Masayoshi Son and Greg Hayes: The Visionary Gambler and the Merger Engineer
Masayoshi Son and Greg Hayes have never worked together, never sat on the same board, and have no documented meeting of any kind. One is a founder who owns roughly a third of the company he built and bets it,…
Tiger Woods and Bill Ackman: The Golfer Who Redefined a Brand and the Investor Who Bet on It Too Late
Tiger Woods and Bill Ackman have never been business partners, and there is no record of the two men ever meeting. The thread that search engines keep tying between them is a logo. Woods wore Nike's swoosh for more than…
Safra Catz and John Stankey: The Banker Who Ran Oracle and the Telephone Man Who Refocused AT&T
Safra Catz and John Stankey never ran a company together, and there is no record of the two of them ever negotiating a deal or even meeting in public. What the record does show is narrower and more interesting: while…
Oliver Zipse and Satya Nadella: The Engineer Who Ran BMW and the Man Who Refreshed Microsoft
Oliver Zipse and Satya Nadella never ran a company together, and there is no record of the two men ever meeting. What does exist, and it is more interesting than the usual rumour, is a partnership between their companies. When…
Tyra Banks and Greg Hayes: The Supermodel Mogul and the Aerospace Chief
Tyra Banks and Greg Hayes never worked together, are not related, and have no known public meeting, and this article will not pretend otherwise. Banks is a supermodel who refused to stay a supermodel, building a television empire and then…
Wayne Gretzky and Larry Culp: The Great One and the Turnaround Chief
Wayne Gretzky and Larry Culp never worked together, are not related, and have no known public meeting, and this article will not pretend otherwise. Gretzky is the greatest hockey player of all time, a Canadian whose records rewrote his sport.…
Nelson Peltz and Amancio Ortega: The Activist and the Founder
Nelson Peltz and Amancio Ortega never worked together, are not related, and have no known public meeting, and this article will not pretend otherwise. Peltz is an American activist investor who made his name buying into famous companies and publicly…
Tim Dove and Shari Redstone: The Oil Chief and the Media Heir
Tim Dove and Shari Redstone never worked together, are not related, and have no known public meeting, and this article will not pretend otherwise. Dove is a Texas oil executive who spent twenty five years at Pioneer Natural Resources and…
David Zaslav and Conor McGregor: The Executive and the Fighter
David Zaslav and Conor McGregor built their fame in opposite worlds. Zaslav is a media executive who ran Discovery for more than fifteen years and then led Warner Bros. Discovery, one of the largest entertainment companies on earth. McGregor is…
Heidi Capozzi and Viola Davis: Two Women, Two Different Worlds
Heidi Capozzi and Viola Davis are two of the most accomplished women in America, and they have almost nothing in common except the scale of their success. Capozzi is a corporate human resources chief who has led the people operations…