Alexandre Mars serial entrepreneur and philanthropist

Cash-rich and determined to do good, Alexandre Mars leads the world’s wealthy by example… “My money is my superpower,” says Alexandre Mars, CEO and founder of Epic Foundation and the sustainability-driven venture capital firm Blisce. And the French businessman and

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Chieh Huang, cofounder and CEO of Boxed

Chieh Huang’s dedication and initiative didn’t quite pay off, in the end — but the Taiwan-born entrepreneur hasn’t lost all hope… Boxed CEO Chieh Huang defines retail as “the business of making genuine, lasting connections with customers and creating the

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Ginni Rometty, former IBM boss

It was a Man’s World — but it‘Wouldn’t be Nothing’ Without A Woman like Ginni Rometty… ‘Teaching, hiring and advancing women benefits us all,’ says female tech pioneer Virginia “Ginni” Rometty is, in no uncertain terms, a trailblazer of the

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Ajay Banga, former Mastercard CEO

Never has the role of moral leadership played a more important or challenging role in defining the success of a company’ — Ajay Banga Mastercard’s former CEO Ajay Banga currently serves as vice-chairman at General Atlantic, but the US is

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Is a Life of Luxury a Worthy Pursuit in the Modern Day?

Coco Chanel once said, “Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.” She also noted: “Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.” So, what is luxury? The term

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Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder and CEO of Chobani

Yogurt king Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder and CEO of Chobani, has all his values in the right place Turkish immigrant Hamdi Ulukaya never imagined himself as a business leader. He grew up in a semi-nomadic Kurdish family, splitting his time

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Lord Waverley: Central Asian Region Revealed in All its Glory, Mystery, and History

Lord Waverley negotiated Memoranda of Understanding with each of the five parliaments of Central Asia, and was the architect of the Aktau Declaration on Joint Actions. In this first segment of a two-part series, he presents a unique insight into

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Otaviano Canuto: Going Around the Bend? Assessing the Phillips Curve May Be of Help

Unemployment and wage rates are theoretically linked, and may hold a key to our immediate economic future. Current global stagflation may evolve to become a soft landing, a sharp downturn, or a deep recession. It will all depend on how

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Film Review – Blonde: Is Marilyn Biopic a Bombshell … or a Bust?

“Monroe is more than a sex symbol in new film”, one headlined review of Blonde declares. That must be why actress Ana de Armas spends half of the movie wearing no clothes. Director Andrew Dominik is so passionate about teaching

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UNCDF: COP27 Pledges Biodiversity Finance to Boost Climate-Change Resilience

Forests, coral reefs and populations most at-risk come into focus at 2022 summit in Egypt. “From the beginning, this conference has been driven by two overriding themes: justice and ambition.” These were the words of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

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