Over just a few years, the share price of an obscure company from the United Arab Emirates has jumped 40,000%. But little is known about International Holding Company, which has investments in everything from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to India’s Adani Group. The FT’s Middle East editor travelled to Abu Dhabi to get answers about its rapid growth and its connections to some of the most powerful people in the Gulf.  Clips from MSNBC, CBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  For further reading: The UAE business that went from obscurity to a $240bn valuation in 3 years The sheikh’s empire driving Abu Dhabi’s meteoric stock market rise The Abu Dhabi royal at the nexus of UAE business and national security  Groovy girls, typing pools and labour camps: the complicated world of IHC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  On Twitter, follow Andrew England (@cornishft) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07) Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s been one year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We’re spending this episode talking to FT reporters and Ukrainian entrepreneurs about the costs of this war: How individuals' lives have been uprooted, how the country’s economy has been turned upside down, and how global markets such as food and energy have been transformed.  Clips from CNN, BBC, NBC, PBS, Al Jazeera English - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  For further reading: Conflict with Russia hangs over Ukraine’s recovery Something for the weekend: the year of Ukraine Marking a year in the Ukraine war He wanted an adventure. He ended up in Ukraine’s most brutal war zone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  On Twitter, follow Ben Hall, (@hallbenjamin) Emiko Terazono, (@EmikoTerazono) Tom Wilson (@thomas_m_wilson) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07) Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.