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pos: Wipro November 2012 "Guide to Greener Electronics", Greenpeace ranked Wipro first with a score of 7.1/10. Listing: Wipro's equity shares are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange where it is a constituent of the BSE SENSEX index, and the National Stock Exchange of India where it is a constituent of the S&P CNX Nifty. The American Depositary Shares of the company are listed at the NYSE since October 2000. Shareholding: The table provides the share holding pattern as of 30-Sep-2018. Abidali Neemuchwala was appointed as Wipro's CEO after T. K. Kurien stepped down in early 2016. Neemuchwala, who had been group president

pos: Wipro November 2012 "Guide to Greener Electronics", Greenpeace ranked Wipro first with a score of 7.1/10. Listing: Wipro's equity shares are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange where it is a constituent of the BSE SENSEX index, and the National Stock Exchange of India where it is a constituent of the S&P CNX Nifty. The American Depositary Shares of the company are listed at the NYSE since October 2000. Shareholding: The table provides the share holding pattern as of 30-Sep-2018. Abidali Neemuchwala was appointed as Wipro's CEO after T. K. Kurien stepped down in early 2016. Neemuchwala, who had been group president

pos: Abidali Neemuchwala Abidali Neemuchwala Abidali Neemuchwala (born 8 December 1967) is an Indian-American business executive, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Wipro since February 2016. Neemuchwala, who had been group president and COO of Wipro from April 2015, was appointed CEO with effect from 1 February 2016. He previously was the CEO of the BPO division of Tata Consultancy Services Limited. Neemuchwala has a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Raipur, and a master's degree in Industrial Management from IIT Bombay. He is a certified software quality analyst and has a Six Sigma Green

pos: Abidali Neemuchwala Alight Solutions. He is on the board of directors of Wipro Limited and the World Affairs Council of Dallas Ft. Worth. He also serves on the CEO Council of the Texas Economic Development Corporation. Neemuchwala gets his surname from Neemuch, a small town in Madhya Pradesh. He grew up in Delhi, Neemuch, and Mumbai. He enjoys travelling, Indian music, reading fiction, and playing golf. He is married, has three children, and lives in Dallas, Texas. Abidali Neemuchwala Abidali Neemuchwala (born 8 December 1967) is an Indian-American business executive, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Wipro since February 2016. Neemuchwala,

neg: Wipro and COO from April 2015, was appointed CEO with effect from 1 February 2016. Wipro Wipro Limited is an India-based information technology, consulting and business process services company headquartered in Bengaluru, India. In 2013, Wipro demerged its non-IT businesses into separate companies. The company was incorporated on 29 December 1945 in Amalner, Maharashtra by Mohamed Premji as "Western India Vegetable Products Limited", later abbreviated to "Wipro". It was initially set up as a manufacturer of vegetable and refined oils in Amalner, Maharashtra, India under the trade names of Kisan, Sunflower, and Camel. In 1966, after Mohamed Premji's death, his son

neg: Vivek Paul medical equipment, becoming India's largest exporter of high value electronics goods. Paul was then asked to lead GE's worldwide CT scanner business. Paul reorganized operations across its China, Japan and US operations, and launched GE as the first major multi-detector CT provider. The work in complex product development became a foundation of "Design For Six Sigma". In 1999, Paul was asked to become Vice Chairman of Wipro and CEO of its outsourcing unit. Wipro was a $150-million company when Vivek Paul took over, and it had all the tendencies of a small, traditional company. Paul has been credited with creating

neg: A. L. Rao he implemented ISO 9000 compliant quality processes across the Software Divisions of Infotech Group. He has also driven the SEI CMM initiative enabling Wipro to become the first SEI CMM Level 5 Software Services Company in the world. In Oct 2000, Rao took over the leadership of Telecom and Internetworking Solutions Division and steered the business through multifold growth to its present prominent position. In June 2005, the then CEO of Wipro Technologies, Vivek Paul quit, and Rao was appointed the COO. From June 2005 to September 2008 he worked as the Chief Operating Officer, with the responsibility for Product

neg: T. K. Kurien T. K. Kurien T K Kurien is an Indian chartered accountant and business executive. Kurien is Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Premji Invest, a venture capital company set up by Azim Premji. Prior to that he was the Executive Vice Chairman at Wipro Limited, chaired by Premji. TK was also a member of the Wipro Corporate Executive Council. Prior to taking over the role as CEO of the IT business in Feb 2011, Kurien was President of Wipro's recently launched Eco Energy business. In June 2008, he took on the responsibility of heading Wipro's Consulting arm, WCS (Wipro

neg: Abidali Neemuchwala industry. Neemuchwala was appointed group president and COO in April 2015. As the COO, Neemuchwala spearheaded several initiatives that helped create a more nimble and agile organization, and accelerated Wipro’s ability to not only respond to customers in the digital age, but also ensure deeper employee engagement. On 1 February 2016 he was appointed CEO and executive director of Wipro succeeding T.K. Kurien. As CEO, Neemuchwala oversees $8 billion in revenue and more than 160,000 employees serving clients across six continents. In September 2018, Neemuchwala helped land Wipro its largest deal in history with a $1.5 billion, 10-year contract with

neg: Konda Vishweshwar Reddy an adjunct faculty at New Jersey Institute of Technology, N.J. and Essex County College, Newark. As an engineer by profession, he had worked as an adjunct faculty in the New Jersey Institute of Technology, N.J., Essex County College,Newark, U.S. He is a successful software entrepreneur; he founded Citadel Research & Solutions, a company involved in engineering research and development. He was involved in the creations of several IPRs. As a professional he worked for General Electric as the CEO and managing director of GE MSIT and as the CEO and managing director Wipro HCIT Wipro. An ardent sports enthusiast, he

neg: Wipro temporary workers in the United States. In 2012 Wipro acquired Australian Trade Promotions Management firm Promax Applications Group (PAG) for $35 million. Also, in that year, Wipro Ltd. demerged its consumer care, lighting, furniture, infrastructure engineering (hydraulics and water and medical diagnostic business) into a separate company to be named 'Wipro Enterprises Ltd'. Prior to demerger, these companies together contributed about 10% of the revenues of Wipro Limited. In 2014, Wipro signed a 10-year $1.2 billion contract with ATCO, a Canadian Energy & Utilities corporation based in Calgary, Alberta. This was the largest deal in Wipro's history. In October 2016,

neg: T. K. Kurien Consulting Services), and spearheaded its growth, establishing it as a distinct offering by Wipro. From 2004 to 2008, TK headed Wipro BPO. In February 2003, he became the Chief Executive of Healthcare & Life Sciences, a new business segment of Wipro Ltd formed in April 2002 to address the market opportunities in Healthcare and Life Science IT. In his early years at Wipro, Kurien started the Telecom Internet Service Provider business. Before joining Wipro, Kurien served as the CEO of GE X Ray from October 1997 to January 2000 and prior to that was the CFO of GE Medical Systems

neg: Wipro organizations. In February 2002, Wipro became the first software technology and services company in India to be ISO 14001 certified. Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting Group entered the market of compact fluorescent lamps, with the launch of a range of CFL, under the brand name of Wipro Smartlite. As the company grew, a study revealed that Wipro was the fastest wealth creator for 5 years (1997–2002). It set up a wholly owned subsidiary company (Wipro Consumer Care Limited) to manufacture consumer care and lighting products. In 2004 Wipro joined the billion dollar club. It also partnered with Intel for i-shiksha.

