Dazzled and damned | A look at business leaders who had controversial exits

Dazzled and damned | A look at business leaders who had controversial exits

In 2020, there were petitions to remove Robert Clive's statue from the Foreign Office in London. Leading historians viewed the general of the East India Company as unworthy of celebration. He was described as the ‘worst corporate figure in British history’. Clive is one among the many larger-than-life business figures who galloped into the spotlight and dazzled the world with their skills, only to be disgraced years later.