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A Billionaire Breaks Ranks: Alfred Gantner, co-founder of private equity giant Partners Group and a Swiss billionaire with an estimated fortune of about $3.5 billion, has publicly urged Switzerland to introduce a progressive wealth tax aimed squarely at the country’s richest households. His intervention comes just days after Swiss voters overwhelmingly...

Why Decision-Making Under Pressure Is Now a Core CEO Skill Volatility is no longer an episodic shock; it is the operating environment. In recent global CEO research, over three quarters of chief executives say they feel under greater pressure to ensure long-term prosperity amid structural risks, regulatory churn, and rapid...

There’s something universally energizing about attending an impressive workshop or team-building session. The room feels alive. People lean forward, contribute more openly, and scribble notes purposefully. Ideas burst like fireworks, friendships ignite, and trust deepens. For a moment, everyone sees what could be. Three weeks later, the notebooks gathering dust are the only remaining proof that anything happened. The team remembers their experience fondly, maybe even with a breakthrough...

We celebrate collaboration in theory. We put it on posters, print it in value statements, applaud it in leadership speeches, and promise it in strategic plans. Yet the lived experience is often quite different. Even in organizations filled with smart, well-intentioned people, collaboration too often gives way to competing priorities, individual...

Dubai has long been the location where opulence is not just a luxury but a lifestyle, and where the world’s elite brands flock. But recently the direction has started to reverse: What was once a market where foreign brands came to capitalize on wealth and tourism is now a launchpad for...

VUL’s Rise from Niche Product to Core Planning Platform Variable universal life (VUL) has evolved from a specialist insurance product into a central building block of sophisticated U.S. wealth strategies, especially among high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families. At its core, VUL is a permanent, investment-linked life insurance policy that combines market-exposed...

In a world where leaders are pressed for time, overloaded with information, and often isolated at the top, the CEO Forum remains one of the few places where they can think clearly, speak honestly, and grow intentionally. The world’s highest-performing CEO Forums don’t succeed by accident. They thrive because their members operate from a deeply shared set...

Private Markets Are Scaling. Infrastructure Is Not. Private markets have moved from niche to mainstream, becoming a pillar of portfolio construction for families, institutions and the ultra-wealthy. Estimates now place global private markets assets in the mid‑teens to low‑20s trillions of dollars, with continued structural growth driven by private equity,...

The CEO Access Paradox: Accessing Fortune CEOs at elite conferences remains one of the most coveted yet challenging feats in global business. These leaders guard their time fiercely, navigating tightly packed schedules and gatekeepers. Yet, paradoxically, today’s digital era offers new, data-driven pathways to break through and secure influential in-person moments....

Today we all live in an age of distraction, and that includes everyone interested in supporting charitable causes. With smartphones buzzing and endless information streams, attention has become one of the scarcest resources in fundraising today. Studies show the average person’s focus on a single task has dropped dramatically, from...