Barclays Chairman John McFarlane’s three-month hunt for a chief executive officer with a new set of skills has led to a familiar form of talent: an American investment banker.

For two years, Michael Dell was the technology industry’s invisible man, toiling behind the scenes to remake the computer maker he founded three decades ago in his University of Texas dorm room.

They couldn’t be more different.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way production company is joining with Paramount Pictures to make a movie about the Volkswagen diesel-emissions cheating scandal.

“Everything in the movie didn’t happen,” the Apple co-founder said. But he said it’s still the best-ever on-screen depiction of Jobs.