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As of August 04, 2023, with a net worth of roughly $89.5 billion, L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the wealthiest woman in the world, followed by Alice Walton (No. 2, $63.5 billion), Julia Koch (No. 3, $60.0 billion); and Jacqueline Mars (No.4,$39.4 billion). Miriam Adelson is the fifth-richest woman...

As of August 4, 2023, Murat Ulker was the wealthiest person in Turkey, with an estimated net worth of 5.0 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Ibrahim Erdemoglu (No. 2, $4.9 billion), Ali Erdemoglu (No. 3, $4.3 billion); and Semahat Sevim Arsel (No. 4, $2.8 billion). Ipek Kirac is the fifth-richest person...

Over my twenty plus years as an executive recruiter, it has been interesting to watch the evolution of the debate around diversity in the workplace, especially at a senior executive level.  What was once regarded as nice to have, has now become in many instances mandatory.  On multiple occasions we...

As of July 31, 2023, Anders Holch Povlsen was the wealthiest person in Denmark, with an estimated net worth of 7.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Thomas Kirk Kristiansen (No. 2, $6.9 billion), Agnete Kirk Thinggaard (No. 3, $6.9 billion); and Sofie Kirk Kristiansen (No. 4, $6.9 billion). Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen...

As of July 31, 2023, Nassef Sawiris was the wealthiest person in Egypt, with an estimated net worth of 7.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Mohamed Mansour (No. 2, $3.6 billion), Naguib Sawiris (No. 3, $3.3 billion); and Mohamed Al Fayed (No. 4, $2.1 billion). Youssef Mansour is the fifth-richest person in Egypt, with a whopping...

As of July 31, 2023, Antti Herlin was the wealthiest person in Finland, with an estimated net worth of 4.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Heikki Kyostila (No. 2, $2.1 billion), Mika Anttonen (No. 3, $2.0 billion); and Ilkka Herlin (No. 4, $1.7 billion). Ilona Herlin is the fifth-richest person in Finland, with a whopping $1.6...

Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) has named former chief operating officer Jim Vena as its new Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board after a major shareholder called for current CEO Lance Fritz’s removal. Vena, who previously served as the freight-railroad operator’s COO from 2019 to 2020, will...

As of July 30, 2023, Zhong Shanshan was the wealthiest person in China, with an estimated net worth of 66.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Zhang Yiming (No. 2, $45.0 billion), Ma Huateng (No. 3, $37.2 billion); and William Lei Ding (No. 4, $34.1 billion). Colin Zheng Huang is the fifth-richest...

As of July 30, 2023, John Fredriksen was the wealthiest person in Cyprus, with an estimated net worth of 13.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Vinod Adani (No. 2, $12.9 billion), Yakir Gabay (No. 3, $3.5 billion); and Sergey Dmitriev (No. 4, $2.5 billion). Igor Makarov is the fifth-richest person in Cyprus, with a whopping...

As of July 30, 2023, Renata Kellnerova was the wealthiest person in the Czech Republic, with an estimated net worth of 16.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Daniel Kretinsky (No. 2, $9.5 billion), Karel Komarek (No. 3, $8.3 billion); and Pavel Tykac (No. 4, $8.2 billion). Radovan Vitek is the fifth-richest...