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An entrepreneur who helped found Britain's first online bank. A philanthropist who fled Idi Amin's Ugana and is now on a mission to track down the un…
9 years, 2 months ago
Glenda Jackson
As Glenda Jackson returns to the West End stage, Mark Coles profiles the Oscar-winning actor and former Labour MP, with contributions from her son Da…
9 years, 2 months ago
Professor Alexis Jay
As jobs go, it's a daunting one. Three predecessors have already resigned. On Profile this week Mark Coles profiles Professor Alexis Jay, the fourth …
9 years, 2 months ago
Lee Kun-Hee (Chairman, Samsung)
Samsung started out as a tiny exporter of dried fish. Today it's one of the world's biggest tech giants; the family-run business accounts for about a…
9 years, 3 months ago
Professor David J Thouless
British Professor David Thouless won this year's Nobel Prize for contributions to the field of topology. Two other British physicists, Professor J. M…
9 years, 3 months ago
Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy
When Theresa May became Prime Minister she appointed Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy as her joint Chiefs of Staff. It's a role first imported from the US…
9 years, 3 months ago
Emma Walmsley
Emma Walmsley will be one of just seven female bosses in the country's top 100 companies when she takes the helm of GSK next year. The pharmaceutical…
9 years, 3 months ago
Rodrigo Duterte
The new President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is in the news this week because he's threatening to send home some of America's troops and "r…
9 years, 4 months ago
Elon Musk
Elon Musk is the billionaire owner of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, and the co-founder of Paypal. He plans to colonise Mars. Last week that dream might ha…
9 years, 4 months ago
Amber Rudd
Amber Rudd has risen rapidly through British politics, becoming Home Secretary only six years after being elected an MP in 2010. It's a rise unmatche…
9 years, 4 months ago