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Aliko Dangote is a Nigerian businessman known for his key roles in Dangote Group and Dangote Refinery. In 1977, Dangote founded the Dangote Group, a company that traded commodities; importing sugar, salt, and food products. In 1981, he founded Dangote Nigeria Limited and Blue Star Services

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Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she was educated at Ursuline Academy of Dallas, Duke University, and Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Shortly after joining Microsoft in 1987 as a multimedia product developer.

From 2000 to 2024, she co-chaired the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization. For their philanthropic endeavors, which focused on global health, development, and education, they received numerous awards and honors, including the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honour.

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Sheila Johnson is an American billionaire businesswoman, co-founder of BET, and CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts.

Johnson is a vice chairman and partner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, a professional sports holding company which manages the Washington Capitals (NHL), the Washington Wizards (NBA),

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Roy Donahue "Don" Peebles is an American real estate entrepreneur, author, and political fundraiser. He is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the Peebles Corporation, a privately held real estate investment and development company established in 1983.

The firm focuses on luxury commercial and residential developments in major U.S. cities including New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Miami.

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Sir RIchard Branson is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and, as of 2016, controlled five companies.

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Josè Maria Aznar is a Spanish politician who was the prime minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He led the People's Party (PP), the dominant centre-right political party in Spain.

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Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick, CBEis currently the Professor of Leadership at the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Centre at Huntsman Business School, USA, and sits on the Concordia Leadership Council.

He served as Chancellor of Regent's University London from October 2016 to October 2021. He has been appointed as the current Chair of the SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) Board of Trustees and is an NED at Saxton Bampfylde.

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Robert F. Smith is an American businessman. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners.

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Steve Ballmer is an American businessman and investor who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014.

He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and a co-founder of the Ballmer Group, a philanthropic investment company.

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Steven Bartlett is a Botswana-born British-Nigerian entrepreneur, investor and podcaster.

He founded the social media marketing company Social Chain in 2014, and in 2017 started The Diary of a CEO podcast.

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Charlotte Mary Hogg is a British management consultant and senior executive in financial services and central banking. In July 2025 she was appointed as CEO of Alter Domus, a market leader in financial services for alternative investments.

In October 2017 she was appointed as CEO of Visa's European operations.

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Dr Andy Palmer CMG is a chartered engineer and automotive executive. Having served in leadership positions at both Nissan and Aston Martin, Andy has led transformational change at two of the world's most recognisable businesses in the industry. 

Andy is the founder and CEO of Palmer Automotive, a consultancy in the auto sector, and Palmer Energy Technology, an energy storage company.

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William Astor III, 4th Viscount Astor is an English businessman and politician who sits as a Conservative Heriditary Lord Temporal in the House of Lords.

He is a member of the Astor family, which is known for its prominence in business, society, and philanthropy in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Chief Michael Adenuga Jr is a Nigerian businessman. His company Globacom is Nigeria's second-largest telecom operator and also has a presence in Ghana and Benin.

He owns stakes in the Equitorial Trust Bank and the oil exploration firm Conoil (formerly Consolidated Oil Company).

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Masayoshi Son 손정의, is a Japanese entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist, he is the founder, representative director, corporate officer, chairman and chief executive of SoftBank Group (SBG).

A technology-focused investment holding company, chairman of UK-based Arm Holdings.