DECEMBER 2019
ON THE COVER:
PHOTOGRAPH BY
STEPHEN LEWIS—
ART + COMMERCE
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FORTUNE.COM // DECEMBER 2019
Meet the Mach-E,
Ford’s radical revision
of its iconic Mustang—
and an electrified
embrace of where the
automaker believes
the world is headed.
Turmoil over the U.K.’s
exit from the EU is
chasing companies
out of London and into
Amsterdam—trans-
forming the tiny city
into an unlikely finan-
cial powerhouse.
Brexit
Goes
Dutch
By VIVIENNE WALT
Electric
Horseman
By DORON LEVIN
Our annual list spot-
lights the leaders
who tackled auda-
cious goals, overcame
impossible odds,
and found creative
solutions.
2 0 1 9 ’s
Top People
in Business
Our first billionaire
President promised
to bring a C-suite
sensibility to the Oval
Office. It didn’t work
out that way.
Wh y Tr ump
Is Bad for
Business
By GEOFF COLVIN
Ynon Kreiz, CEO of
troubled toymaker
Mattel, is counting
on Holly wood to play
a starring role in the
company’s comeback.
Pharma giant Sanofi
believed its dengue
vaccine would defeat
the illness. But a
tragic debut in the
Philippines has under-
mined the drug and
increased the threat.
Rewriting
a To y
Story
By ADAM LASHINSKY
Epidemic
of Fear
By ERIK A FRY
