Rita Ora: Singer, Actress and Fashion Designer
Rita Sahatçiu Ora is a British singer, fashion designer and actress who rose to prominence in February 2012 when she was featured on DJ Fresh’s single, “Hot Right Now”, which reached number one in the UK. She was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo) to Albanian parents. Her mother, Vera is a psychiatrist, and […]
Effective Leaders Don’t Forget to Move
Humans are made to move. This is clear by the huge number of benefits exercise has for mind and body. “There is a linear relation between physical activity and health status; an increase in physical activity and fitness directly improves your health status,” says Dr Craig Nossel, head of Discovery Vitality Wellness in South Africa. […]
Dietrich Mateschitz: Founder of Red Bull
Dietrich Mateschitz is an Austrian billionaire businessman who co-founded the Red Bull energy drink company, and holds 49% of the company’s shares. His net worth, as of August 2016, is estimated to be $14.7 billion. Mateschitz was born in Austria to a family of Croatian ancestry. As the international marketing director for German company Blendax he […]
My Son is Dead: Changing the Way We Treat Addiction
How do we change addiction treatment from being substandard to being effective at saving lives? First, the stigma must die. Second, those suffering from the disease, the addiction professionals, the insurance industry and society must rethink the concept that addiction treatment consists of a 30 day in-patient or intensive out-patient level of care — that […]
Jung Chang: Chinese-born British Writer
Jung Chang is a Chinese-born British writer now living in London, best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, selling over 10 million copies worldwide but banned in the People’s Republic of China. Her 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, Mao: The Unknown Story, written with her husband, the Irish historian Jon Halliday, was published in […]
U.S. Turns From Pain Drug, Producer Eyes Global Market
According to a recent in-depth report by the LA Times, the painkilling drug OxyContin has seen sales fall in the U.S. by 40% since 2010. The owners, the Sackler family, are now pursuing a new strategy: global domination. The authors of this global marketing intrigue, Harriet Ryan, Lisa Girion and Scott Glover, claim to have […]
20 Influential Women Share Secrets on Leadership, Business and Life
Pursuing gender balance in the executive suite and boardroom is clearly a good business decision. Documented benefits include higher profits, better employee retention and a deeper talent pool. But achieving that balance takes intentional focused efforts. On the company side, simply stating the goal does not ensure a flow of qualified women applying for the […]
Friedrich Trump, Donald Trump’s Grandfather
A German historian, Roland Paul, has uncovered a local council letter from 1905 informing Donald Trump’s grandfather Friedrich Trump – who had become a United States citizen – that he would not be granted his German citizenship back and that he had eight weeks to leave the country or be deported. He also claimed that Trump had illegally […]
Join Forest Whitaker in Defeating a “Death Star” for $50,000
An online auction of “Star Wars: Rogue One” items is being held by actor Forest Whitaker to support the young women and men of The Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI). In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the […]
Adrienne Clarkson, 26th Governor General of Canada
The 26th Governor General of Canada (1999-2005), Adrienne Clarkson is universally acknowledged to have transformed the office during her six years at Rideau Hall and to have left an indelible mark on Canada’s history. Clarkson was born in Hong Kong and came to Canada as a refugee in 1942. Her family settled in Ottawa, where she […]
