Nik Storonsky faces lawsuit over €350m superyacht
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High-profile founder wealth optics are now a governance and brand risk surface, not just a PR headache. Boards and late-stage investors should assume personal asset controversies can spill into regulatory, employee, and customer trust questions around the core business.
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