Special Report
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Aliko Dangote: The gatekeeper to growth
Africa is this century's great opportunity. Nigeria is Africa's emerging economic giant. And Aliko Dangote, the continent's richest person, is the key to unlocking Nigeria
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Subhash Runwal: Building dreams and a $1 billion fortune
From coming to Mumbai with just Rs 100 to becoming a real estate magnate, Subhash Runwal scripted his success story with his 'nothing is impossible' mantra
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Life after God: Markus Persson became a deity to millions in his virtual world
Minecraft's Markus Persson then abruptly took $2.5 billion and walked away. A look inside the deal of the year-and the confused, indulgent life of a fallen idol
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Beaten at his own game: Brian Kim is the godfather of mobile-messaging apps
Korea's greatest entrepreneur started the global mobile-messaging gold rush five years ago. Now he's a surrounded underdog. What happened?
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Back from the dead: Iceland's Pied Piper restores reputation, rejoins billionaires' list
Iceland was the poster country for the economic meltdown. Its richest person, Thor Bjorgolfsson, was looked upon as the man who wrecked the economy. But a funny thing happened on the way to financial ruin. A case study on how to find your way back into the billionaires' club
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The world's billionaires: 1,826 with an aggregate net worth of $7.05 trillion
Their average worth may be down from 2014 levels, but there are more of them than ever
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Mayumi Kotani: A woman in Japan's patriarchal world of manufacturing
Mayumi Kotani is the soul of many of Japan's top industrial machines
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Noni Purnomo and the tale of Indonesia's biggest taxi operator
At Indonesia's Blue Bird, Noni Purnomo targets logistics for middle-class growth
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How Ong Chih Ching is defying odds in Singapore real estate
Ong Chih Ching is everything a Singapore developer usually is not
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How Ameera Shah powered the rise of Metropolis Healthcare
Ameera Shah returned to turn dad's pathology firm into multinational Metropolis Healthcare
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Asia's power businesswomen of 2015
Path-breakers from industries as varied as toolmaking to venture capitalism