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Shivon Zilis Confirms Split from Elon Musk, Exposing Blurred Lines Between Musk's AI Empire and Personal Life
Shivon Zilis, mother of four of Elon Musk's children and a former figure across his AI portfolio, announced their breaku...
Elena Zayakova Returns to Bulgaria to Help Organisations Unlock Their Full Potential in Sustainability
Elena Zayakova, a seasoned expert in sustainability, has returned to Bulgaria after two decades of living and working ab...
Automattic Reverses Course: Matt Mullenweg Is Back as CEO After Board Ouster Bid
Automattic says Matt Mullenweg has returned as chairman and CEO with the board's support after a week of conflicting sta...
Bank of Georgia CEO Archil Gachechiladze Ranked Second in FT's Best UK CEO List
Archil Gachechiladze, CEO of Bank of Georgia and Lion Finance Group, placed second in the FT ranking of Britain's top CE...
CSRC Fines Yuandao Communication RMB239m and Bans Chairman and CFO Over IPO Revenue Fraud
China's securities regulator fined Yuandao Communication nearly RMB239 million for inflating 2019–2021 revenue ahead of ...
JBS Hands Global CEO Role to Wesley Batista Filho in 2027 Family Succession
The world's largest meat company has chosen Wesley Batista Filho, 34, to succeed Gilberto Tomazoni as global CEO in 2027...
Tata Trusts governance dispute clouds Tata Sons AGM and chairman succession
A Charity Commissioner order restricting Sir Ratan Tata Trust meetings threatens the quorum for Tata Sons' 108th AGM, pu...
Codelco Restructures Leadership and Splits Operations to Stabilise Copper Output
New CEO Jorge Gómez names five vice presidents and splits supervision into northern and central-southern units, shifting...
Ortega's Pontegadea Tops €10bn Profit as Inditex Powers Growth
Pontegadea's 2025 accounts show aggregated profit of €10.06bn, up 7.8%, while board pay nearly doubled because of José A...
Paris Court Narrows Corporate Control Test in Vivendi Minority Shareholder Case
The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled that Vincent Bolloré does not control Vivendi despite a near-30% stake and deep mana...
Nasdaq Courts Boards With Cloud-Based Compliance Questionnaire Software
Nasdaq Governance Solutions is pitching digitized conflict-of-interest, code-of-conduct and cybersecurity questionnaires...
Ecopetrol Board Chief Says Ready Fracking Projects Could Guarantee 10 Years of Gas
Luis Felipe Henao wants an extraordinary assembly by late September and says Magdalena-basin fracking could secure a dec...
S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record in 2025 as Musk's Tesla Package Becomes New Benchmark
AFL-CIO data reported by Reuters show average non-Musk S&P 500 CEO pay rose 21% to $22.8 million; including Musk it exce...
S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record as Musk's $1 Trillion Tesla Award Becomes the Benchmark
Average S&P 500 CEO pay excluding Musk jumped 21% to $22.8 million in 2025, according to AFL-CIO data, and boards now tr...
Florentino Pérez Books €23 Million Gain From ACS Incentive Share Sale
ACS chairman exercised 295,000 options at €31.55 and sold them at €110.23, while lifting his stake above 15% in a transa...
Chandrasekaran to Step Down as Tata Sons Chairman After Board Deadlock
The TCS lifer who rebuilt Tata Group's global ambitions will leave in February 2027 after a six-month impasse over his r...
Chandrasekaran Steps Down as Tata Sons Chairman, Won’t Seek Reappointment
N Chandrasekaran has told the Tata Sons board he will not seek another term beyond February 2027, after a director block...
JBS Hands Global CEO Role to Heir Wesley Batista Filho, Family Returns After 8 Years
The world’s largest meatpacker will be led by a third-generation Batista from January, marking the family’s return to th...
Apex Partners Founder Ousted as Financial Irregularities Trigger R$975 Million Court Shield
Brazilian investment platform Apex Partners removed its founder and CFO after an internal investigation uncovered financ...
Kazakhstan Moves 40% ERG Stake to Samruk-Kazyna, Raising Budget and Governance Questions
The Kazakh Ministry of Finance has transferred its 40% stake in mining group ERG to sovereign fund Samruk-Kazyna. Expert...
Tianfeng Securities Hit With Maximum Fine for $1.3bn Illegal Fund Transfer to Bankrupt Parent
China’s securities regulator fined Tianfeng Securities for channeling over 9.3 billion yuan to its former controlling sh...
Acciona's Franco Family Branch Sells 3% Stake After Pact Expiry
The Entrecanales Franco branch sold 3% of Acciona for about €359m after the family pact lapsed, leaving the two controll...
Dassault Heirs Take the Boardroom: Fourth Generation Steps Up at €58bn Family Holding
Marcel Dassault's 13 great-grandchildren are moving into the supervisory board of the family's €58bn holding, with Hélén...
SEBI Urged to Mandate Broader Disclosures on Forensic Audits and CEO Appointments
A columnist argues that India’s market regulator must tighten listing rules to compel companies to disclose forensic aud...
The Imposter Syndrome That Even Top Women Execs Share, and How a Governance Program Tackled It
Executives from Brazil's Saint Paul women's governance program reveal that even the most accomplished women share self-d...
Zhejiang Regulator Forces Shenqqu Stakeholders to Complete Profit Compensation
Shanghai Yaoruri and Yiyusheng Haver Not Honoured Share Compensation Awards after Shenqqu Tech's 2020 Profit Shortfall, ...
Beyond Nissan: 14 Directors Voted Down at Japanese AGMs, Full Rankings Show
A Toyokeizai analysis of all listed Japanese companies reveals 14 director candidates were rejected by shareholders in t...
Intel Grants Rare Atom Access to Startup Run by CEO Tan’s Co-Investor
Intel is giving a stealthy startup named RosaicLabs access to its low‑level Atom processor blueprints. The company is ru...
Grifols Appoints Former GSK Executive to Board, Replacing Long-Serving Director
Joanna Le Couilliard, a seasoned pharma executive, joins Grifols as an independent director and audit committee chair, s...
Shanghai Shangsheng Seeks Hong Kong Listing Amid Profit Swings and Governance Scrutiny
China's largest pharma cold-chain provider has filed for a Hong Kong IPO after an A-share withdrawal, raising investor c...