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A consortium of private equity firms Blackstone Group Inc., Carlyle Group Inc., and Hellman & Friedman has agreed to purchase medical supply manufacturer and distributor Medline Industries Inc. The Northfield, Illinois-based company, Medline Industries, is the largest privately-held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies in the United States, generating sales...

As of June 4, 2021, French fashion tycoon Bernard Arnault - the owner of the luxury group LVMH- is the world’s richest person with an estimated net worth of $190.3 billion. This means that he has surpassed Jeff Bezos with an estimated net worth of $186.7 billion and Elon Musk,...

Following dLocal’s initial public offering in New York, Uruguay, the tiny country of 3.5 million, has produced its first billionaires in Andres Bzurovski and Sergio Fogel. Shares of the Unicorn fintech dLocal Ltd. (NASDAQ:DLO) they founded climbed to $32.39 Thursday on the first day of trading -- a 54% increase...

For years I struggled to make ends meet. I even worked three part-time jobs and worked seven days a week yet still found myself just covering to pay the bills. I couldn’t understand why life was so hard for me and always wondered why some people seem to have it...

With her 23 Grand Slam titles, it is perhaps no surprise that Serena Williams is the world's wealthiest woman in sports for 2021. She is undoubtedly one of the most successful sportswomen of the 21st century. The runner-up on our list, Maria Sharapova, has a net worth of almost $180...

Larry Xiangdong Chen, the CEO of Chinese online education firm GSX Techedu, has seen his net worth tumble by billions, and is closing in on losing his billionaire status. Larry Xiangdong Chen, who was once a school teacher at an impoverished Chinese village, is the founder and chairman of GSX...

With a net worth of roughly US$12.2 billion, Robert Kuok is the wealthiest person in Malaysia for 2021, followed by Quek Leng Chan with $9.6 billion coming in second and Koon Poh Keong with $6.4 billion at third place. Robert Kuok is also the oldest member of the list, at...

Two thousand twenty was a year most CEOs would love to forget.  Most of us long for everything from consumer behavior to employee relations to get back to “normal.”  For better or worse, turning back the clock just is not an option.  For all the volatility and unpredictability we faced...

I would like to share some of the insights I have gleaned from the delegates of the Leading Change and Embracing Change webinars I have been running since March 2020. Lessons about change, about anxiety, about coping with uncertainty, about leadership.  Several of the insights are revelations. Others are reminders...

When Club Tattoo was founded in 1995, we started with the naïveté of most business owners. Over time, through many failures, we realized that our passion, drive, and work ethic have fueled our enduring success and been the saving grace behind our chain of luxury studios.   Integrating these qualities into...