neg: KineticGlue India. A December 2010 article in Entrepreneur reported that KineticGlue is used by 600 enterprises in India on a trial or subscription basis. KineticGlue was started in September 2008 by Vivek Paul, ex-CEO of Wipro and Meeta Malhotra, a marketing and branding professional. According to Vivek Paul, they ‘spent the summer and fall of 2008 just studying the market and conceptualizing the thought’. They built the initial, core development teams with engineers from Wipro and Neev Technologies. In December 2010, KineticGlue announced its acquisition of Injoos, a Bangalore-based company building social media tools for the enterprise. The company was acquired

neg: Wipro at the age of 21. During the 1970s and 1980s, the company shifted its focus to new business opportunities in the IT and computing industry, which was at a nascent stage in India at the time. On 7 June 1977, the name of the company changed from Western India Vegetable Products Limited, to Wipro Products Limited. The year 1980 marked the arrival of Wipro in the IT domain. In 1982, the name was changed from Wipro Products Limited to Wipro Limited. Meanwhile, Wipro continued to expand in the consumer products domain with the launch of "Ralak" a Tulsi based family

neg: Wipro Wipro Wipro Limited is an India-based information technology, consulting and business process services company headquartered in Bengaluru, India. In 2013, Wipro demerged its non-IT businesses into separate companies. The company was incorporated on 29 December 1945 in Amalner, Maharashtra by Mohamed Premji as "Western India Vegetable Products Limited", later abbreviated to "Wipro". It was initially set up as a manufacturer of vegetable and refined oils in Amalner, Maharashtra, India under the trade names of Kisan, Sunflower, and Camel. In 1966, after Mohamed Premji's death, his son Azim Premji returned home from Stanford University and took over Wipro as its chairman

neg: Wipro Wipro announced that it was buying Appirio, an Indianapolis-based cloud services company for $500 million. In 2017, the company expanded its operations in London. In 2017, Wipro Limited won a five-year IT infrastructure and applications managed services engagement with Grameenphone (GP), a leading telecom operator in Bangladesh and announced it would set up a new delivery centre there. In 2018, the company began building software to help with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe. In March 2018, Wipro said it would be buying a third of Denim Group. In April 2018, the company sold its stake in the

neg: Girish Paranjpe Girish Paranjpe Girish Paranjpe is a venture capitalist. General Partner with Exfinity Venture Partners . Exfinity invests in deep tech start ups typically at early stage. Girish was also Operating Partner with a global Private Equity fund. Girish Paranjpe was the managing director of Bloom Energy International. He was the former Joint CEO of Wipro’s IT Business and a Member of the Board of Wipro Limited. He jointly carried the overall responsibility for the strategy and operations of Wipro's IT Business. Paranjpe joined Wipro in 1990 and held a broad range of leadership positions in critical portfolios across the Wipro

neg: Wipro new products such as the Wipro SuperGenius personal computers (PCs). In 1999, the product was the one Indian PC range to obtain US-based National Software Testing Laboratory (NSTL) certification for the Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance in hardware for all models. Wipro Limited joined with KPN (Royal Dutch telecom) to form a joint venture company "Wipro Net Limited" to provide internet services in India. In 2000 Wipro launched Wipro OSS Smart and Wipro WAP Smart. In the same year, Wipro got listed on New York Stock Exchange and it Premji approached KPMG to form a mega-outsourcing joint venture between the two

neg: Intrapreneurship to think outside of the box, which allows them to work on ideas that may change strategic direction. Even though many managers are afraid of radical changes, they are often the only way to help companies grow. This is exemplified by Wipro in India, a small vegetable company that ended up being a software outsourcing powerhouse. Another example is Tony Hsieh of Zappos, who started as a commercial footwear vendor and became the CEO of Zappos, which has expanded into an online customer experience company. According to Pinchot, intrapreneurs are both employees and leaders of a large organizations that act

neg: Appirio a serverless company, utilizing only public cloud solutions and no in-house datacenter. On 20 October 2016, Appirio announced that they will be acquired by Wipro, an Indian information technology services corporation based in Bangalore, India, for $500 million. Appirio ranks among firms like Acumen Solutions, Bluewolf (acquired by IBM), and Cloud Sherpas (acquired by Accenture) in the market for cloud computing solutions. Increasingly Appirio is found to be a primary competitor of global system integrators such as Accenture and Deloitte. Appirio Appirio, a Wipro company, is an information technology consulting company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana (United States) that offers technology

neg: Wipro airport IT services company JV. In August 2018, WiPro paid US $75m to National Grid US as a settlement for a botched SAP implementation that a 2014 audit estimated could cost the company US $1 billion. Wipro had been hired as systems integrator in 2010, but errors in the rollout, intended to replace an Oracle system, caused serious losses and reputational damage. To compete with Hindustan Unilever and Procter & Gamble, in May 2018 Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting announced it would increase Indian distribution of its acquired personal care brands Enchanteur and Yardley. Other recent acquisitions included Unza Holdings,

neg: Wipro LD Waxson, and Zhongshan. On May 3, 2018, it was announced that Wipro was opening manufacturing locations in Andhra Pradesh and Guangzhou. On May 4, 2018, it was reported that Wipro's stock value had been decreasing. The day earlier, press had said that HCL would likely unseat Wipro that quarter as the third largest Indian IT company, after TCS and Infosys. Wipro Limited is a global provider of comprehensive IT solutions and services, including Systems Integration, Consulting, Information Systems outsourcing, IT-enabled services, R&D services. Wipro entered into the technology business in 1981 and has over 160,000 employees and clients across

neg: Xerox company announced that the document management business would retain the name Xerox and the new business services company would be named Conduent. It also announced that Ashok Vemuri will serve as Conduent's CEO and that Icahn will control three seats on the new company's board. It continues to seek a CEO for Xerox; in May, Burns announced her intention to step down as CEO but continue as chairman of the document management business. In June 2016 the company announced that Jeff Jacobson will become the new CEO following the completion of the company's planned separation. This became effective in January

neg: Mike Wells (businessman) 20 years in a variety of senior positions at Jackson. He was appointed as Jackson's CEO in January 2011, at which time he also joined the board of Prudential, Jackson's UK-based parent company. During Wells's four-year tenure as CEO of Jackson, it became the largest seller of variable annuities in the US. In June 2015, Wells succeeded Tidjane Thiam (who left to become CEO of Credit Suisse), on a pay package worth up to £7.5 million. In March 2016, he announced Prudential's first full-year results since taking over as CEO, showing that the group made operating profits of £4billion in

