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Richard Branson sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Kieron Johnson.
In the interview, the Virgin founder recalls his mother abandoning a 5-year-old Branson in the middle of nowhere and telling him to find his own way home.
He pins a lot of his success on his upbringing — which taught him independence and confidence.
After five decades as a serial entrepreneur, which include a bucket list of adventures both inside and outside the boardroom, Sir Richard Branson is still a man ...

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Mr Cuban is worth an estimated $3.9bn
The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we speak to US entrepreneur and basketball team owner Mark Cuban.
Self-made billionaire Mark Cuban says he always dreamed of getting rich.
"My priority was to be wealthy," says the 60-year-old owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
"If I could get rich I could retire, and it would be easier to find the right person and start a family."
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As the man leading the charge at Microsoft, Satya Nadella is no stranger to stepping outside his comfort zone.
In 1987, 20-year-old Nadella left the sweltering central Indian city of Hyderabad for the snowy streets of Milwaukee, to read a master’s degree in computer science at the University of Wisconsin.
It was a big step for the young student whose ambitions growing up were no bigger than attending a small college, playing cricket and eventually working for a bank.
While his mother was happ...

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Insider spoke to PayPal CEO Dan Schulman about taking activist stances on social issues.
Schulman says he learned from Richard Branson that companies can serve shareholders and the world.
PayPal has supported transgender rights, opposed the Muslim ban, and banned white supremacists.
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Adena Friedman has been the boss of the Nasdaq for more than two years
The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Adena Friedman, the chief executive of US stock market giant Nasdaq.
Adena Friedman says that being a black belt in taekwondo has helped her become more fearless in business.
The 49-year-old boss of the Nasdaq took up the martial art more than a decade ago, after taking her two sons to classes from a you...

Francine Katsoudas, EVP and chief people, policy and purpose officer at Cisco, enters the BBC's Executive Lounge to talk about how technology can foster equality, safety and innovation.

Ahead of COP28 in Dubai, Suzanne DiBianca, chief impact officer and EVP of corporate relations at Salesforce, enters the BBC's Executive Lounge to talk about creating the next generation of sustainable companies.

Latasha Gillespie, head of global diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility at Amazon MGM Studios, enters the BBC's Executive Lounge to talk about leading the charge on inclusivity in entertainment.

When it comes to entering the technology market, 'timing is everything,' says Alvy Ray Smith.
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With its stunning visuals and storytelling to boot, Disney’s Pixar has been captivating global audiences for decades, helping to transform the way people look at animated feature films. Best known for its use of computer-generated imagery (CGI), Pixar has 17 animated feature films on its record, 12 of which made the list of the 50 highest...

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Interstate 84 is a highway across the state of Connecticut that Bill and Scott Rasmussen will never forget. For it was there - - in the hot, sticky confines of a car in a traffic jam -- that an irritable conversation took place between father and son that birthed the entire ESPN service offering.
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Some 14 months after this spirited discussion, with the proverbial blood, sweat and tears having been shed, B...

Joe Foster, co-founder of Reebok. Reebok Nowadays, a popular business mantra is making the rounds, "Think big, start small, move fast."
Back in the 1950s, this was also the philosophy of Joe Foster, co-founder of Reebok. In our interview, Foster talks about his family’s footwear business, enrolling in military service and his chance meeting with a U.S. businessman that would change the course of athletic footwear history.
The footwear industry is in your family lineage but, in 1953, you enrol...

Over the last 100 years, the name Hilton has become synonymous with hotels worldwide.
Yet the world-famous hotel chain – which has just added its 5,000th property – faces stiff competition from the lodging industry. Hilton has, in turn, responded by raising its tech game to another level.
I interviewed Geraldine Calpin who knows a thing or two about technology, having spent more than 10 years at Hilton as Vice President of e-commerce, Vice President of Global e-commerce and Global Head of Dig...

Interview with John Jay, president of global creative at Fast Retailing, the parent company of Uniqlo.

Zia Zareem-Slade, Customer Experience Director at Fortnum & Mason Fortnum & Mason Surviving in business for over 300 years is no mean feat, but one London luxury department store has managed to do just that (and then some).
At 310 years old, Fortnum & Mason (Fortnum's) is one of the world's oldest department stores. It also happens to be the official grocer to Her Majesty The Queen.
In a recent interview, I caught up with Zia Zareem-Slade, Customer Experience Director at Fortnum's. She talks ...

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Is your LinkedIn profile feeling a bit lacklustre?
In an interview with Kieron Johnson, LinkedIn Career Expert Blair Decembrele reveals tips to make the most of the platform.
Decembrele also gives advice to professionals looking for a career change.
It's not too late to land the job of your dreams in 2018. I got in touch with LinkedIn's resident Career Expert, Blair Decembrele, to get a few tips on how to make your LinkedIn profile stand out, ...