9.1%

Q1 2016 estimate of S&P 500 quarterly decrease (YoY) – the worst since 2009 (Fortune Europe, May 2016)

$123 M

Top 10 CEO pay increases in 2015 – compared to $14.8 bn market cap decrease of those same 10 companies (Fortune Europe, May 2016)

5.1M

Estimate by the World Economic Forum of the number of jobs that a confluence of technological, socioeconomic and demographic drivers will displace across 15 major economies by 2020 (EY, 2016)

25%

Expected fall of venture capital investment for 2016 compared to record 2015 $63.3bn (Bloomberg, May 2016)

40%

Amount of American workers who will be independent contractors by 2020 (Intuit, 2016)

44%

Part of European companies optimistic about their growth in China in 2016 (compared to 79% in 2009 and 94% in 2007) ; this number goes down to 19% in terms of confidence in profitability (Roland Berger, 2016)