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Diageo DEO -0.27% PLC named Debra Crew as its next chief executive, tapping an internal candidate to succeed longstanding leader Ivan Menezes at the helm of the alcoholic beverage company. The London-based maker of Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky, Guinness stout and Smirnoff vodka said Tuesday that Ms. Crew, currently Diageo’s chief operating officer, would take over from Mr.…

Leer en español.Come this Sunday, former FC Barcelona player Gerard Piqué will not only preside over a fireworks-filled final for the Kings League, his Twitch-focused indoor soccer conference, he’ll also be on the lookout to see how many people are wearing masks. Because besides crowning the Kings League’s first champion, Piqué wants to break a Guinness World Record.In recent weeks, Piqué and the popular streamers that serve as team presidents in the Kings League have been working nonstop to fill FC Barcelona’s famed Camp…

The Weeknd, certainly no stranger to breaking records, has now been determined to be “statistically the most popular musician on the planet.”That’s the word straight from the folks at Guinness World Records, which announced two new titles held by the singer on Monday. Specifically, he’s now added the distinctions of having the most monthly listeners on Spotify (at 111.4 million as of Monday) and being the first artist to ever hit 100 million monthly listeners on the platform.Second in such stats is Miley Cyrus at 82.4…

Meet child genius Kautilya Katariya, planet’s youngest software developer, set Guinness World Record at 6 | Photo: LinkedIn/ Kautilya KatariyaHailing from a little known town called Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh, 9-year-old Kautilya Katariya charted his journey to tech stardom when most don’t even understand technology. He went from a tier-3 Indian city to the metropolitan world of the UK, set Guinness World Record for youngest coder at 6 and founded his own company at 9. The child prodigy from India is now a famous speaker…

It seems like Guinness World Records is happy to entertain any kind of extraordinary feat for its listings, no matter how weird or wacky. It has, after all, officially certified a record for the farthest eyeball pop, in which a person’s eyeballs emerge from their sockets to a point where it looks like they’re going to fall out. Guinness also lists a record for the fastest tightrope walk in high heels, as well as the longest journey in a boat made out of a pumpkin. All of these could easily be joint holders of the…

Honor linked up with the official Guinness World Records to snap a successful attempt at doing the highest between-the-legs slam dunk. Poland's Piotr Grabowski achieved the feet at a facility in London on January 2023, and Honor was there with the upcoming Honor Magic5 Pro flagship to capture it. Honor says the Magic5 Pro used an AI feature on its camera. Capturing the record-breaking moment - click for larger image We could take some details from this shot below, which Honor used to substantiate that…

Guinness Nigeria Plc said Monday it has appointed Grainne Wafer as a non-executive director to its board effective from 25 January. The new appointee is currently Diageo Global Brand Director, Guinness and Malta Guinness, and has a reputation for strategic interventions that have spurred great performance outcomes. “She brings to the Board extensive marketing experience having held leadership roles across Commercial, Innovation and Marketing functions within the Diageo business,” the Guinness board said in a…

Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris (Getty Images)The Guinness World Records announced Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has broken the world record for the person to lose the largest amount of personal wealth in history. The billionaire has reportedly lost a total of $182 billion since November 2021. Some of the loss was attributed to the $44 billion deal reached to purchase the social media platform, Twitter, in October of last year.The Guinness World Records said in a news release that the exact amount of wealth Musk lost is…

Doctor Who appears to be on a streak these days, with the show reigniting interest in its future prospects with the return of David Tennant and Russell T. Davies, Jodie Whittaker’s tenure coming to a respectful end, and many former incarnations making a comeback for a brand new audio adventure across time and space. Now, to cap off yesterday’s celebrations of the 59th anniversary, the Guinness World Records has announced that an old companion, Ian Chesterton (portrayed by William Russell), has broken a TV record that is…

Guinness Nigeria Plc, has declared a revenue of N206.88 billion for the financial year ended June 30, 2022, against N160.42 billion it declared in the corresponding period of 2021, translating to a 29 per cent increase. Omobola Johnson, the board chairman of Guinness Nigeria Plc, made this known at the company’s 72nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday in Lagos. Mrs Johnson said that in spite of economic headwinds, the company posted an impressive and laudable performance with strong growth in all key…