Ion Mobility rejected white-label scooters and launched its own M1-S
Ion rejected white-label scooters, built its own electric two-wheeler during the pandemic, launched the M1-S, and raised an $18.7M Series A led by TVS.
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2,000 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDDaewoo Shipbuilding: from a ₩1.5 trillion fraud to profit, then Hanwha's takeover
A creditor-led workout cut DSME's debt and refocused it on ships after a ₩1.5tn fraud, returning the yard to profit before Hanwha's 2023 takeover.
Read the caseProgressive gave $1 billion back in the COVID-19 lockdowns and rose past GEICO to No. 2
As driving collapsed in April 2020, Progressive credited customers 20% of two months' premiums — about $1 billion — and kept its growth engine running.
Read the caseEnterprise handed the CEO seat to a third-gen Taylor pre-COVID — then set records
Chrissy Taylor became Enterprise Holdings' fourth CEO in January 2020, steered the rental giant through the travel collapse, and took revenue to a $35B record.
Read the caseTakehiko Inoue revived Slam Dunk as a film he directed; it grossed ¥16 billion in Japan
26 years after the manga ended, Inoue wrote and directed The First Slam Dunk; it topped the Japanese box office and earned ¥16.2 billion.
Read the caseVinFast bet a property empire on building Vietnam's first carmaker
A real-estate giant built Vietnam's first carmaker in 21 months, went all-electric, listed at $85B via SPAC — then kept bleeding $3B a year to go global.
Read the caseCisco backed innovation through 2008 and took the lead from a collapsing Nortel
While Nortel slid into 2009 bankruptcy, Cisco kept investing and became the enterprise telephony market share leader.
Read the caseJCET's five-year STATS ChipPAC integration ended in a record ¥1.30B 2020 profit
After 2018's EPS loss and years of overseas-acquisition drag, JCET swung to record 2020 revenue ¥26.5B and net profit ¥1.30B.
Read the caseShell fended off a break-up letter from Third Point by unifying its structure
Third Point urged Shell to split; Shell refused to break up but moved its HQ to London, scrapped its dual shares, and unlocked faster buybacks.
Read the caseSeiko split Grand Seiko into an independent brand to take it global and luxury
Grand Seiko, a Japan-only collection since 1960, was carved out as a separate brand in 2017 to aim at Swiss luxury
Read the caseEstée Lauder's family stepped out of the C-suite in 2024 to save a slumping empire
For the first time in 78 years, no Lauder runs Estée Lauder day to day — the family ceded operations to insider Stéphane de La Faverie as China sales collapsed.
Read the caseNetflix rebooted 1985's She-Ra; five acclaimed seasons followed
DreamWorks and Netflix revived the 1985 She-Ra with showrunner Noelle Stevenson; the reboot earned critical raves and ran five seasons.
Read the caseFEMSA built the world's largest Coke bottler — then bet its future on OXXO
An 1890 Monterrey brewery built the world's biggest Coke bottler and Latin America's largest c-store chain (OXXO) — then made retail the core: 24,462 stores by
Read the caseDuolingo rode the 2020 lockdown shift to online learning into a $4.9bn IPO
Language learning went online during COVID; Duolingo's free app grew revenue 129% in 2020 and listed in July 2021.
Read the caseSingapore listed SingPost in 2003 and it outgrew the letter monopoly
SingPost's 2003 listing privatised the postal service, which later moved into e-commerce logistics
Read the caseIcahn's $8bn bids forced Phillips Petroleum into a $4.5bn recap to stay independent
After Pickens unsettled Phillips, Icahn bid $8.09bn then $8.6bn; the board's $4.5bn recap won the vote, paid him off, and kept the company independent.
Read the caseFrasers handed 23-year-old Alexei Hamblin the job of reviving Slazenger
A 23-year-old TikTok designer was given Slazenger's 140-year-old brand to reposition for Gen Z
Read the caseMomofuku Ando kept Nissin's chairmanship until 95, then handed the presidency to his son
The inventor of instant ramen was still chairman-founder at 95; his son Koki took the presidency in 2005 and inherited a $3-billion multinational.
Read the caseGeorge Miller revived Mad Max after 30 years with Fury Road's practical-stunt spectacle.
After a 30-year gap and 15 years of stalled attempts, Warner Bros funded Miller's $150m practical-effects Fury Road; it grossed $375m and won six Oscars.
Read the caseGetir's 10-minute grocery promise peaked at $11.8B — then the capital stopped
Getir's 10-minute promise peaked at $11.8B (2022), its ultrafast model burned $1.8B+, the valuation fell to $2.5B — and Uber took over the business by 2026.
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