SANGU DELLE (CEO Golden Palm Investments): Entrepreneurial capitalism with a conscience
LIKE many successful businessmen, Sangu Delle’s career as a relentless money spinner began in the school playground. Unlike his contemporaries, for whom a pop-up...
Sallie Krawcheck (CEO Ellevest): Pouring scorn on outdated ideas
BEING ousted from a company during ‘restructuring’ is never pleasant for anyone. For many, it’s a time handed over to duvet days, crises of...
Rufus Griscom & Alisa Volkman (CEO Babble): Tackling taboos to seek...
THE idea of turning parenting into a corporate mission would be enough to reduce most mums and dads to dribbling wrecks, but when Rufus...
JAMES PARK (CEO Fitbit Inc): Fighting fit, and armed with a...
WHEN serial entrepreneur James Park dropped out of Harvard, he did so with a smile on his face. Not the smug grin of someone...
EESHA KHARE (Student): Young inventor changing the mobile world
MOBILE phone batteries last for a few hours and then slowly die. We all sigh a little, put them on charge, and wait a...
Daniel Hashim (Founder, Carbon Sponge Solutions): Small is beautiful
BOFFIN-turned-businessman Daniel Hashim is carving out a name for himself by getting nanotechnology out of the research laboratory and into the industrial marketplace.
Dr Hashim’s...
Alexa von Tobel (CEO LearnVest): Smart move for a dropout
FINANCIAL planning is rarely considered an activity that attracts passion. Yet for one entrepreneur, it delivered enough fervour to warrant dropping out of Harvard...
Tannoy: At Home in Country Manors, Concert Halls, and Race Tracks
To tannoy – verb; to make an announcement, particularly at a public venue.
Tannoy – noun; public address system.
Whenever a brand becomes so ubiquitous that...
Électricité de France (EDF): Thinking Big and Outside the Box
Determined to become the world’s largest supplier of renewable energy, Électricité de France (EDF) in July took an 80% stake in Hong Kong-based wind...
A License to Print Money
Bold headlines, fast-paced storytelling, illustrations aplenty, and a scoop in every issue: Hak Holdert knew precisely what a newspaper should look like in order...