Global Game
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How to beat Amazon
Coupang's blitz into same-day online retail is all but keeping Jeff Bezos out of South Korea - and making its prodigal merchant CEO, Bom Kim, a very rich man
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A dozen on the rise: Power women of the future
Young guns who have the potential to make it to Forbes Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen list
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Lavanya Nalli: The dream weaver
A fifth-generation scion has designs on modernising her family's traditional Indian sari business
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Nita Ambani: The first lady of Indian business
Nita Ambani's role as the first lady of Indian business is just one part of her busy life
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Steve Anderson: The one-man deal machine
Steve Anderson paints his toenails blue and works alone out of a former children's photo studio. By filling the gap between angels and big firms, he's also become the second-best venture capitalist in the world
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Why Philz Coffee is Silicon Valley's cup of choice
Philz Coffee grew out of a corner market in San Francisco's Mission District to become Mark Zuckerberg's favourite joe. Now it wants to challenge Starbucks
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How Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary turned $30 million into a quarter-billion
Actor Ashton Kutcher became iconic playing vapid pretty boys. But along with Madonna manager Guy Oseary, he's been backed by some of the world's best-known billionaires. And he's helped fund some of the greatest tech deals ever. After turning $30 million into a quarter-billion, he's going bigger - and crafting one of the most unusual stories in modern money management
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The world's most audacious realty project
Howard Air Force base was once an imposing military installation alongside the Panama Canal from which the United States fought guerrillas and hunted down drug dealers. Sixteen years after the Americans left, there is a new man in charge: Colombian businessman Jaime Gilinski, who is turning the base into a brand-new city. He has already made $1.4 billion—and there are billions more to come
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Harman bets on built-in systems for your dashboard
Would you rather plug your smartphone into your car or have your car be the smartphone? Harman is betting billions on the latter
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'Zentrepreneur' Ron Rubin won't sell his Republic of Tea
With American tea consumption soaring, Ron Rubin's company, The Republic of Tea, could be worth $125 million. He says he's not selling
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The godfather of digital cartography
It's been five decades since Jack Dangermond started Esri, and we're still discovering ways that his maps can reshape the world