives sanctions and alleged manipulation, followed by major reversals in 2023 and 2026” and “KG-D6: dispute over underproduction and cost recovery, with controversy over reported claim exceeding $30 billion”.
21 controversies · 46 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Gıda Dedektifi: complaint followed by widespread access blocking in 2025” and “Multiple investigations into alleged links with Gülen movement, closed without prosecution”.
4 controversies · 6 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “AI171: challenge to settlement agreements requiring waiver of legal claims before the investigation concludes” and “Tata Sons–Tata Trusts tensions and decision to leave the chairmanship at the end of his term”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Public criticism of megaprojects and the military's economic role in Egypt” and “Free Egyptians Party: internal power struggle, founder's expulsion and legal battle”.
6 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Indian AI vision described as 'outdated' by an industry executive” and “Examinations task force: appointment at the centre of controversy over overlapping reforms and political damage control”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Repeated advocacy of a 70-hour working week and rejection of work-life balance” and “Refusal to participate in Karnataka's caste survey”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
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
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