neg: Opera Solutions metro area with offices in Jersey City, London, Boston, San Diego, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Köflach. In January, 2012, the company was valued around $500 million. On September 14, 2011, Opera announced $84 million in investment. The round was led by Silver Lake Sumeru, with participation from Accel-KKR, Invus Financial Advisors, JGE Capital Management, and Tola Capital. In May 2013, Indian outsourcing-service company, Wipro Ltd., agreed to acquire a minority stake in Opera for $30 million.. In October 2014, Wipro Ltd. invested an additional $8.2 million in Opera Solutions as part of Opera's Series G financing. In September 2016, Opera

neg: Brandless in 2014 to "set a landing point for a consumers" who sought "quality and transparency, and eschewed brand loyalty and the resulting choice overload familiar to anyone who’s ever stepped into a grocery store aisle." In mid-2016, Sharkey resigned from her position as CEO of Sherpa Foundry to become CEO of Brandless, with Leffler serving as its chairman. The company raised $16 million in funding led by Redpoint Ventures in November 2016, and at launch had received a total of $50 million in venture capital from New Enterprise Associates, Google Ventures and others. In 2018 the company announced plans launch

neg: Qualys and consulting organizations including BT, Dell SecureWorks, Fujitsu, IBM, NTT, Symantec, Verizon, and Wipro. The company is also a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). Qualys was founded in 1999. The company launched QualysGuard in December 2000, making Qualys one of the first entrants in the vulnerability management market. In March 2001, angel investor Philippe Courtot became the CEO of the company after a major investment in the company. He also serves as the chairman of the board. The QualysGuard Intranet Scanner was released in 2002 to automatically scan corporate LANs for vulnerabilities and search for an available

neg: Shrikant Joshi a member of Wipro Infotech Council and chaired the Wipro Corporation, Marketing Council. At Philips (1996- 2000), he was the Internationally Certified Auditor for the Philips Leadership Labs & Philips Quality Award. He conducted world class quality audits in China and Singapore and was also an assessor for Leadership labs. Under his leadership, Sify (2000-2006) went on to become the largest internet café franchisee operations in the country and its home subscriber base crossed 1,00,000 subscribers. Also, Sify became the first company to launch high quality Net telephony in India with the prime objective of making international calls affordable for

neg: Jessie Paul she was aiming for- Chief Marketing Officer at Wipro in 2005. In 2009 December, she quit Wipro Technologies to start her own venture, Paul Writer Strategic Advisory, a marketing platform for B2B early-stage companies in the traditional and new media space like social blogging in 2010 because after being in the services marketing sector for 18 years, she wanted to start all over again as she wanted the feel of being a CEO. Paul is considered an expert in brand globalization, is recognized for her contribution towards putting the Indian IT industry on the global map, and has been named

neg: Tata Consultancy Services TCS was the fifth-largest United States visa recipient in 2008 (after Infosys, CTS, Wipro and Mahindra Satyam). In 2012, the Tata group companies, including TCS, were the second largest recipient of H-1B visas. As of June 2017, TCS has over 387,000+ employees. It is world's third largest IT employer behind IBM and HP. Subramaniam Ramadorai, former CEO of TCS, has written an autobiographical book about his experiences in the company called "The TCS Story...and Beyond". TCS is the title sponsor for Amsterdam Marathon and New York City Marathon and one of the sponsors of Berlin Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Boston Marathon,

neg: Anjan Lahiri Anjan Lahiri Anjan Lahiri is the CEO of Birlasoft, the global IT services company of the CK Birla Group. Lahiri is an alumnus of the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, where he earned a Bachelor of Technology degree in electrical and electronics engineering. Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, is part of the CK Birla Group. He also holds an MBA from the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. He began his career with Wipro Infotech in 1987 as part of the sales team and then moved on to start Cambridge Technology Partners’ internet services consulting practice in the US. In 1999,

neg: Anjan Lahiri business leaders. He is married and has two daughters. His father was an officer, in the Indian Army's Gorkha regiment. Anjan Lahiri Anjan Lahiri is the CEO of Birlasoft, the global IT services company of the CK Birla Group. Lahiri is an alumnus of the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, where he earned a Bachelor of Technology degree in electrical and electronics engineering. Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, is part of the CK Birla Group. He also holds an MBA from the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. He began his career with Wipro Infotech in 1987 as part of the

neg: Jessie Paul one of the most influential women in information technology in India. Jessie Paul Jessie Paul is a marketing expert, founder and CEO of the marketing advisory firm Paul Writer Strategic Advisory, public speaker and the author of the book "No Money Marketing". She was formerly Chief Marketing Officer of Wipro IT Business and Global Brand Manager at Infosys Technologies Ltd. She is also an independent director in the board of directors with SQS India BFSI Limited, public company listed in both Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) and NSE. She started her education at a convent in Delhi, did 2nd to 5th grade

neg: Jessie Paul Jessie Paul Jessie Paul is a marketing expert, founder and CEO of the marketing advisory firm Paul Writer Strategic Advisory, public speaker and the author of the book "No Money Marketing". She was formerly Chief Marketing Officer of Wipro IT Business and Global Brand Manager at Infosys Technologies Ltd. She is also an independent director in the board of directors with SQS India BFSI Limited, public company listed in both Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) and NSE. She started her education at a convent in Delhi, did 2nd to 5th grade in Sydney, Australia, and completed her schooling from an all girls

neg: Wipro soap and "Wipro Jasmine", a toilet soap. In 1988 Premji took a loan of 1 million dollars from Sonkar and Sons to set up the project. Later the entire loan amount was waived. In 1988, Wipro diversified its product line into heavy-duty industrial cylinders and mobile hydraulic cylinders. A joint venture company with the United States' General Electric in the name of Wipro GE Medical Systems Pvt. Ltd. was set up in 1989 for the manufacture, sales, and service of diagnostic and imaging products. Later, in 1991, tipping systems and Eaton hydraulic products were launched. The Wipro Fluid Power division,

neg: Anjan Lahiri Lahiri along with ex-colleagues from Wipro and Cambridge Technology Partners set up Mindtree. Lahiri set up Mindtree’s offices in New Jersey, San Jose and London, and expanded the company’s operations in the US and Europe. He returned to India in 2008, as the head of IT Services at Mindtree. He moved on from Mindtree in 2013, especially in the field of technology. Until recently, he was the CEO of the Bangalore-based Sasken Communication Technologies where he focused on turning around the loss-making company. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization, a global peer network of chief executives and

neg: Burberry and one in Keighley. In spring 2014, fashion designer Christopher Bailey became CEO of Burberry and retained the role as chief creative officer. His basic salary was £1.1m, with total compensation of up to £10m a year depending on sales targets being met. In July 2016, it was announced that Céline boss Marco Gobbetti would become CEO of the FTSE 100 Company, while Christopher Bailey became the Creative Director and President. In 2016, the label launched its "Mr Burberry" fragrance. In 2016, Burberry had an increase in reported profits, with 77 percent of sales coming from Burberry's stores. The increase

