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EconomyWorld Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab and his wife cashed in on Davos with over $1 million in questionable travel expenses, investigation finds
By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 23, 2025
A man on a jumbotron hugging a woman from behind.
LeadershipAstronomer’s new interim CEO breaks his silence after the tech company’s viral scandal shook the internet
By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 21, 2025
Headshot of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron.
LeadershipThe CEO caught hugging his HR chief at a Coldplay show has resigned after being placed on leave amid an investigation
By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 19, 2025
A man on a jumbotron hugging a woman from behind.
LeadershipA CEO was caught hugging his chief people officer during a Coldplay concert—and people are furious
By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 17, 2025
Boar's Head meats are displayed at a supermarket
RetailThe Boar’s Head deli company is so secretive that a top executive didn’t know the name of the CEO
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 14, 2024
FinanceWarren Buffett changed his investing strategy starting with American Express—and a salad oil scandal
By Stephen R. FoersterSeptember 22, 2024
LeadershipQantas claws back $6m from ex-CEO who led during ‘ghost flight’ scandal
By Angus Whitley and BloombergAugust 8, 2024
Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins
CommentaryI’m a whistleblower and have been called a snitch, rat, and traitor. What about hero?
By Sherron WatkinsMay 24, 2024
FinanceWells Fargo exec in accounts scandal deserves jail time, say prosecutors: ‘Corporate wrongdoers must be sent a clear message’
By Joel Rosenblatt and BloombergSeptember 2, 2023
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, arrives for motion hearing on Monday, November 4, 2019, at the U.S. District Court House inside Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in San Jose, California.
TechDisgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes says she can’t afford to pay $250-a-month restitution after serving her prison term
By Chloe TaylorJune 13, 2023
Ozy Fest
FinanceOzy CEO now says media startup will have its ‘Lazarus moment’—and will not shut down
By Megan LeonhardtOctober 4, 2021
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FinanceThe biggest business scandals of 2020
By Fortune EditorsDecember 27, 2020
TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 09: Pedestrians walk in front of a monitor displaying a news broadcast on former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn on January 09, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Ghosn was awaiting trial in Japan on charges of financial crimes when he fled house arrest in Tokyo, arriving in Beirut on December 30. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
Leadership‘Years of misconduct and fraudulent activity:’ Nissan is suing its ex-chair Ghosn for $91 million
By Masatsugu Horie and BloombergFebruary 12, 2020
Boeing 737 MAX airplanes
Leadership‘Designed by clowns…supervised by monkeys:’ Internal Boeing messages slam 737 Max
By Julie Johnsson, Ryan Beene and BloombergJanuary 10, 2020
Journalists gather at the entrance of the underground parking of a house said to belong to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in a wealthy neighbourhood of the Lebanese capital Beirut on January 4, 2020. - Former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who skipped bail in Japan and fled to Beirut, is due to be summoned by Lebanon's public prosecutor next week, an official said. Ghosn, once Japan's best paid corporate executive, was arrested in November 2018 and has been under house arrest since April, facing multiple charges of financial misconduct. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
LeadershipAn Ex-Green Beret and an Airport Security Fail: How Former Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn Escaped Japan
By David Voreacos, Neil Weinberg, Greg Farrell and BloombergJanuary 6, 2020
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