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Mutual Benefits: Scottish Friendly Puts Its Money Where Its Heart Is
Looking after members, not shareholders, makes for a healthy workplace. Scottish Friendly is one of the UK’s largest mutual life offices, with a history reaching back 160 years — and it has never been driven by the needs of shareholders.
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How Bernard Arnault Turned One Franc Into a Dynasty
French billionaire Bernard Arnault’s off-beat approach to business would be hard to replicate By KITTY WENHAM It started with one franc, one small acquisition. In 1984, Bernard Arnault purchased an almost-bankrupt textile company by the name of Boussac for one
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Jensen Huang: Is the Matrix already here?
Nvidia CEO and founder Jensen Huang sees the world differently — and believes we soon will, too. Report by TONY LENNOX. Fortune-tellers are old hat. If you want to know about the future, listen to Jensen Huang, the flamboyant chief executive
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Grit, Loyalty and Optimism are the Baron’s True North
David Thomson, quite possibly the richest man in Canada, finds value in art — and ice hockey By TONY LENNOX When the fans of the Winnipeg Jets ice hockey team sing the O Canada anthem before a game, the line
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ARCA Fondi SGR: Another Year, Another Profit Record
ARCA Fondi SGR has won recognition — and financial rewards — with go-ahead strategies, transparency, and a focus on client needs. Italian asset management specialist ARCA Fondi SGR has become a leading light in the sector thanks to collaborative innovation,
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Nicole Hu: Tackling Disaster with Data — and First-hand Experience
California-based One Concern lets tech do the thinking and take the fear out of preparation for disasters and extreme weather events By HEATHER LEAH SMITH Extreme weather events are wreaking global havoc. The US suffered nine billion-dollar weather and climate
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Modest, Frugal, Retiring, and Famous for Being Anonymous: the Founder of Zara, Amancio Ortega
By TONY LENNOX When the famously private Spanish entrepreneur Amancio Ortega finally gave his consent to a biography, he had one simple request: “Don’t just put in the good parts.” Ortega, the 86-year-old founder of the Zara fashion brand and
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Rich Pickings for Carlos Slim, a Financial Prodigy who Started Young — and Kept on Going
Wealth and status mean little to the founder of Grupo Carso who allows himself the occasional indulgence of a fine cigar… By TONY LENNOX Depending on the state of the world’s stock markets and which wealth-list you consult, Carlos Slim
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A Winner, All the Way: Gautam Adani, Businessman, Negotiator, and Survivor of Two Kidnappings and a Terror Attack
Infrastructure tycoon Gautam Adani, founder of the Adani Group, has created ports, infrastructure, and thousands of jobs. He’s also been kidnapped by bandits and twice held for ransom; it hasn’t slowed him down… By HAL WILLIAMS Life at the top
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Climate change denier, Mining Champion, Sworn Enemy of Green Policies — Gina Rinehart’s Lonely, Determined Path
The Thatcher fan and chair of Hancock Prospecting has little sympathy for the Left, green policies, or the Channel Nine TV station… By TONY LENNOX Gina Rinehart has the power to move mountains — literally — and the chair of
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