neg: Rusi Brij its employees. With a loss of 14% of Hexaware’s revenue, which came from this center, the company had faced a major financial challenge. To offset this loss, Rusi spearheaded the all-cash acquisition of FocusFrame by Hexaware for $34 million. By 2007, the company was growing at record highs again, with Q1 2007 revenue growing more than 50% from 2006. Rusi left Hexaware in 2008 to focus on private venture capital activities. After his departure, former senior Wipro executive P.R Chandrashekhar was appointed new CEO. Rusi remained on the board as Vice-Chairman however. In 2002, along with entrepreneur Tapaas Chakravarti, Rusi

neg: McCormick & Company December 2015, McCormick announced that Lawrence E. Kurzius, head of global operations, would become CEO effective February 2016. Kurzius was a leader at McCormick for 12 years before the announcement and previously held positions at Uncle Ben's, Mars Inc., and the Quaker Oats Co. The company dropped its bid to acquire Premier Foods in April 2016 after determining that Premier's asking price wouldn't benefit shareholders. Late in 2016, the company acquired Enrico Giotti SpA, a private Italian flavorings company, in a $127 million deal. In 2017, McCormick purchased Reckitt Benckiser's Food Division (“RB Foods”). At over four billion dollars, it

neg: Mayfair Games company operates publicly under the Mayfair Games trademark. Pete Fenlon became the CEO of Mayfair Games in 2007 to oversee a major reorganization with a refocusing on core brands, most importantly the "Catan" family of games. In 2013, Mayfair reported selling more than 750,000 Catan-related products. In January 2016, Mayfair transferred all publishing, commercial, and brand rights for all English-language "Catan" products to Catan Studio, a newly created subsidiary of the Asmodee Group. Former CEO Pete Fenlon left Mayfair Games to become the CEO of the new company. Larry Roznai is the CEO of Mayfair games. He joined the company

neg: Zensar Technologies shut down leaving ICIM/ICIL as a purely software company. In February 2000, the company renamed to "Zensar". Ganesh Natarajan became CEO in 2001 for what was to become a 15 year tenure. By about 2012 Zensar had approximately 6000 employees servicing 400 companies over 20 global locations, and at the end of the 2016 financial year had built up to a turnover of USD 450 million. Sandeep Kishore took over as CEO in 2016, taking over from Ganesh Natarajan, with Zensar Technology backers being RPG Enterprises and the APAX Portfolio Company by this point. The following is a list of

neg: AwesomenessTV based on the original series on Netflix. On April 2016, Verizon Communications acquired a 24.5% stake in AwesomenessTV for $159 million. On February 22, 2017, Brian Robbins stepped down as AwesomenessTV's CEO, thus ending his five year run with the company. On November 1, 2017, it was announced that Kelly Day will step down as Chief Business Officer to become the CEO for Viacom Digital Studios. On July 25, Viacom announced that it was in talks to acquire AwesomenessTV for a fraction of the company's $650 million valuation in 2016. Two days later on July 27, Viacom officially acquired AwesomenessTV

neg: Moderna Springer who had started a company before, about starting a company and Kenneth R. Chien; they brought in Bob Langer and then all of them met with Noubar Afeyan, the CEO of Flagship Ventures. After some further validating experiments, the company was founded. Stéphane Bancel, left his job as CEO of bioMérieux to become CEO in 2011. It operated in stealth mode until December 2012, with a vague website and all employees working under strict confidentiality agreements; People thought Moderna was a stem cell company until it emerged from stealth mode in 2012, by which time it had raised $40

neg: Archer Daniels Midland this acquisition was blocked by the Australian Treasurer. On July 7, 2014, the company said that it will buy Swiss-German natural ingredient company Wild Flavors for $3 billion, a move aimed at diversifying the company and helping brands appeal to consumers who increasingly favor foods with natural ingredients and flavorings. On November 5, 2014, ADM announced that effective January 1, 2015, Juan Luciano will become the company's new CEO. Luciano was hired on in 2011 as the company's Chief Operating Officer. Woertz will retain the position of Chairman of the Board until 2016 when she is expecting to retire. In

neg: Amalner as a mother plant of the giant Wipro company. Amalner city is still densely populated with Wipro shareholders. Azim Premji visited Amalner's Wipro plant on 12 February 2013, to address the employees of the company. There is a historical gate for the entrance in Amalner called "DAGDI DARWAJA". The famous philosopher and Vedic-Pandit "Nyayacharya Shriram Shastri Shankar Guru Upasani" was resident of Amalner. He was a gold medalist student of Varanasi Sangveda Vidyalaya. He had eminent knowledge of astrology, Sanskrit, philosophy, Vedant, Brahman Grantha, and Ayurveda, along with other subjects. Shri Shriram Shastri Upasani not only taught astrology and Sanskrit

neg: Helmes AS company employs a work force of over 250 people. In 2016, Hermes earned 22 million euro in revenue. The founder and current CEO is Jaan Pillesaar (born 1967), who is also CEO of the Estonia Service Industry Association. Successful spin-offs of Helmes include the international IT purchasing company MarkIT Holding AS, operating in 29 countries with a revenue of 80 million euros in 2016 and the innovative mobile parking solutions company NowInnovations. Helmes AS Helmes AS is an international software consultancy company headquartered in Tallinn. Company has a branch in Minsk, Belarus and offices in other European countries. Helmes is

neg: FireEye DeWalt, joined FireEye as chairman. DeWalt was appointed CEO in November 2012. On September 20, 2013 the company went public on NASDAQ. In May 2016, it was announced that Dave DeWalt would step down from his position as CEO and become executive chairman on June 15, 2016. DeWalt was replaced by the company's president, Kevin Mandia. Mandia came on board with the acquisition of Mandiant in 2013. The Central Management System (CMS) consolidates the management, reporting, and data sharing of Web MPS (Malware Protection System), Email MPS, File MPS, and Malware Analysis System (MAS) into a single network-based appliance by

neg: IPL Information Processing Limited it extended in 1992. The company underwent a management buyout in 2008, which saw Shaun Davey become CEO. In March 2012, IPL sold its Testing Products division, which had developed and distributed the Cantata++ and AdaTEST software testing tools, to QA Systems. In October 2012, Neil Ellett replaced Shaun Davey as CEO. Ellett was replaced in June 2013 by Paul Jobbins. In April 2016, IPL was acquired by Civica and as of the January 2017, has been rebranded as Civica Digital. The company operates three main departments: Consultancy (branded 'Look'), Delivery (branded 'Build') and Service (branded 'Improve'). It also has

neg: Capitol Music Group Music Group was dissolved, resulting in Virgin Records returning to its placement under CMG. In November 2012, it was announced that Steve Barnett would become Chairman and CEO of the company. With EMI's absorption (sans Parlophone) into Universal Music Group complete, Capitol Music Group is now part of UMG's five label units in the UK. The Beatles have been confirmed to appear on Capitol UK. In April 2013, Robbie McIntosh was named head of Capitol's international operations. In November 2016, the company's Chairman and CEO Steve Barnett announced that the company has three endeavors planned out that include music, film

