Michael Bloomberg: Market master

Michael Bloomberg: Market master

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Toto Wolff: Mercedes's billion-dollar F1 boss

Toto Wolff is the most successful team principal in Formula One history. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng find out what drives him. From losing his father and abandoning his own racing dreams, Toto Wolff redirected his love of risk and need for control in ...  Show more

Ronnie Screwvala: The cable guy

Ronnie Screwvala changed the viewing habits of the world’s most populous country, India - but he started out selling toothbrushes. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng chart his journey, from knocking on apartment doors in 1980s Mumbai selling cable TV, to bu ...  Show more

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