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Chase Coleman: star hedgie hits the panic button
Profiles Chase Coleman got off to a sizzling start in the hedge-fund industry and became one of the biggest winners of the tech bull market. His fall from grace has been brutal.
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Do Kwon: the King of Crypto Lunatics
Profiles Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon liked to ruffle feathers and stir things up in his industry. But the collapse of his empire has left investors desperate and angry.
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MacKenzie Scott: America’s fairy godmother
Profiles MacKenzie Scott pledged to keep on giving money away till the safe was empty when she split from husband Jeff Bezos. That’s easier said than done when you own a chunk of Amazon.
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Alex Jones: America’s top crank goes bust
Profiles Alex Jones is the world’s loudest and most prolific conspiracy theorist. Now his claims have failed to stand up in court and his Infowars website has filed for bankruptcy.
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Howard Schultz: taking a third shot as Starbucks CEO
News Howard Schultz turned a small Seattle concern into a global coffee chain. Now he’s back at the helm to revive its fortunes. Can he overcome market scepticism?
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Richard Liu: the downfall of China’s Jeff Bezos
Profiles Xi Jinping’s crackdown on the tech barons claims another scalp as Richard Liu, founder of JD.com, China’s second-biggest ecommerce giant, steps down. Jane Lewis reports.
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Elvira Nabiullina: Putin's central bank chief blindsided by Russia's war on Ukraine
Profiles Putin’s central bank chief was reportedly blindsided by the launch of the invasion of Ukraine and forced to stay in her job. Managing the crisis looks like a deeply unappealing task, says Jane Lewis.
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Karel Komárek: the billionaire lottery winner
Profiles Czech billionaire Karel Komárek looks set to win the race to run the UK’s national lottery. But he has his eyes on an even bigger prize.
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Xiang Guangda: the “Big Shot” who broke the nickel market
Profiles The founder of the world’s largest producer of stainless steel recently found himself on the painful end of a wrong-way bet on the nickel price. The “Nickel King” has always loved a punt, says Jane Lewis
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