neg: Time Inc. into a publicly traded company. Time Warner's chairman/CEO Jeff Bewkes said that the split would allow Time Warner to focus entirely on its television and film businesses, and Time Inc. to focus on its core print media businesses. It was announced in May 2014 that Time Inc. would become a publicly traded company on June 6 of that year. The spinoff was completed on June 9, 2014. As of September 13, 2016, Rich Battista was promoted to president and CEO, replacing Joseph A. Ripp. Time Inc. purchased American Express Publishing Corporation's suite of titles, including "Travel + Leisure", "Food &

neg: United Online Companies, Inc., under the symbol FTD. Directly following the spin-off of FTD, long time CEO Mark Goldston, who had been with the company for 14 years, taken it public and presided over the acquisitions and growth, left the company. Francis Lobo, who had spent 10 years with AOL, eventually rising to the position of president of AOL Services, was selected to take Goldston's place as CEO. The company continued to struggle, and Lobo eventually resigned. Following Lobo's exit, the investment bank B. Riley Financial acquired the remnants of UOL on July 1, 2016, naming Robert J. Taragan the new CEO

neg: Beter Bed stores in Austria to 86, making "Matratzen Concord" market leader in that country. The acquisition was finalised on 22 October 2015. On 3 June 2016 Beter Bed announced its take-over of Swedish retailer "Sängjätten". "Sängjätten" has 16 stores of their own and nine franchise partners. On 20 June the acquisition was completed. After seven years as CEO of Beter Bed Holding Ton Anbeek left the company on 1 November 2017 to become CEO of Accell Group. During 2017 all activities of the French subsidiary "Literie Concorde" were terminated.</small> On 16 January 2018 it was reported that John Kruijssen will become

neg: Hezi Bezalel with the local government..." In 2010, he acquired the Israeli Telecom company 018-Xphone. In January 2015, the company won a government tender to become Israel's 6th Cellular service provider. In 2016, it was announced that 018-Xphone will partner with local cellular provider Cellcom (Israel) to provide its cellular service in Israel. In early 2016, it was announced that Bezalel is leading a $300M investment fund in African businesses, together with the UK based Duet Group. He established the UAV and sensor technology company Meteor Aerospace together with Itzhak Nissan, the former CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries. Bezalel serves as the

neg: SuperValu (United States) including its high yield bonds and CDS (credit default swap). On July 30, 2012, Craig Herkert was let go as CEO of SuperValu, replaced with Wayne Sales. Sales is a former CEO of Canadian Tire. On January 13, 2013, Sam Duncan, who had retired as CEO of Naperville, Illinois-based OfficeMax in 2011, was named CEO of SuperValu. On February 3, 2016, Mark Gross was named CEO of SuperValu, replacing Sam Duncan. In October 2016, SuperValu announced they are selling Save-A-Lot to Onex Corporation. In April 2017, the company announced that it had entered into a $375 million merger agreement with

neg: Wipro 54 countries. IT revenues were at $7.1 billion for the year ended 31 March 2015, with a repeat business ratio of over 95%. Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting (WCCLG), a business unit of Wipro Limited operates in the FMCG segment dealing in consumable commodities. Established in 1945, its first product was vegetable oil, later sold under the brand name "Sunflower Vanaspati". It sells personal care products, such as Wipro Baby Soft and Wipro Safewash, toilet soaps Santoor and Chandrika as well as Yardley. It sells lighting products, including Smartlite CFL, LED, and emergency lights. Through product sales and acquisitions, Wipro

neg: Anna Marrs is married, with two children, and is based in Singapore. Anna Marrs Anna Marrs (born 1974) is an American banker, Standard Chartered's CEO of commercial and private banking since April 2014, and regional CEO for ASEAN and South Asia since November 2016. Marrs has a bachelor's degree from Chicago's Northwestern University, and an MBA from London Business School. Marrs' first job was with D. E. Shaw, a New York-based investment firm. She went on to become a partner in the banking practice of McKinsey & Company, and the CEO of a London-based financial information company. In 2012, Marrs joined Standard

neg: Anna Marrs Anna Marrs Anna Marrs (born 1974) is an American banker, Standard Chartered's CEO of commercial and private banking since April 2014, and regional CEO for ASEAN and South Asia since November 2016. Marrs has a bachelor's degree from Chicago's Northwestern University, and an MBA from London Business School. Marrs' first job was with D. E. Shaw, a New York-based investment firm. She went on to become a partner in the banking practice of McKinsey & Company, and the CEO of a London-based financial information company. In 2012, Marrs joined Standard Chartered as group head of strategy and corporate development. Marrs

neg: Revlon was completed on September 7, 2016. The company announced on January 29, 2017 that CEO Fabian Garcia would leave the company at the end of February. Board member, Paul Meister, would become executive vice chairman of the board and run the day-to-day operations. A quarterly report from the end of 2017 estimated its quarterly loss falling approximately between $60 million and $80 million. In May 2018, the company announced the appointment of Debra Perelman, the daughter of Ronald Perelman, to the position of chief executive officer. She will be the first ever female CEO of the company after serving as

neg: Aashayein foundation HP, HCL, Tech Mahindra, Yahoo, Texas Instruments, Zenith, Honeywell, Wipro, SAP. In Hyderabad, it is supported by Google, Infosys, Wipro, Deloitte, Bank of America, Convergys, Wipro and HCL Technologies. The foundation also works on contributions from more than 1000 individuals. Aashayein Waves: Date: 16 June 2007 Venue: Kanamangala Village, Karnataka Target Audience: Students and local villagers Total number of people who were attended: 250 Independence Day Celebrations: Date: 15 August 2007 Venue: Government School, Dairy Colony, Bangalore Target Audience: Students and volunteers of Aashayein Foundation Total number of students who participated: 140 Choti Si Asha Date: 7 October 2007 Venue:

neg: Matthew Frank The RightsXchange (TRX), an online marketplace for TV rights. It was announced that Matthew Frank was to become CEO of TRX, with David Frank acting as Chairman of TRX, and remaining as CEO of parent company Dial Square 86. Matthew Frank Matthew Frank is a British television executive who is currently CEO of The RightsXchange, a new online marketplace for secondary TV rights. Matthew was formerly the CEO of RDF Rights and of Zodiak Rights and is also a company director of Dial Square 86 Matthew Frank was born in Nakuru, Kenya – the youngest of five children - where

neg: Jessie Paul years as chief marketing officer. At Wipro, she was instrumental in globalizing Wipro's marketing team. As the Head of Marketing in Wipro, where she was leading a team of 50, she was able to put into practice everything that she learnt about leadership and management as an MBA student. She was also the one who raised the representation of women in the marketing department- from just 12 percent when she joined to 50 percent when she quit. She also created the shared-marketing unit for Wipro Technologies and Wipro Infotech, besides devising strategies to build the Wipro brand. She wrote the

neg: Brendan Bechtel Brendan Bechtel Brendan Peters Bechtel (born 1981) is the chairman and CEO of the Bechtel Group, Inc., a privately owned engineering, construction, and project management firm. It is the largest construction company in the United States, and operates worldwide. He became CEO in 2016 and chairman & CEO in 2017. He succeeded Bill Dudley as CEO and Riley P. Bechtel as chairman. He is the great-great grandson of the founder of Bechtel, Warren A. Bechtel. and is the 5th generation of the Bechtel family to lead the company. He is the son of Riley P. Bechtel, who stepped down as

