SsangYong Motor's Tivoli SUV ended nine years of losses with a ₩58.1B profit
After ₩61.9B net loss in 2015, SsangYong's compact Tivoli SUV drove a ₩58.1B net profit in 2016 — its first in nine years.
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2,000 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDA 1792 Lisbon grocer found its empire in Poland — as Biedronka
A 1792 Lisbon trading house bought Poland's Biedronka in 1997 and scaled hard-discount and own labels into Poland's #1 grocer: €23.6B sales, 3,730 stores.
Read the caseIcahn's Talisman 13D pushed a sale; Repsol paid $8.3B in 2014
Icahn's 2013 13D called Talisman undervalued; a year later Repsol acquired it for $8.3 billion, a 24% premium.
Read the caseSquare Enix rebuilt the failed Final Fantasy XIV and turned it into a 20m-player MMO.
After the 2010 launch flopped, Square Enix rewrote FFXIV from scratch under Naoki Yoshida; A Realm Reborn (2013) became a hit with 20m monthly players.
Read the caseLavazza named outside manager Baravalle CEO in 2011 as the fourth generation arrived
The Lavazza family hired outside manager Baravalle as CEO in 2011 and added independent directors — governance marking the passage to the fourth generation.
Read the caseBank of China listed its Hong Kong arm in 2002, the first Big Four bank to sell abroad
BOC Hong Kong's July 2002 IPO raised US$2.5bn and made the state bank's unit the first mainland bank listed in Hong Kong.
Read the caseMattel relaunched Polly Pocket in 2018 to win millennial parents and kids
After a 1989 debut and more than 10 million compacts sold, Mattel relaunched Polly Pocket in original micro-scale with an animated series.
Read the caseHaidilao industrialised its legendary service into China's first ¥10B restaurant chain
Zhang Yong refused to scale until service systems could be standardised; the machine then grew revenue 70.5% a year into a ¥100B-market-cap IPO
Read the caseIsrael sold 30% of Bezeq in 2005, its largest privatization, to an Apax-led consortium.
Israel sold control of Bezeq to Apax, Saban and Arkin for NIS 4.246 billion in 2005; the buyers exited in 2009 at a 300%+ return.
Read the caseHulu revived Futurama after a decade; 20 new episodes and two renewals followed
Fox canceled Futurama twice; Hulu ordered 20 new episodes in 2022, the original cast returned, and the 2023 revival got two more seasons.
Read the caseENI's Bernabè-era restructuring and 1995-98 sell-down made it a global oil major
Italy's state energy giant was restructured around its core, then floated from November 1995; by 1998, 68% of ENI's capital was on the market.
Read the caseElliott took over AC Milan, rebuilt its finances, and sold it for €1.2B
Elliott seized AC Milan after a loan default, stabilized the club, won Serie A in 2022, and sold it to RedBird for €1.2B.
Read the caseAcura revived the Integra nameplate to bring buzz and buyers back to the brand.
In 2021 Acura promised the return of the dormant Integra; the 2023 model sold 4,694 US units in two months and led the premium gateway segment.
Read the caseNetease went from Nasdaq delisting to China's game giant on one MMO bet
Delisted from Nasdaq in 2001, Netease bet on its own MMOs and returned to profit in 2002 — then became a gaming giant
Read the caseSalama traded premium volume for solvency — 76% to 154% in six months
Dubai's pioneering takaful insurer shrank its premium base, raised capital and cut weak lines, restoring solvency from 76% to 154% in half a year.
Read the caseTudor came back by reinterpreting its own 1960s watches, not copying Rolex
The poor man's Rolex looked dead by 2010; Tudor reinterpreted its archive (Heritage Chrono, Black Bay), won a 2013 GPHG and became a sub-$5k benchmark.
Read the caseAkio Toyoda took over during the recall crisis and put safety back first.
Founder's grandson Akio Toyoda took over in 2009, admitted growth had trumped safety, and led Toyota from a huge recall back to world's top seller.
Read the caseLyondellBasell: a failed $13bn LBO went through Chapter 11 and became a $40bn giant
Basell's $13bn takeover of Lyondell collapsed into Chapter 11 within a year; creditors took the equity and rode the shale-era upcycle to $40bn.
Read the caseShowtime's Dexter revival became its most-watched series ever
Eight years after a hated finale, Showtime revived Dexter with original showrunner Clyde Phillips; New Blood became the network's most-watched series.
Read the caseAlamo Drafthouse emerged from 2021 Chapter 11 and grew to 50 theaters, then sold to Sony
COVID shut Alamo's dine-in theaters; it emerged from 2021 Chapter 11 under Altamont and Fortress, grew to 50 locations, and Sony Pictures bought it in 2024.
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