Piracy-battered OSN pivoted to streaming with OSN+, then merged it into Anghami
KIPCO's pay-TV group OSN, losing about $125m a year to piracy and OTT, relaunched as streamer OSN+ in 2022, hit record subscribers and merged with Anghami.
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After a £134M 2009 loss and a halved dividend, Livingston's cost cuts and fibre push lifted adjusted pre-tax profit 20% to £2,083M by 2011.
Read the caseTITAN's fourth-gen CEO handed it to a non-family CEO to break out of carbon
After 26 years making TITAN a multinational, fourth-gen Dimitri Papalexopoulos backed the first non-family CEO; TITAN hit record results and 30% green output.
Read the caseMorgan Stanley bought E*Trade and Eaton Vance in 2020 and posted record profit
Amid COVID's market chaos, Morgan Stanley closed its $13B E*Trade deal and added Eaton Vance, capping a decade-long pivot to wealth management.
Read the caseBrewer J.C. Jacobsen gave Carlsberg to a foundation in 1876, securing it for 140 years
In 1876 J.C. Jacobsen transferred his brewery to the Carlsberg Foundation; at his death in 1887 it became sole owner, still controlling the votes today.
Read the caseHanesBrands turned Champion into a $1.36B global streetwear brand in 2018
Retro streetwear made Champion cool again; HanesBrands scaled it globally, lifting Champion sales outside mass retail to $1.36B in 2018 from about $1B in 2017.
Read the caseOberoi's patriarch, 93, handed EIH to a nephew-chairman and a son-CEO in 2022
PRS Oberoi stepped down as EIH chairman at 93, passing the hotel group to nephew Arjun (chairman) and son Vikram (CEO) — a planned third-generation handover.
Read the caseNaver's disaster-born LINE app turned a sidelined search firm into Japan's chat giant
After the 2011 earthquake broke Japan's phone networks, Naver's team built LINE in six weeks — 300M users and a dual Tokyo-New York listing followed
Read the caseRoy Martínez turned a car-tool sideline into a $500,000 course business
After PayPal limited him to Costa Rica, Roy Martínez used Hotmart to build a 19-person repair-course operation earning about $500,000 a year.
Read the caseAvtoVAZ/Lada: Renault's cuts and Vesta reboot end a decade of losses
Renault-led AvtoVAZ cut 13,000 jobs in Tolyatti, cleared 100bn rubles of debt and bet on Vesta/XRAY, posting its first profit in a decade in 2018.
Read the caseSoftBank's iPhone exclusivity bet in 2008 made it Japan's fastest-growing carrier
Japan's No.3 carrier took the iPhone deal analysts doubted, added 215,400 net subscribers in its first month and lifted its market share from about 17% to 23%.
Read the caseBOE turned a dying state vacuum-tube factory into the world's biggest display maker
Wang Dongsheng pooled cash with colleagues to buy a bankrupt Beijing tube factory, and BOE became the world's No.1 panel maker.
Read the caseSchaeffler's family sold assets and refinanced to survive its Continental debt
After borrowing heavily for Continental, the Schaefflers asked for state help in 2009; a €12B refinancing and record 2010 results pulled them back to profit.
Read the caseIngvar Kamprad gave IKEA to a foundation in 1982 so no heir could break it up
In 1982 Kamprad transferred IKEA's operating group to the INGKA Foundation to secure its longevity; the family keeps influence but cannot sell or split it.
Read the caseCampari turned Aperol from a regional liqueur into its biggest brand.
After Campari acquired Aperol, the brand became the group's largest: Q1 2019 sales up 27%, full-year 2019 up 20.5%.
Read the caseCargill's founding family handed the CEO job to an outsider in 1995
After fourth-generation Whitney MacMillan retired, Cargill named Ernie Micek — only the second non-family CEO in the company's 130-year history.
Read the caseFiat relaunched the 500 on its 50th birthday and rebuilt a small-car franchise.
Fiat launched a new 500 in Turin on July 4, 2007; the retro city car took a record 13.9% of its European segment in 2008 and passed one million units by 2012.
Read the caseDarlin Ronkus left fashion for phones and grew into a Computer Village success
Aderonke Ayo-Ibine left fashion, converted her father's bungalow into a phone-accessory plaza, and built a multi-service vendor with a Jumia storefront.
Read the caseAfter the 3Q War, Tencent opened its platforms and invested its way to a second Tencent
After the 2010 3Q War with Qihoo, Tencent opened its platforms and invested in partners — pledging 20 billion yuan of payouts to 'build a second Tencent'.
Read the caseNokia sold its phones to Microsoft for €5.44B and pivoted to networks, returning to profit
After a €3.1B loss in 2012, Nokia's board sold the handset business to Microsoft for €5.44B and refocused on networks, swinging continuing operations to profit.
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