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An example in this sense would be Vivendi, the French company who went from being a simple water company to having businesses in cinema and movies, the music sector, etc.
4. Michael Milken was an ambitious financial tycoon who was CEO at one of the best investment banks on Wall Street, Drexler. His ambition drove him into deals with junk bonds and inside trading affairs, which led to a $200 million fine and 22 months in jail due to fraud on 1989.
Jake Welch, CEO at General Electrics, revolutionized management by introducing a series of innovatory ideas at his company. Among them, the best known is the Six Sigma methodology, which was subsequently successfully implemented by Motorola as well.
Bill Gates was indeed a man with vision, having the chance to foresee the success that the information technology would enjoy about decades, when he founded his company in 1974. Nowadays, constant innovation...
Although the concept is vast, corporate governance basically deals with the mechanisms that make a company perform more efficiently and have better results. It is a concept generally associated with the way a company is being managed and with the way human resources are stimulated to bring the best results.
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