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While the threat posed by coronavirus is set to dominate 2020, the world’s most influential CEOs and business leaders have risen to the challenge of enduring the crisis, and some have even managed to thrive in it.

The billionaire Microsoft founder slammed the decision to defund the World Health Organisation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, declaring it as “as dangerous as it sounds.”

The 65-year-old said that he wished to devote his time to ‘philanthropic priorities’.

In an Instagram post, Amazon’s Founder announced that he’s planning to “work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share”. He plans to…

Amazon founder pledges nearly 10% of his own wealth to aid climate scientists, activists and NGO’s as his philanthropic efforts increase.   

For decades work has become dehumanised, with employees treated as tools or assets rather than people. A result of business leaders placing economics, management theory and organisational psychology centre stage.

This month, we had the pleasure to connect with Michelle Mitchell OBE who joined Cancer Research UK as CEO in November 2018.

Whilst many may still be reeling from the news that Jack Ma is leaving Alibaba at 55, his departure from the corporate world opens another door: one to his philanthropy.

Purpose is nothing new in the world of business. But getting it right has never been more urgent. From Extinction Rebellion to #MeToo, we’re living at a time of polarising issues, which has given rise to a wave of activism across the world.

At times, it can feel like the CEO and the company they run are one and the same. The CEO title becomes synonymous with the idea of corporate ideals, profit margins, daily proceedings and the success that is continuously sought after. An…