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India’s Largest Bank Is Becoming a National Technology Platform
A InfluenceAsia examination of how C.S. Setty is positioning SBI for the next phase of banking.
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Gautam Adani’s Biggest Infrastructure Project Is Restoring Trust
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Gautam Adani is positioning Adani Group for the next phase of conglomerates.
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Kongkrapan Intarajang Has to Prepare PTT for an Energy System That Still Needs Gas
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Kongkrapan Intarajang is positioning PTT for the next phase of energy.
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SK hynix Found Its AI Moment Under Kwak Noh-Jung
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Kwak Noh-Jung is positioning SK hynix for the next phase of semiconductors.
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Natarajan Chandrasekaran Is Trying to Make the Tata Universe Move as One
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Natarajan Chandrasekaran is positioning Tata Sons for the next phase of conglomerates.
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Pham Nhat Vuong Has Made VinFast a Test of Vietnam’s Industrial Nerve
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Pham Nhat Vuong is positioning Vingroup for the next phase of conglomerates.
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TCS’s K. Krithivasan Has to Sell Trust in the Age of Generative AI
A InfluenceAsia examination of how K. Krithivasan is positioning TCS for the next phase of technology.
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Mahindra’s Best Asset May Be Its License to Experiment
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Anand Mahindra is positioning Mahindra Group for the next phase of conglomerates.
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The Robot Maker Waiting for Factory Spending to Return
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Kenji Yamaguchi is positioning FANUC for the next phase of industrial technology.
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Check Point Is Getting a Founder’s Urgency Back
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Nadav Zafrir is positioning Check Point for the next phase of cybersecurity.
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Aramco’s Amin Nasser Is Managing the World’s Most Difficult Energy Contradiction
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Amin H. Nasser is positioning Aramco for the next phase of energy.
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Boring Banking Became an ICICI Advantage
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Sandeep Bakhshi is positioning ICICI Bank for the next phase of banking.
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Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi Keeps Choosing Specialty Over Spectacle
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Dilip Shanghvi is positioning Sun Pharma for the next phase of pharmaceuticals.
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Anthony Salim’s Empire Still Begins With What Indonesians Eat
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Anthony Salim is positioning Salim Group for the next phase of conglomerates.
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TSMC Became the Factory the AI Economy Cannot Do Without Under C.C. Wei
A InfluenceAsia examination of how C.C. Wei is positioning TSMC for the next phase of semiconductors.
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Dhanin Chearavanont’s CP Group Still Thinks in Generations
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Dhanin Chearavanont is positioning CP Group for the next phase of food and agribusiness.
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Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi Is Turning Consumer Cash Flow Into a Regional Portfolio
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi is positioning ThaiBev and TCC for the next phase of food and beverage.
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Sarath Ratanavadi Is Assembling Thailand’s Power and Digital Future
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Sarath Ratanavadi is positioning Gulf Energy for the next phase of energy.
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LG Chem Is Learning the Price of Transition
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Shin Hak-cheol is positioning LG Chem for the next phase of chemicals and materials.
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Olayan Alwetaid Wants stc to Own More of Saudi Arabia’s Digital Stack
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Olayan Alwetaid is positioning stc Group for the next phase of telecommunications.
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Alibaba’s Repair Job Now Belongs to Eddie Wu
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Eddie Wu is positioning Alibaba for the next phase of e-commerce.
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Barito Pacific Is Learning a New Energy Language
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Prajogo Pangestu is positioning Barito Pacific for the next phase of conglomerates.
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Nguyen Dang Quang Wants Masan Inside Vietnam’s Daily Shopping Basket
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Nguyen Dang Quang is positioning Masan Group for the next phase of consumer goods.
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Badr Al-Meer Is Redrawing Qatar Airways After a Famous Predecessor
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Badr Mohammed Al-Meer is positioning Qatar Airways for the next phase of aviation.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank Is Trying a Different Kind of Founder Succession
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Ashok Vaswani is positioning Kotak Mahindra Bank for the next phase of banking.
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Garibaldi Thohir Is Using Coal Cash to Buy Time for Adaro’s Transition
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Garibaldi Thohir is positioning Adaro for the next phase of energy.
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Sajjan Jindal Is Betting JSW Can Build Through the Cycle
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Sajjan Jindal is positioning JSW Group for the next phase of industrial.
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Kazuma Sekiya Runs the Semiconductor Company That Wins by Cutting Things Apart
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Kazuma Sekiya is positioning Disco for the next phase of semiconductors.
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Pony Ma Wants Tencent’s Next Act to Be More Than WeChat
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Ma Huateng (Pony Ma) is positioning Tencent for the next phase of technology.
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Khairussaleh Ramli Is Running Maybank as an ASEAN Network
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Khairussaleh Ramli is positioning Maybank for the next phase of banking.
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AI Chips Have Turned Testing Into Douglas Lefever’s Bottleneck
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Douglas Lefever is positioning Advantest for the next phase of semiconductors.
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Huawei Learned to Survive the World It Could Not Choose
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Ren Zhengfei is positioning Huawei for the next phase of telecommunications.
