Leadership

Anthony O’Reilly

Over the last fifty years, Ireland’s first home-grown international billionaire, Sir Anthony O’Reilly, has built business empires around the world. There have been ups and downs along the way, and the last two years have seen several reversals in his personal fortune, but is it fair to judge fifty years of achievement on the latest setbacks?

Raian Karanjawla on success | Karanjawla and Co | Video

European CEO interviews Raian Karanjawala, founder of Karanjawala & Company, on the future for India

There’s a lot to learn from Steve Jobs

Apple’s legendary CEO, Steve Jobs, was top of Fortune’s list of most powerful people in business in 2007. What goes into making a business leader so creatively effective and universally admired?

Top 10 female CEOs

Out of 1,000 public companies in the United States with at least $1 billion in annual revenue, there were only 30 female chief executives. There are just three female CEOs in the FTSE 100

Why the MBA will stand the test of time

Jeanette Purcell, Chief Executive of the Association of MBAs, gives us the low-down on the qualification, the up-turn in admissions, and whether it’s a good investment for the future

Panagis Vourloumis’ lessons in leadership

European CEO learns that despite the odds stacked against him, Panagis Vourloumis of Hellenic Telecommunications became a universal success story

Bernard Arnault

France’s richest man and an advocate of tight control over his distinguished brands, Bernard Arnault has all aspects of the luxury market cornered

Ten youngest CEOs

Getting to the top takes time for most of us. Here, we countdown ten people who have bucked the trend and are the youngest CEOs in the world

The CEO’s guide to growth in challenging economic times

Jamie Dickinson, Head of Strategy Practice at management consultancy Cairnforth outlines the seven strategic steps to delivering growth in a market downturn

Danone a good job

We profile Franck Riboud, CEO Danone

What makes a leader?

Business acumen? A nose for a deal? A take no prisoners attitude? Just what is it that defines what it is to be a good leader? Tim Newbound speculates on just what it takes to become the best in business; taking in attitudes in the boardroom, strategies to employ and personal characteristics

Peter Löscher

Among rumours of corruption, Peter Löscher of Siemens is staying strong and is determined to reorganise the current structure of the company

Jonathan Ive

How a 40-year old, technology inept designer from Essex, England has topped the list of successors for the Apple empire

Eike Batista

Eike Batista, the half-German, Europe-educated Brazilian mining billionaire, has come out from the shadow cast by his businessman father to become an icon in his own right

Brian Stuart-Young

How long have you been the chairman and CEO of Global Bank of Commerce and how have you influenced its direction?

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