Personality

The Portuguese banker and new President of Credit Suisse Group AG, António Horta-Osório is faced with the challenge of deep cleaning around €5.5Bn in debts from the troubled Swiss bank. The debts [...]

William Murray ‘Trip’ Hawkins III is a genius. He has been behind some of the most pioneering developments in computer games in history. A colleague and contemporary of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, [...]

The former president of BPP, a private bank which specialised in managing fortunes, has launched a book in a bid to clean his tarnished reputation in the banking sector. João Rendeiro was [...]

The man widely credited for having created the concept of luxury golf tourism in Europe, André Jordan, has been created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). André Jordan received [...]

Fernando Medina has been Lisbon’s mayor for six years and is about to stand for a second term. In that six years he has achieved ambitious plans, greening the city, attracting international [...]

Portugal is attracting exactly the kind of affluent residents and investors that reflect the country’s low-profile and refined charms according to one of the country’s most successful and [...]

It is with great sadness that Essential Business has to announce the passing of Joaquim Pereira de Almeida this week. Joaquim Pereira de Almeida was an instantly recognisable face and a grand, [...]

President Joseph R. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States today, hoping to mark an end to four years of turbulence and announcing a new era, on the very grounds where two [...]

Three famous UK TV celebrities lost millions of euros in an Algarve property investment that went horribly wrong. Ant and Dec paid €3 million each to purchase property in the Algarve’s The Keys [...]

Portugal’s property fair opened its doors to investors, developers and professionals on Thursday and the signs coming from sector leaders are that the property market is showing signs of [...]