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Bom Kim Built Coupang Around Reliability. A Data Breach Has Made Trust the Hardest Delivery
Coupang transformed Korean shopping through speed and dependable logistics. Bom Kim must now rebuild confidence after a breach exposed the limits of operational excellence without digital trust.
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Amnon Shashua Is Recasting Mobileye for Physical AI. He Must Protect the Core While Funding the Leap
Mobileye’s automotive business is regaining momentum, but Amnon Shashua is extending its technology into physical AI. The strategic leap needs firmer financial proof.
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Uğur Şahin Is Preparing to Leave BioNTech. The Oncology Pipeline Must Outlast Its Founder
BioNTech’s Covid success funded an ambitious oncology pipeline. With Uğur Şahin preparing to leave, clinical execution and succession have become inseparable.
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Sandeep Bakhshi Made ICICI Bank a Model of Restraint. The Next Cycle Will Test That Discipline
ICICI Bank’s turnaround has become sustained compounding. Sandeep Bakhshi now faces the harder task of maintaining restraint during a period that rewards faster growth.
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Hana Al Rostamani Has Given FAB Global Ambition. Execution Must Now Match the UAE’s Financial Reach
FAB is becoming a more international bank as Abu Dhabi’s capital travels further. Hana Al Rostamani’s challenge is to convert reach into repeatable, well-governed returns.
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Liang Rubo Put AI at ByteDance’s Centre. Seedance Has Made Governance the Harder Problem
Liang Rubo has made artificial intelligence ByteDance’s central priority. Seedance’s rapid progress now tests whether the company can govern copyright, safety and global trust at equal speed.
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Tengku Muhammad Taufik Is Rebuilding PETRONAS for Energy Volatility. Malaysia Still Needs the Cash
PETRONAS faces lower profit, volatile supply routes and a costly transition portfolio. Tengku Muhammad Taufik must keep Malaysia’s national energy company investable and dependable.
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Forrest Li Rebuilt Sea’s Growth Machine. Now He Must Keep Its Three Engines in Balance
Sea’s sharp return to growth has restored strategic confidence. Forrest Li now has to keep Shopee, Monee and Garena compounding without sacrificing resilience.
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Tony Xu Has Made DoorDash Global. Integration Is Now the Product
DoorDash has become a global local-commerce group. Tony Xu’s next challenge is to integrate DoorDash, Wolt and Deliveroo while preserving service quality and capital discipline.
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Thomas Kurian Made Google Cloud an AI Growth Engine. Now He Has to Turn Scale Into Trust
Thomas Kurian has turned Google Cloud into a fast-growing AI and data business. The next test is whether infrastructure scale, security and enterprise trust can advance together.
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Sandy Xu Has Made JD Retail More Profitable. Food Delivery and Europe Will Test Her Discipline
Sandy Xu has improved JD Retail’s economics, but lower group profit exposes the cost of expansion. Food delivery and Joybuy Europe now have to earn strategic relevance.
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Anthony Tan Has Taken Grab Beyond Survival. The Next Contest Is for Financial Discipline
Grab’s first full-year profit changed the conversation around Southeast Asia’s leading platform. Anthony Tan’s next task is to make growth, credit and consolidation reinforce one another.
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Reshma Kewalramani Is Taking Vertex Beyond Cystic Fibrosis. The Diversification Must Now Become Durable
Vertex is moving from one dominant franchise towards pain, blood disorders and kidney disease. Reshma Kewalramani’s challenge is to preserve focus while building new commercial systems.
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Goh Choon Phong Has Restored Singapore Airlines’ Earnings. Air India Will Test His Reach
Singapore Airlines has regained operating strength. Goh Choon Phong must now manage Air India exposure, premium investment and network risk without diluting the carrier’s standards.
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Georges Elhedery Has Simplified HSBC. He Must Prove the Bank Can Grow Without Rebuilding Complexity
HSBC’s restructuring has sharpened returns and accountability. Georges Elhedery’s next task is to grow wealth and transaction banking without recreating the layers he removed.
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Vasant Narasimhan Narrowed Novartis to Innovative Medicines. The Portfolio Must Now Outrun Its Patent Losses
Novartis is strategically cleaner but its leading medicines face inevitable erosion. Vasant Narasimhan’s next task is converting a promising pipeline into dependable growth.
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C.S. Venkatakrishnan Has Rebalanced Barclays. The Investment Bank Must Now Earn Its Weight
Barclays’ strategic reset is improving returns and shareholder distributions. C.S. Venkatakrishnan now has to prove the investment bank and domestic franchise reinforce each other.
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Asia's Top CEOs 2016
The chief executives who set the pace of Asian business in 2016 through capital allocation, operating discipline and industry-shaping decisions.