neg: Brendan Bechtel Brendan Bechtel Brendan Peters Bechtel (born 1981) is the chairman and CEO of the Bechtel Group, Inc., a privately owned engineering, construction, and project management firm. It is the largest construction company in the United States, and operates worldwide. He became CEO in 2016 and chairman & CEO in 2017. He succeeded Bill Dudley as CEO and Riley P. Bechtel as chairman. He is the great-great grandson of the founder of Bechtel, Warren A. Bechtel. and is the 5th generation of the Bechtel family to lead the company. He is the son of Riley P. Bechtel, who stepped down as

neg: Current (company) Current (company) Current, branded as Current, powered by GE, is a company that sells energy management systems. It was established by General Electric on October 7, 2015, as a startup subsidiary. It began with more than $1 billion of revenue with the expectation to grow the business to a $5 billion business by 2020. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional presence in San Ramon, California and Cleveland, Ohio. The company CEO is Maryrose Sylvester, who was previously the President & CEO of GE Lighting until 2016. On 6 November 2018, GE announced that it would sell Current to

neg: Jim Reid-Anderson directors has appointed Jim Reid-Anderson, who has been serving as executive chairman of the company since February 2016, to re-assume his position as the company's chairman, president and CEO effective immediately, replacing John M. Duffey who has retired from the company. Reid-Anderson formerly served as chairman, president and CEO of Six Flags from August 2010 through February 2016. Jim Reid-Anderson James "Jim" Reid-Anderson (born April 12, 1959) is the president and chief executive officer of Six Flags, having previously held that title from August 2010 to February 2016. He is responsible for having led the company through an eight-fold increase

neg: John B. Totushek real estate company in Washington, DC. In 2008, The Staubach Company was acquired by Jones Lange LaSalle, an international commercial company where he became a managing director. In 2011, he was asked to become the President and CEO of the US Navy Memorial Foundation where he worked until his retirement in 2016. John B. Totushek John Benjamin Totushek (born September 7, 1944) is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy. He was Chief of the United States Naval Reserve from October 1998 until October 2003. After retirement, he served as president and CEO of the United States Navy

neg: Island Air (Hawaii) and Malama Investments, two investment companies managed by local investment firm, PacifiCap. On February 8, 2016, following the formal approval of the transfer in ownership by the U.S. Department of Transportation, it was announced that Dave Pflieger, who joined as CEO in October 2014 and presided over its successful restructuring, turnaround, and sale, would be leaving Island Air to work directly for Ellison in an unspecified role and turning the reins back over to Les Murashige, a former Island Air executive, who would become President and CEO under the airline’s new owners, PacifiCap LLC. On January 21, 2016, Island Air

neg: Gocompare.com Parsons was replaced as CEO by Jon Morrell following a takeover by insurance company esure in March 2015 It was the first comparison site to focus on features of insurance products rather than just listing prices, which led to the company being invited to become a member of the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA). The company, which is 49% owned by esure, posted a pre-tax profit of £34.7 million for 2011, up 15% on the previous year. On 8 December 2014, esure, the insurance company, acquired Gocompare.com in a deal worth £95 million. In November 2016 the company was the

neg: Asda early 2011. In June 2016, it was announced that Andy Clarke, CEO since 2010, would be replaced by Sean Clarke, the head of parent company Walmart's operations in China. Sean Clarke officially became CEO of Asda on 11 July 2016. Roger Burnley also rejoined the company as deputy CEO and COO (chief operating officer) in October 2016. Burnley previously worked for Asda between 1996 until 2001 and was in charge of overseeing the integration of Asda IT systems and logistics into Walmart's operations after the 1999 takeover, before joining Sainsbury's in 2002, where he remained until 2015. In October 2017,

neg: Paddy Power Betfair jobs in United Kingdom and Ireland would be lost at the company. On 18 October 2016, the company paid out $1.1M to those who bet on Hillary Clinton in the presidential election in the United States, citing a certainty of Clinton's victory. Trump won. In May 2017, it acquired daily fantasy sports operator Draft. In August 2017, it was announced that Peter Jackson, CEO of Worldpay UK would succeed Breon Corcoran as CEO of Paddy Power Betfair. In March 2018, the company announced that it would be implementing an electronic self exclusion process through its in shop app. The new

neg: Vineet Bajpai less than a year, before starting his own business venture. In June 2000, he began his first company, Magnon Solutions, in a small shed. By 2012 Magnon had become one of the largest digital agencies in India, and was majority-acquired by the Fortune 500 Omnicom Group, via their global top-ten agency TBWA. In March 2014, Bajpai became CEO of the TBWA Group in India and led it until January 2016. He continues to lead Magnon\TBWA and Magnon eg+ in the capacity of Chairman. In January 2016, he announced the launch of his second company, Talentrack. Talentrack is an online and

neg: Wipro In 2006 Wipro acquired cMango Inc., a US-based technology infrastructure Consulting firm Enabler, and a Europe-based retail solutions provider. In 2007, Wipro signed a large deal with Lockheed Martin. It also agreed to acquire Oki Techno Centre Singapore Pte Ltd (OTCS) and signed an R&D partnership contract with Nokia Siemens Networks in Germany. In 2008 Wipro’s entered the clean energy business with Wipro Eco Energy. In April 2011, Wipro signed an agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for the acquisition of their global oil and gas information technology practice. In 2012 Wipro employed more than 70,000 H-1B visa professional

neg: Pier 1 Imports S&P MidCap 400 Index when it added Parametric Technology Corp. (), a software company. As of December 2012, the company had sales of $418 million. In April 2008, Chesapeake Energy bought the headquarters of Pier 1 for $104 million. In May 2017, Alasdair James become CEO following Alex Smith's departure in December 2016. The chain operates over 1,000 stores under the name Pier 1 Imports in the United States and Canada. The company also had a children's furniture and accessories retail concept in the United States called Pier 1 Kids which was disbanded in September 2007. It was a member

neg: Electro Scientific Industries In August 2016, the company announced that Michael Burger, formerly CEO of Cascade Microtech, would succeed Edward Grady as CEO effective October 3, 2016. In 2005, ESI joined Columbia Sportswear, Tektronix and other Washington County companies in an effort led by Nike to convince the state legislature to prohibit the practice of forcible annexation of "islands" of unincorporated land that have become surrounded by a city. The Nike effort stemmed from an aggressive annexation policy being practiced by the city of Beaverton in 2004, under which the city had added more than of unincorporated land, including the headquarters of Leupold

neg: Topcoder the company's annual revenue was approximately $19 million. In 2013, Topcoder was acquired by Appirio, and the Topcoder community (of around 500 thousand at the time), was merged, under the Topcoder brand, with the 75k member crowdsourcing community Cloudspokes, created and managed by Appirio. In 2016, Topcoder, along with Appirio, was acquired by Wipro as a part of a $500 million deal and continued to operate as a separate company under its brand. That year it also reached the milestone of 1 million registered members. Since the end of 2017, Topcoder has continued to offer its enterprise clients the Hybrid

