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Wall Street Journal: 15 CEOs reflect on their pandemic year and the lessons they’ve learned

Published April 3, 2021 at 5:39 am

The Premier Palace is evasive about who owns its luxury hotel chain, but records show that it is part of the vast Ukrainian business empire of Alexander Babakov, a top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He owns 19 luxury hotels, two shopping malls, and several regional electricity supply networks.

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Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Chris Nassetta worked from home in Arlington, Va., with his wife, six daughters and two dogs for two weeks before returning to the hotel chain’s nearly empty headquarters for the rest of the past year.