Success and Leadership

Just nine months after its previous round of pay increases, Wipro has announced another salary hike for its employees. The company's CEO, Srinivas Pallia, discussed the development during Wipro’s Q2 FY2025 earnings call following the release of its financial results. In the last salary hike, effective December 1, 2023, Wipro...

Arsenal’s American chief, Stan Kroenke, has climbed to the 99th spot on the Billionaires Index, with an estimated net worth of $20.7 billion. The billionaire, through his firm Kroenke Sports and Entertainment (KSE), has been involved with Arsenal since May 2007, officially joining the Board of Directors in September 2008....

The family holding company of Bernard Arnault, France’s wealthiest individual and the luxury goods magnate, announced on Thursday that it has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Ligue 2 football club Paris FC. Additionally, energy drinks giant Red Bull is in talks to secure a minority...

Hong Kong has been ranked the freest economy in the world among 165 economies, according to the "Economic Freedom of the World: 2024 Annual Report" released by the Fraser Institute on October 16. The city climbed one spot from last year to reclaim the top position. In the report's five...

The trio of executives who form the "Office of the CEO" at Paramount Global have secured improved compensation deals as they remain in their roles during the ongoing merger process with Skydance Media, which is expected to conclude in the first half of 2025. The group, consisting of co-CEOs George...

In a move to accelerate enterprise AI innovation, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang joined Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang on stage at Lenovo Tech World 2024 in Seattle. Together, they introduced the Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage with NVIDIA, a comprehensive platform designed to build and deploy AI capabilities across enterprises,...

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three economists based in the United States—Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson—for their research on the advantages of democracy, the rule of law, and why these institutions thrive in some countries but not in others. Acemoglu, a Turkish-American economist,...

Elon Musk is projected to become the world's first trillionaire by 2027, largely driven by the remarkable rise in Tesla’s stock value. His net worth, estimated at around $265 billion as of last month, continues to climb, reflecting the stock market’s influence on his wealth. This trend has brought wealth...

Sarath Ratanavadi has solidified his position as Thailand's wealthiest individual, driven by the anticipated completion of the merger between his energy and telecom companies. His net worth has soared to over $16 billion, reflecting an increase of approximately $7 billion in just three months. This significant rise followed a 52%...

Most organisations would agree that their greatest asset is their people.  So if you can source the best performers, then that gives you a tremendous competitive advantage in the market.  Yet most senior leaders find recruitment a challenge, thus continuing to buy into the misnomer that there’s a “war for...