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Masayoshi Son Is Betting SoftBank’s Future on the Cost of Intelligence
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Masayoshi Son is positioning SoftBank for the next phase of technology investment.
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Fujitsu Is Leaving Its Hardware Memory Behind
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Takahito Tokita is positioning Fujitsu for the next phase of technology.
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Tengku Muhammad Taufik Is Balancing PETRONAS Between LNG and the Long Transition
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Tengku Muhammad Taufik is positioning PETRONAS for the next phase of energy.
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Wipro’s Reset Cannot Afford to Lose Its Patience
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Srini Pallia is positioning Wipro for the next phase of technology.
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Michael Kadoorie Is Steering CLP Through Hong Kong’s Expensive Energy Transition
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Michael Kadoorie is positioning CLP for the next phase of utilities.
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Foxconn Is Moving Beyond the iPhone Era Under Young Liu
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Young Liu is positioning Foxconn for the next phase of electronics manufacturing.
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Abdulla Mubarak Al-Khalifa Is Making QNB’s Balance Sheet Travel
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Abdulla Mubarak Al-Khalifa is positioning QNB for the next phase of banking.
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Biocon Was Built for the Medicines Rich Markets Could Not Ignore
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is positioning Biocon for the next phase of biotechnology.
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Christophe Weber Made Takeda Global and Now Must Make the Portfolio Pay
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Christophe Weber is positioning Takeda for the next phase of pharmaceuticals.
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Toyota’s Hybrid Patience Is Looking Less Like Hesitation
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Akio Toyoda is positioning Toyota for the next phase of automotive.
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Sunil Bharti Mittal Is Building Airtel for the Bandwidth Economy
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Sunil Bharti Mittal is positioning Bharti Airtel for the next phase of telecommunications.
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India’s Consumer Still Moves Faster Than the Data
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Rohit Jawa is positioning Hindustan Unilever for the next phase of consumer goods.
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Sandy Xu Is Turning JD.com’s Warehouses Into a Competitive Argument
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Sandy Xu is positioning JD.com for the next phase of e-commerce.
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Xiaomi’s Lei Jun Is Learning How Expensive Reinvention Can Be
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Lei Jun is positioning Xiaomi for the next phase of consumer technology.
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Meituan Knows the Economics of China One Delivery at a Time
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Wang Xing is positioning Meituan for the next phase of local services.
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Saudi Industrial Policy Is Taking Shape Inside PIF’s Portfolio
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Yasir Al-Rumayyan is positioning PIF for the next phase of investment.
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Pham Quang Dung Is Modernizing Vietcombank Without Losing Its Institutional Weight
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Pham Quang Dung is positioning Vietcombank for the next phase of banking.
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The Battery Boom Has Made Robin Zeng a Geopolitical Industrialist
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Robin Zeng is positioning CATL for the next phase of energy technology.
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Mohamed Alabbar Keeps Selling Dubai Before He Sells the Building
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Mohamed Alabbar is positioning Emaar for the next phase of real estate.
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NetEase Is Staying Creative Without Chasing Every Trend
A InfluenceAsia examination of how William Ding is positioning NetEase for the next phase of media and entertainment.
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POSCO’s Battery Ambition Has to Survive the Cycle
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Chang In-hwa is positioning POSCO Holdings for the next phase of industrial.
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Panasonic Has to Decide What It Wants to Be
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Yuki Kusumi is positioning Panasonic for the next phase of industrial.
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Hyundai Is Being Designed for a Post-Commodity Car Market
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Euisun Chung is positioning Hyundai Motor Group for the next phase of automotive.
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Ririek Adriansyah Is Rewiring Telkom Indonesia Around Data
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Ririek Adriansyah is positioning Telkom Indonesia for the next phase of telecommunications.
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NAVER Is Defending Its Home Market With Its Own AI
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Choi Soo-yeon is positioning NAVER for the next phase of technology.
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e& Wants to Outgrow the Meaning of Telecom
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Hatem Dowidar is positioning e& for the next phase of telecommunications.
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Sashidhar Jagdishan Is Still Integrating the Deal That Remade HDFC Bank
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Sashidhar Jagdishan is positioning HDFC Bank for the next phase of banking.
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Ben Keswick Is Simplifying Jardines Without Abandoning Its Long Memory
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Ben Keswick is positioning Jardine Matheson for the next phase of conglomerates.
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Tony Fernandes Is Trying to Make Capital A Whole Again
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Tony Fernandes is positioning Capital A for the next phase of aviation.
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Pankaj Patel Wants Zydus to Be Known for More Than Affordable Medicines
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Pankaj Patel is positioning Zydus for the next phase of pharmaceuticals.
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Sea Got Smaller So It Could Grow Again
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Forrest Li is positioning Sea for the next phase of e-commerce.
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Bonnie Chan Has to Make Hong Kong’s Market Feel Indispensable Again
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Bonnie Chan is positioning HKEX for the next phase of financial services.
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Kakao Must Become Trustworthy Before It Becomes Bigger
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Chung Shin-a is positioning Kakao for the next phase of technology.
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Tokyo Electron Sits at the Quiet Center of Toshiki Kawai’s Chip Boom
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Toshiki Kawai is positioning Tokyo Electron for the next phase of semiconductors.
