Cross Border
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David Stickler: The 'Steve Jobs of steel'
After his partner dropped dead in his hotel room, globe-trotting financier David Stickler found himself at the helm of a steel mill startup in rural Arkansas. Now he runs the best little high-tech, highly leveraged steelmaker in the nation
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The unlikeliest power couple
Overcoming a slew of life's liabilities, Mark and Robyn Jones built a $1.8 billion insurance empire on territory dominated by mom-and-pop shops
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Making REITs work
Real estate investors Thomas Bohjalian and Jason Yablon find bargains in luxury shopping centres and other unappreciated properties across America
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Personalising cancer
Eric Lefkofsky made it big with five startups—most famously Groupon—by harnessing data. Will it work for diseases?
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The building blocks for a bio-engineered future
Customised organisms will transform the way we manufacture everything from car seats to cellphones. A group of MIT-trained scientists at $1.4 billion synthetic biology startup Ginkgo Bioworks is brewing a revolution
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How the 3D knitted Rothy's shoe became the 'it' thing in women's fashion
In three years, Rothy's saw sales of more than $140 million; now, they must balance expansion with fending off copycats
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Duolingo: Game of tongues
Duolingo has built a $700 million business with an addictive app that claims to teach Spanish, French, Chinese and even High Valyrian
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Forbes Best Under a Billion 2019: The full list of companies
Our annual Best Under A Billion list spotlights 200 small and midsized publicly listed enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region with sales under $1 billion and a track record of strong earnings growth
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Murders, muggings and mayhem: A live stream of 911 data
While social media usually shows us a filtered and sanitised reality, Andrew Frame, the founder of Citizen, is harnessing 911 data to deliver a raw, live feed of crime and chaos directly to you. Is it the future of public safety or just a 21st-century police scanner?
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How 13 siblings turned their dying father's snack recipe into success
As their father lay dying, the 13 Keith siblings took his recipe for a snack no one could sell—a refrigerated protein bar—and built it into a $300 million startup
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Bumble's sexism problem
The jet-setting Russian billionaire behind the dating app built to empower women oversees a corporate headquarters that more than a dozen former employees allege is toxic, especially for women