The founder and CEO of Singapore-based marketplace Qoo10 has pledged to use his personal assets to secure about $ 58 million (80 billion KRW) to compensate South Korean customers and vendors affected by his company’s liquidity crisis, which in turn resulted in failed payments to about 60,000 small merchants who sell through its Korean marketplace […]
Unity co-founder David Helgason’s next act: Gaming the climate crisis
Some retired CEOs go to space. Others move to Hawaii. But Unity co-founder David Helgason chose a different path after 12 years at the helm of the game engine company, which went public in 2020 at a $ 13.7 billion valuation. Having stepped out as CEO in 2014, Helgason still sits on the board of […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand?
For Mark Zuckerberg’s fortieth birthday, his wife got him a photoshoot. Zuckerberg gives the camera a sly smile as he sits amid a carefully crafted recreation of his childhood bedroom. It’s appropriately childish – a lava lamp, a participation trophy, a white stuffed dog – yet the surroundings foreshadow the culture-shifting, technological force Zuckerberg would […]
Chelsea vs Man United lineups, starting 11, latest team news: Crisis for Ten Hag's side after Martinez injury
Manchester United head back to London on Thursday as they face Chelsea in the Premier League. United’s most recent trip to the English capital saw them dominated by Brentford and lucky to escape with a point from a 1-1 draw at the weekend, despite the fact they took the lead in added time through Mason […]
All Change Again At Crisis Club Napoli As Barcelona Come To Town
Napoli are once again trying to start afresh as they face Barcelona in the Champions League after sacking their second manager of a disastrous season. With the Italian champions ninth in Serie A and in a worse position than they were under the first casualty of this wretched campaign, Rudi Garcia, Walter Mazzarri was sacked […]