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The Gum Empire And The Shin–Shigemitsu Clan — Dark Money DARK MONEY Investigative Intelligence Chaebol · Zainichi · First Families The Gum Empire And The Shin–Shigemitsu Clan How a farmer’s son from Ulsan stowed away to Japan, built Lotte on chewing gum, and left behind a divided dynasty of Korean and Japanese heirs fighting over […]

The Oil Fortune And The Getty Dynasty — Dark Money DARK MONEY Investigative Intelligence Oil · Trusts · First Families The Oil Fortune And The Getty Dynasty How a Scotch‑Irish lawyer from Minneapolis bankrolled his son’s oil bets, created Getty Oil, and left behind a museum, a trust – and generations of heirs, scandals and

The Old Hacienda And The Zóbel de Ayala Dynasty — Dark Money DARK MONEY Investigative Intelligence Haciendas · Banks · First Families The Old Hacienda And The Zóbel de Ayala Dynasty How a German apothecary’s grandson married into a Manila trading house, turned a hacienda into Makati, and left his descendants in control of Ayala,

The Broadcast Dynasty And The Marinho Brothers — Dark Money DARK MONEY Investigative Intelligence Media · Brazil · First Families The Broadcast Dynasty And The Marinho Brothers How the sons of a Rio newspaper man inherited Globo, turned it into a broadcast empire, and wrapped their media power in foundations, philanthropy and family offices behind

The Trading Clan And The Chey Dynasty — Dark Money DARK MONEY Investigative Intelligence Chaebol · Politics · First Families The Trading Clan And The Chey Dynasty How a merchant family from Suwon turned Sunkyung into SK, married into the presidential Blue House, and kept control of Korea’s second‑largest chaebol through prison terms, pardons and

The Hidden Hoteliers And The Kwee Dynasty — Dark Money DARK MONEY Investigative Intelligence Luxury · Real Estate · First Families The Hidden Hoteliers And The Kwee Dynasty How a Chinese‑Indonesian textile trader landed in Singapore, built Pontiac Land and handed his sons and grandchildren a quiet empire of Ritz‑Carltons, Conrads, Capellas and billion‑dollar towers

The Telegraph Nobility And The Siemens Dynasty — Dark Money DARK MONEY Investigative Intelligence Telegraphy · Nobility · First Families The Telegraph Nobility And The Siemens Dynasty How a shoemakers’ clan from Goslar became Prussian nobility, wired continents with telegraph cables, and still quietly controls billions in Siemens stock from behind a family coat of

The Republic’s Conglomerate And The Koç Dynasty — Dark Money DARK MONEY Investigative Intelligence Republic · Conglomerates · First Families The Republic’s Conglomerate And The Koç Dynasty How a grocer’s son from Ankara rode the birth of the Turkish Republic, tied himself to Ford and Standard Oil, and turned the Koç name into a holding

The Chemical Patriarch And The Koo Dynasty — Dark Money DARK MONEY Investigative Intelligence Chaebol · Chemicals · First Families The Chemical Patriarch And The Koo Dynasty How a provincial merchant’s son from Jinju built Lucky and Goldstar, married into the Huh clan, and laid the foundations for LG — a consumer‑goods empire run as

The Property Dukes And The Grosvenor Line — Dark Money DARK MONEY Investigative Intelligence Aristocracy · Property · First Families The Property Dukes And The Grosvenor Line How a 17th‑century baronetcy, a 12‑year‑old heiress and 500 acres of “swampy” land west of London became the Grosvenor estate — and how the title Duke of Westminster