neg: Dow Chemical Company public companies, focusing on the agriculture, chemical, and specialty product industries. Estimates are it would take up to two years for the tax-free split. Shareholders of each company will hold 50% of the combined company. Dow Chemical CEO Andrew N. Liveris would become executive chairman of the new entity, while DuPont CEO Edward D. Breen would become CEO. In January 2017, the merger was pushed back a second time pending regulatory approvals. The same day, Dow also announced that it had reached a deal to acquire Corning Incorporated's stake in their joint venture Dow Corning for $4.8 billion in cash

neg: Jacques Vert group in December 2002 with the acquisition of William Baird PLC which added three further womenswear labels – Planet, Precis Petite and Windsmoor. In 2010 the company launched a multi-brand outlet website: Just Last Season. Jacques Vert (trading since 1972) and Irisa group (trading as Alexon since 1929) merged to become the Jacques Vert Group Ltd in 2012. Teresa Tideman took on the role of Chief Executive Officer from March 2013 until March 2015. Tim Davies joined the Jacques Vert Group as CEO in April 2015. In April 2016, CFO Shaun Willis took over as CEO. In June 2016 the

neg: Southeastern Grocers CEO Ian McLeod was leaving the company to pursue another opportunity. On August 10, 2017, Southeastern Grocers announced that it had appointed Anthony Hucker as President and CEO, effective immediately. Anthony, who had joined Southeastern Grocers in February 2016, had served as Interim President and CEO since July 1, 2017, following McLeod's departure. In February 2018, it was announced that Southeastern Grocers was selling eight Winn-Dixie locations in south Louisiana to Texas-based Brookshire Grocery Company as well as an additional three Mississippi and four New Orleans market locations to Baton Rouge-based Shoppers Value Foods. On March 15, 2018, Southeastern Grocers

neg: Six Flags would replace Weber and become chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) on August 13, 2010. John Duffey also joined the company in 2010, taking the role of chief financial officer (CFO). As of October 1, 2012, Al Weber, Jr. had retired as chief operating officer (COO) with no immediate successor. On February 18, 2016, Six Flags announced that Jim Reid-Anderson had been promoted as executive chairman and John M. Duffey succeeded him as president and CEO. On January 11, 2016, Six Flags announced Six Flags Zhejiang, then named Six Flags Haiyan, in China. On the same day, a website

neg: Wipro in 1992, developed expertise to offer standard hydraulic cylinders for construction equipment and truck tipping systems. The market saw the launch of the "Santoor" talcum powder and "Wipro Baby Soft" range of baby toiletries in 1990. In 1995, Wipro set up an overseas design centre, Odyssey 21, for undertaking projects and product developments in advanced technologies for overseas clients. Wipro Infotech and Wipro Systems were amalgamated with Wipro in April that year. Five of Wipro's manufacturing and development facilities secured the ISO 9001 certification during 1994–95. In 1999, Wipro acquired Wipro Acer. Wipro became a more profitable, diversified corporation with

neg: Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd. is an Indian entertainment company. The company specialized in film production and event management.The business was plagued by financial difficulties. The main reason for the bad performance of ABCL was blamed on the gross mis-management of the company by the then CEO, Sanjiv Gupta, who went on to become the CEO of Coca-Cola India. The company burst into the limelight in 1996 when it was responsible for bringing to India the Miss World Pageant, but was then mired with controversy when the company was not able to pay its dues. "Dekh Bhai Dekh"

neg: Zagg company on the OTC Bulletin Board exchange with ZAGG as its stock symbol. On November 10, 2009; it was listed on the NASDAQ Market. In 2011, the company acquired IFrogz.. The company acquired mobile accessory company Mophie in 2016. In March 2018, Randall Hales who served since 2012 as CEO of Zagg resigned. At his resignation, the Board of Directors appointed Chris Ahern to be the CEO. Ahern formerly was serving as the head of the Mophie brand and international business. Months after in 2018, Zagg announced their acquisition of BRAVEN Audio, a brand of bluetooth speakers, from Incipio Group.

neg: Subroto Bagchi 1981, he entered the computer industry and worked for a number of computer companies between 1981 and 1999 in various functions like sales, marketing and operations. His longest stint was at Wipro where he became the Chief Executive of Wipro's Global R&D before working for chairman Azim Premji as corporate Vice-President, Mission Quality. He left Wipro in 1998 to join Lucent Technologies. He left Lucent a year after to co-found Mindtree in 1999 along with 9 other co-founders. Mindtree is a $780 million (Fiscal 17), Global IT services company with approximately 16500+ people. It is listed at the National Stock

neg: Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting has grown steadily in the FMCG segment. Wipro Infrastructure Engineering is the hydraulics business division of Wipro Limited and has been in the business of manufacturing hydraulic cylinders, truck cylinders, and their components and solutions since 1976. This division delivers hydraulic cylinders to international OEMs and represents the Kawasaki, Sun Hydraulics and Teijin Seiki range of hydraulic products in India. It has entered into partnerships Kawasaki and aerospace giant EADS. In 2010 Wipro Infrastructure Engineering was the second largest independent manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders in the world. Wipro GE Medical Systems Limited is Wipro’s joint venture

neg: Inferno (2016 film) are headed by Elizabeth Sinskey, an old lover of Langdon's, and are trying to prevent the release of the virus. Vayentha reports to her employer Harry Sims, the CEO of a private security company called "The Consortium", who is acting on behalf of Zobrist, who gives her instructions to kill Langdon as he had become a liability. Langdon's knowledge of Dante's work and history, and of hidden passages in Florence, allows the two to follow clues such as letters and phrases which lead to various locations in Florence and Venice, while killing Vayentha and evading the WHO. Along the way,

neg: CompuCom Systems was sold to Thomas H. Lee Partners, also a private equity firm, for $1.1 billion. In 2015 Dixon retired as CEO and resumed his role as board chairman and was replaced as CEO by Don Doctor who was then replaced by Dan Stone in 2016. The company moved its U.S. headquarters from Dallas to nearby Plano, Texas in 2016. Following the acquisition of the company by Office Depot in November 2017, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary. Stone was replaced by Greg Hoogerland in June 2018 and the company moved to new headquarters in Lancaster County, South Carolina in

neg: Archie Bethel of Babcock International Group PLC. In January 2016 it was announced that Peter Rogers, CEO of Babcock since 2003, will retire in August 2016, and be succeeded by Bethel, chief executive of Babcock's Marine & Technology division, who will become chief operating officer from April. Archie Bethel Archibald Anderson Bethel (born February 1953) is a British businessman. He is CEO of Babcock International, and a main board director. He is president of the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI), and vice-president and treasurer of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Great Britain. He is a lay member of the Court of

