Week in Review

Friday, 17 January, 2020

News in-depthWells Fargo

Jamie Dimon protégé takes on US banking’s biggest clean-up

Low-key Charlie Scharf works to revive Wells Fargo after fake accounts scandal

Friday, 10 January, 2020

News in-depthAnglo American PLC

Mark Cutifani, mining boss who extracted Anglo American from crisis

Straight-talking Australian has transformed company from sector laggard to industry leader

Friday, 6 December, 2019

News in-depthBridgewater Associates

Former US Ranger ready to take command at Bridgewater

David McCormick’s rise through the ranks at hedge fund is striking

Friday, 22 November, 2019

Football

Daniel Levy: the Tottenham chairman taking a gamble on José Mourinho

British businessman is a football pragmatist who has shown himself unafraid of taking unpopular decisions

Friday, 1 November, 2019

News in-depthGroupe PSA

Carlos Tavares, the Peugeot petrolhead steering Fiat Chrysler deal

‘World’s most frugal auto executive’ may himself be the prize in merger

Friday, 18 October, 2019

News in-depthSaudi Aramco

Saudi Aramco survivor navigates choppy IPO waters

Amin Nasser weathered a shake-up but must now deliver Prince Mohammed’s plan

Friday, 20 September, 2019

WeWork

Artie Minson: WeWork’s numbers man

The finance chief is trying to salvage the lossmaking property group’s IPO

Friday, 16 August, 2019

News in-depthCanary Wharf Group PLC

George Iacobescu: Romanian visionary who put Canary Wharf on the map

Property group’s chief is stepping aside at 73 — but expects only slight reduction in his workload

Saturday, 20 July, 2019

News in-depthAtlantia SpA

Giovanni Castellucci: toll roads chief who wants to rescue Alitalia

Reviving the Italian carrier brings chance of redemption for Atlantia’s CEO

Friday, 12 July, 2019

News in-depthJames Dyson

Why James Dyson divides opinion like Brexit and Marmite

Loved and loathed entrepreneur sparks more controversy as he buys Singapore penthouse

Friday, 28 June, 2019

News in-depthAlibaba

Maggie Wu, Alibaba’s ascendant finance chief

After two record-breaking listings, Chinese group’s ‘steady Eddie’ is on track to pull off a third

Saturday, 22 June, 2019

News in-depthMeta Platforms

David Marcus, the man leading Facebook’s charge into financial services

Co-creator of digital coin Libra has extensive experience in payments

Friday, 24 May, 2019

News in-depthNatura Cosmeticos SA

Natura co-founder cements global ambitions with $2bn Avon deal

Guilherme Leal seen as a friendly face of capitalism as he looks to burnish green credentials

Friday, 17 May, 2019

News in-depthMorgan Stanley

Silicon Valley’s ‘kingpin banker’ takes an Uber hit

Tumultuous listing tarnishes standing of Morgan Stanley’s Michael Grimes

Friday, 10 May, 2019

FT People: Consumer and retail

‘I’m not 3G’s man’, says new Kraft Heinz chief executive

After years of cost cuts, food group turns to Miguel Patricio to make its brands ‘shine’

Friday, 3 May, 2019

FT People: Industry and manufacturing

The quiet Bayer boss hit by Germany’s first big no confidence vote

A collector of vintage cars, Werner Baumann has seen his $63bn takeover of Monsanto backfire badly

Friday, 26 April, 2019

News in-depthVernon Hill

Two sides of Vernon Hill exposed by legal battle with US partners

Metro Bank chairman has shaken up sector while insisting on getting his own way

Friday, 19 April, 2019

News in-depthQualcomm Inc

Qualcomm head proves his mettle fending off Apple

Steve Mollenkopf emerges as clear winner in epic legal battle against Tim Cook

Friday, 12 April, 2019

News in-depthTechnology sector

Pinterest’s myth-busting chief leads his ‘silent unicorn’ to IPO

Publicity-shy founder Ben Silbermann has long defied Silicon Valley stereotypes

Friday, 5 April, 2019

News in-depthAgritech

The Impossible mission — to save the planet with a burger

Pat Brown has developed plant-based meat that looks, tastes, and even bleeds like the real thing

Friday, 29 March, 2019

FT People: Media and Telecoms

Markus Dohle, book publisher who placed $65m bet on Obamas

Penguin Random House CEO’s risk pays off as former first lady’s memoir nears 10m sales

Friday, 22 March, 2019

FT People: Financial Services

Paul Achleitner: Deutsche Bank’s chairman in the eye of the storm

The 62-year-old has been haunted by a vision of a German banking champion for decades

Friday, 15 March, 2019

FT People: Financial Services

Ariane de Rothschild challenges Swiss conservatism

First woman to run a Rothschild company in 200 years has been shaking things up

Friday, 8 March, 2019

News in-depthLyft Inc

Logan Green, the carpooling chief executive driving Lyft’s IPO

Publicity-shy founder started out on a local transit district board in California

Friday, 1 March, 2019

News in-depthMining

Barrick Gold chief sets sights on conquering mining world

Game hunter Mark Bristow aims to expand empire beyond Africa with Newmont bid

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