How Vilebrequin became a swimming success
Roland Herlory, CEO of the luxury swimwear brand, operates from the playboy’s stomping ground of St. Barts. The chief executive of the luxury swimwear brand ...
Giorgio Bagnara’s leather empire
The Italian entrepreneur has gone from humble beginnings to a label that’s now furnishing the homes and aircraft of VIPs. In the world of luxury ...
The 10 richest people in the Swiss watchmaking industry
There’s a reason they say time is money. While one side to the story of the Swiss watchmaking trade is that of a cottage industry ...
Cindy Crawford: Model behaviour
Giving back comes naturally to Cindy Crawford. As a child, she lost her younger brother to leukaemia and has been volunteering with sick children ever ...
Talking business: Baccarat CEO Daniela Riccardi
The French crystal manufacturer has clientele that includes global royalty, heads of state and celebrities. In 1764, King Louis XV issued a royal warrant to ...
Keeping the craft of dhow building alive in the UAE
Salah Bin Touq is fighting against a tide of commercialism to continue making dhows, some of which are as large as freighters. Standing deep inside ...
The midwives of Kalongo
Sister Carmel Abwot is not just training midwives in Uganda – she’s empowering them too. Sister Carmel tells us her surname, Abwot, means ‘I escaped’. ...
This business app is dubbed as the ‘Tinder for networking’
With Shapr, your career and personal life aren’t mutually exclusive any longer. Understandably, not everyone is a fan of the hit-and-run Tinder dating app. While ...
Fancy A $100,000 Annual Concierge Service?
Businesswoman Paola Diana is the founder of high-end concierge service Sigillus. But she’s also championing the cause of equal rights for women across the globe. ...
The rebel who built The Gabriel Hotel in Cairo
Construction might be in Nuaman Soufraki’s blood but instead of following in the footsteps of his property magnate father, he is carving his own path ...
Meet the world’s best sommelier
Arvid Rosengren’s healthy obsession with wine has put him at the top of his game. If you want to understand what it is to be ...
First Lady of Education
Her husband is soon leaving office - but Flotus is only just getting to work on a host of campaign initiatives As the American presidential ...
Architect Provocateur
In a rare interview, Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid talks equality for women, why she doesn’t get work in London and how she will always be ...