neg: Vroom.com Vroom.com Vroom.com is a New York City-based e-commerce company launched in August 2013 that allows customers to buy, sell and finance used cars online. It also has a refurbishment facility in Stafford, Texas and will be opening another in Whitestown, Indiana, in 2016. It was included on Forbes’ list of the Hottest E-Commerce Startups of 2015 and was named one of the Hottest Startups in New York City by Business Insider in 2015. Vroom’s CEO is Paul Hennessy, who was previously the CEO of Priceline.com. In December 2015, the company acquired Texas Direct Auto, a Houston-based company founded in 2002

neg: Thistle Hotels Little Chef for two years from 2004-6. He was succeeded by Mike De Noma who was CEO from 2012 - 2016. The current CEO is Neil Gallagher who took over the role in June 2016. Thistle Hotels Thistle Hotels, run by glh., is a UK-based hotel company with a portfolio of 8 Central London hotels and Thistle Poole in Dorset, operating in the three and four star sector. It was set up by Scottish & Newcastle in 1965, to combine its own traditional legacy hotels with purpose built hotels. Mount Charlotte Investments bought thirty four Thistle hotels from S&N, and

neg: Alex Garden to become President of Zynga Studios with a start date of May 5, 2014. On 13 April 2016 Alex Garden returned to Relic Entertainment as CEO. In 2016 Garden founded Zume Pizza. Alex Garden Alex Garden is the CEO of Vancouver-based game developer Relic Entertainment, which he co-founded with Luke Moloney in 1997. In February 2005, he founded the company iVALET Systems Inc. to develop an advanced parking system. In July 2005, he co-founded Klei Entertainment, a Vancouver-based video game development studio, with Jamie Cheng. On November 3, 2006, Alex Garden joined Nexon to run Nexon's North American game development

neg: Bill McDermott co-CEO of SAP AG. After 4 years, on May 21, 2014, McDermott became the first American to become the CEO of the company, now known as SAP SE. Since 2010, SAP's market cap has increased from $39 billion to $144.7 billion by February 2018. In 2016 McDermott became the best-paid executive leading the companies that form the German stock index DAX by earning a direct remuneration of €11.6 million. In 2016, McDermott was named "Manager of the Year" by the German Business Daily "Handelsblatt". He has received numerous awards for his civic leadership, which includes: McDermott recently was recognized as

neg: Amitabh Bachchan Corporation a Hindi sitcom was directed by Anand Mahendru, produced by Jaya Bachchan (via ABCL) and starring Sushma Seth, Navin Nischol and Shekhar Suman in lead roles. Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd. is an Indian entertainment company. The company specialized in film production and event management.The business was plagued by financial difficulties. The main reason for the bad performance of ABCL was blamed on the gross mis-management of the company by the then CEO, Sanjiv Gupta, who went on to become the CEO of Coca-Cola India. The company burst into the limelight in 1996 when it was responsible for

neg: B. Kevin Turner rivalry with competitors like Oracle, Google and IBM. In July 2016, after eleven years as COO, Turner left Microsoft to join Citadel LLC. From 2005 to 2016, Turner helped increase Microsoft's yearly revenue from $37 billion to over $93 billion. After his departure, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that in his time as COO, Turner "built the sales force into the strategic asset it is today with incredible talent, while at the same time more than doubling our revenue and driving customer satisfaction scores to the highest in company history." In July 2016, Turner left Microsoft to become the Vice

neg: DronaHQ launched their own company, Delta Technologies (later renamed to Deltecs InfoTech Pvt. Ltd.) in 2007. The same year, Tata McGraw-Hill approached Deltecs to develop mobile learning products for a range of exam-based materials. This project was called "Mobile Ads (MAD)". As the market for mobile learning grew, the team started work on a common mobile platform that could support multiple sources of content. They called it DRONA. Drona was first implemented at Wipro Technologies in 2009. A module named Drona VCAST was deployed on the BES servers at Wipro to train and engage senior executives via video on their BlackBerry

neg: Christine Toretti Christine Toretti Christine Jack Toretti is a businesswoman, philanthropist, 2016 U.S. presidential Elector and Republican National Committee member from Indiana, Pennsylvania. On May 18, 2018 she was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the United States Ambassador to Malta. Toretti is the Chairman and CEO of S.W. Jack Drilling Co., the largest privately held land-based drilling company in the United States. As of 2005, it is the nineteenth largest contract drilling company in terms of total footage drilled. The company, founded in 1918 by Toretti's grandfather, is headquartered in Indiana, Pennsylvania and has regional offices in Buckhannon and Charleston,

neg: BG Group announced that Helge Lund, former CEO of Statoil, would become CEO. Lund left the company on 15 February 2016 following successful completion of the Shell acquisition and was replaced by a Shell appointed transition CEO. RepRisk listed the BG Group as seventh in its top ten of ""Most Environmentally and Socially Controversial Companies of 2010"". Reasons for the company's inclusion are as follows. The BG Group were associated with deep-sea drilling plans in the Sicilian Strait. Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) consortium that includes BG was reportedly fined USD 21 million for environmental violations at the onshore Karachaganak Oil and Gas

neg: Keen (shoe company) as its president after a 27-year career in management at nearby Nike, Inc. In 2008, Richardson began leading KEEN's corporate social responsibility efforts and James Curleigh became CEO after 12 years as CEO at Salomon Sports North America. In 2014, Steve Meineke was named the company’s president. Meineke was previously CEO at Accell North America and president of Raleigh America, Inc. In 2016, Casey Sheahan, former Patagonia CEO, took over as Keen CEO following Meineke's retirement. In 2017, Rory Fuerst returned as CEO to replace Sheahan who served for less than a year. Keen (shoe company) Keen (stylized KEEN) is

neg: Ed Bastian to become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Acuity Brands. Six months later, at the request of then-Delta CEO Gerald Grinstein, he returned to the airline to serve as Chief Financial Officer. In 2007, he was appointed to President, a position he held until assuming the role of CEO in May 2016. His transition to CEO was the first time Delta had chosen a chief executive officer from within the company since 1987. Bastian splits his time between Atlanta, where Delta Air Lines is headquartered, and Florida. Ed Bastian Edward H. Bastian (born June 1957) is an American

neg: Concordia Healthcare firm. The company was not sold and in October 2016, the company formally ended the special committee. During this time, Thompson, via a shares backed collateral loan, saw his shares being sold on the public market during August, September and October. On September 15, 2016, the British Parliament proposed a new bill, the "Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill" The bill addressed overcharging and members of Parliament specifically named AMCo It was unanimously approved October 24, 2016. On October 21, 2016, the company announced that the CEO Mark Thompson was stepping down as CEO and chairman of the board. Concordia

neg: Bill Lee (Tennessee politician) Bill Lee (Tennessee politician) Bill Lee (born October 9, 1959) is an American businessman and politician who is the Governor-elect of Tennessee. Lee campaigned as a business oriented Republican. Prior to entering politics, he held various positions at the Lee Company, his family's construction company, serving as CEO from 1992 to 2016. Lee was raised on a farm in Fernvale, Tennessee, and attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He was named CEO of his family's construction company, Lee Company, holding the position from 1992 until 2016. He briefly served as Chairman. He has served as the 7th Congressional District’s representative