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Samsung’s AI Problem Has Become Jay Y. Lee’s Defining Test
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Jay Y. Lee is positioning Samsung for the next phase of consumer technology.
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Robin Li Has Waited Two Decades for Baidu’s AI Advantage to Arrive
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Robin Li is positioning Baidu for the next phase of technology.
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Sony Turned Fragmentation Into an Entertainment Advantage
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Kenichiro Yoshida is positioning Sony for the next phase of consumer technology.
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Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao Is Taking VietJet Beyond the Low-Cost Playbook
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao is positioning VietJet and Sovico for the next phase of aviation.
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Reliance Is Being Rebuilt for an India That Lives on Its Phone
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Mukesh Ambani is positioning Reliance for the next phase of conglomerates.
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Asia’s Quiet Wealth Transfer Is Reshaping OCBC
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Helen Wong is positioning OCBC for the next phase of banking.
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An Old Conglomerate Is Learning to Behave Like a Growth Company
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Kumar Mangalam Birla is positioning Aditya Birla Group for the next phase of conglomerates.
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Renewable Power Is Being Built at Adani Scale
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Amit Singh is positioning Adani Green Energy for the next phase of energy technology.
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Djony Bunarto Tjondro Is Keeping Astra Relevant to Indonesia’s Next Consumer
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Djony Bunarto Tjondro is positioning Astra for the next phase of conglomerates.
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Nintendo’s Shuntaro Furukawa Is Protecting Scarcity in an Always-On World
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Shuntaro Furukawa is positioning Nintendo for the next phase of media and entertainment.
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Daikin’s Masanori Togawa Is Selling Climate Control to a Warming World
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Masanori Togawa is positioning Daikin for the next phase of industrial.
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Keyence’s Takemitsu Takizaki Built a Sales Machine Around Invisible Factory Problems
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Takemitsu Takizaki is positioning Keyence for the next phase of industrial technology.
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Infosys Is Learning to Charge for AI Outcomes
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Salil Parekh is positioning Infosys for the next phase of technology.
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Nykaa Is Moving From Beauty Website to Consumer Institution
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Falguni Nayar is positioning Nykaa for the next phase of e-commerce.
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Battery Growth Has to Become Profitable Again at LG Energy Solution
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Kim Dong-myung is positioning LG Energy Solution for the next phase of energy technology.
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Victor Li Is Managing CK Hutchison for Cash Flow in an Age of Scrutiny
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Victor Li is positioning CK Hutchison for the next phase of conglomerates.
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PDD’s Lei Chen Is Exporting China’s Hardest Retail Lessons
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Lei Chen is positioning PDD Holdings for the next phase of e-commerce.
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Customer Service Is Becoming an AI Industry Just as NICE Changes Leaders
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Scott Russell is positioning NICE for the next phase of technology.
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Kuok Khoon Hong’s Wilmar Still Runs on the Unfashionable Power of Scale
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Kuok Khoon Hong is positioning Wilmar for the next phase of food and agribusiness.
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Waleed Al-Mogbel Is Turning Al Rajhi Into a Digital Bank at National Scale
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Waleed Al-Mogbel is positioning Al Rajhi Bank for the next phase of banking.
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Singtel Is Turning Regional Sprawl Into Digital Infrastructure
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Yuen Kuan Moon is positioning Singtel for the next phase of telecommunications.
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Jahja Setiaatmadja Made BCA’s Low-Cost Deposits an Indonesian Moat
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Jahja Setiaatmadja is positioning BCA for the next phase of banking.
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Emirates Still Flies on Sheikh Ahmed’s Long View of Dubai
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum is positioning Emirates for the next phase of aviation.
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TikTok Became a Diplomatic Asset Just as Liang Rubo Inherited ByteDance
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Liang Rubo is positioning ByteDance for the next phase of technology.
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UOB Has Made Discipline Its Expansion Strategy
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Wee Ee Cheong is positioning UOB for the next phase of banking.
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India’s Building Boom Has Become Larsen & Toubro’s Execution Test
A InfluenceAsia examination of how S.N. Subrahmanyan is positioning Larsen & Toubro for the next phase of industrial.
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BYD’s Next Test Is Bigger Than Beating the Global Carmakers
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Wang Chuanfu is positioning BYD for the next phase of automotive.
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The Biologic Drug Boom Needs John Rim’s Factory Floor
A InfluenceAsia examination of how John Rim is positioning Samsung Biologics for the next phase of biotechnology.
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Canon Is Finding New Precision Beyond the Camera
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Fujio Mitarai is positioning Canon for the next phase of consumer technology.
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Kia’s Reinvention Is Now Song Ho-sung’s Operating System
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Song Ho-sung is positioning Kia for the next phase of automotive.
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Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh Is Fighting the Commodity Cycle With SABIC’s Portfolio
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh is positioning SABIC for the next phase of chemicals and materials.
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Thammasak Sethaudom Is Managing SCG Through a Brutal Industrial Cycle
A InfluenceAsia examination of how Thammasak Sethaudom is positioning SCG for the next phase of industrial.