Agenor Tupinambá turned a confiscation into a 2.2M-follower campaign
After Ibama seized his capybara, Tupinambá used the backlash to raise five times his fine, grow Instagram from 10,000 to 2.2M followers, and attract sponsors.
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2,000 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDNintendo's Switch pivot swung it from a ¥24.5B loss back to profit in 2017
After the Wii U flopped, Nintendo bet on the hybrid Switch; in its first quarter it swung from a ¥24.53B net loss to a ¥21.26B profit.
Read the caseInditex's founder Amancio Ortega handed the chairman's seat to Pablo Isla
In 2011 Amancio Ortega stepped down as Inditex chairman and handed the fashion retailer to non-family managing director Pablo Isla.
Read the caseIsrael's staged 17-year sell-down of Bank Leumi ended its crisis-era state ownership
From the first 22.4% sale in 1993 to the final market distribution in 2010, Israel privatised Bank Leumi in stages and kept it profitable and independent.
Read the caseTanya Chisu built a $1,500–$2,000-a-month healing practice on TikTok
After years of relying on referrals, Tanya Chisu joined TikTok in 2022 and built a following that lifted her practice to $1,500–$2,000 a month.
Read the caseShopify's 90-day free trial and quick tooling doubled revenue during lockdowns
When COVID shut stores, Shopify extended free trials to 90 days and shipped online-selling tools; Q2 2020 revenue rose 97% to $714.3M and GMV grew 119%.
Read the caseTorrent's ₹19,480-crore JB Pharma bet made it India's second-most-valuable drugmaker
Torrent Pharma bought KKR's JB Chemicals stake in a ₹19,480-crore deal, then merged it to become India's second most valued drugmaker.
Read the caseGreece conceded 14 regional airports to Fraport for 40 years and €1.234bn up front
Greece kept ownership of 14 tourism airports and sold 40 years of operation to Fraport and Copelouzos: €1.234bn up front, plus rent and a cut of EBITDA.
Read the casePhilippine Catholic priests turned TikTok into an extension of the pulpit
After lockdowns pushed dioceses online, Philippine priests used TikTok’s music, memes, and daily devotions; Father Fiel Pareja built 3.3 million followers.
Read the caseFujifilm revived the Instax instant camera and sales grew from 1.6m to 10m units a year.
Fujifilm repositioned its once-dying Instax line for young smartphone users; sales grew from 1.6m cameras in 2012 to 10m+ in 2018.
Read the caseKakao reverse-merged into portal Daum in 2014 to list, and spun out a platform empire
Kakao reverse-merged into portal Daum in 2014 to list, took the KOSDAQ crown, and spun off KakaoBank, Pay, Games — turning one IPO into a chain.
Read the caseRoyalty Pharma's hostile run at Elan ended in a Perrigo takeover
After Royalty Pharma's hostile offers, Elan ran a sale process and Perrigo won with $16.50 a share and an Irish re-domicile.
Read the caseOsunsemilore Adetutu put Oshun teaching on TikTok and reached 350,000 followers
To reach young people who rarely saw Nigeria's Oshun religion online, Adetutu built a TikTok cadence of teachings, Lives, and paid WhatsApp consultations.
Read the caseHarris Tweed's island weavers brought the fabric back with 580,000 metres
A fading craft on Lewis and Harris reversed decline as new weavers and global fashion demand returned.
Read the caseIndia sold IPCL to Reliance in 2002 and profit rose seven-fold in three years
The state petrochemicals pioneer went to Reliance for ₹1,490 crore in 2002; profit rose seven-fold, debt collapsed, and it merged into RIL by 2007.
Read the caseMexico sold Banamex for $3.21bn in 1991; Citigroup paid $12.5bn for it a decade later
Nationalised in 1982, Banamex was auctioned in 1991 for 2.6 times book value to a brokerage-led group; ten years later Citigroup bought it for $12.5 billion.
Read the caseBaptista Miranda turned an Angola channel into a six-million-follower business
Baptista Miranda started with videos recorded on friends' phones, then used Brazil's Portuguese-speaking creator market to turn audience into brand income.
Read the caseRise of the Planet of the Apes revived a stalled franchise with $481M
After Tim Burton's 2001 remake stalled the series, Fox's origin story with motion-capture apes opened to $54.8M and grossed $481M worldwide.
Read the caseSun Pharma bought FDA-troubled Ranbaxy for $4 billion and fixed it
Sun absorbed Ranbaxy in a $4 billion all-stock deal, becoming India's largest drugmaker, then cleared FDA bans plant by plant — Mohali reopened in 2017.
Read the caseThe U.S. sold its 85% Conrail stake in 1987, the largest industrial IPO in U.S. history.
After a federal bailout and a turnaround under Stanley Crane, the U.S. floated Conrail at $28 a share in 1987, raising $1.65 billion.
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