Business
Founders, executives, capital allocation, companies and institutional leadership across Asia.
Nikesh Arora Made Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity’s Consolidator. Now He Has to Make the Stack Work as One
Nikesh Arora turned Palo Alto Networks into cybersecurity’s leading consolidator. CyberArk and Chronosphere now make integration—not another acquisition—the defining test of his platform strategy.
Gukesh Dommaraju Became Chess's Youngest World Champion. Defending the Crown Is a Different Business
A FigureAsia examination of how Dommaraju Gukesh is turning Gukesh's preparation to defend the world title against Javokhir Sindarov after a 2026 season in which his rating and tournament results became a public test of life under the crown into a test of economics, execution and durable leadership.
Scott Wu Joined Devin With Windsurf. The Combined Product Must Earn a US$26 Billion Valuation
A FigureAsia examination of how Scott Wu is turning Cognition's integration of the Windsurf editor into Devin's agentic workflow and its 2026 expansion into London, Japan and Singapore into a test of economics, execution and durable leadership.
Harshil Mathur Made Razorpay an Omnichannel Platform. Regulation Must Become a Competitive Edge
A FigureAsia examination of how Harshil Mathur is turning Razorpay's expansion from online payment gateway into a broader omnichannel, banking-software and merchant operating platform into a test of economics, execution and durable leadership.
Hana Al Rostamani Has Taken FAB Beyond $400 Billion in Assets. Cross-Border Growth Must Now Beat Balance-Sheet Weight
First Abu Dhabi Bank now holds more than $400 billion in assets and is expanding international corridors. Hana Al Rostamani must turn scale into higher-quality returns.
Sualeh Asif Took Cursor Beyond Autocomplete. The Product Must Preserve Developer Judgement
A FigureAsia examination of how Sualeh Asif is turning Cursor's expansion from assisted editing into agents that can plan, change and review work across a codebase into a test of economics, execution and durable leadership.
Zohran Mamdani Put Affordability at the Centre of New York. Delivery Will Decide the Economics
A FigureAsia examination of how Zohran Mamdani is turning Mamdani's first year as mayor, in which an affordability mandate has moved from campaign language into bus, consumer-protection, childcare and digital-service execution into a test of economics, execution and durable leadership.
Reshma Kewalramani Broadened Vertex Beyond Cystic Fibrosis. Launch Economics Are the Next Clinical Test
Reshma Kewalramani has placed high-value rare-disease medicines, internally discovered small molecules, gene editing and disciplined reinvestment of cystic-fibrosis cash flow at the centre of the strategy. The next phase will test capital discipline, execution and durability across Asia.
