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Asia Leaders
SK hynix Found Its AI Moment Under Kwak Noh-Jung
A FigureAsia examination of how Kwak Noh-Jung is positioning SK hynix for the next phase of semiconductors.
Asia Leaders
The Robot Maker Waiting for Factory Spending to Return
A FigureAsia examination of how Kenji Yamaguchi is positioning FANUC for the next phase of industrial technology.
Asia Leaders
TSMC Became the Factory the AI Economy Cannot Do Without Under C.C. Wei
A FigureAsia examination of how C.C. Wei is positioning TSMC for the next phase of semiconductors.
Asia Leaders
LG Chem Is Learning the Price of Transition
A FigureAsia examination of how Shin Hak-cheol is positioning LG Chem for the next phase of chemicals and materials.
Asia Leaders
Alibaba’s Repair Job Now Belongs to Eddie Wu
A FigureAsia examination of how Eddie Wu is positioning Alibaba for the next phase of e-commerce.
Asia Leaders
Kazuma Sekiya Runs the Semiconductor Company That Wins by Cutting Things Apart
A FigureAsia examination of how Kazuma Sekiya is positioning Disco for the next phase of semiconductors.
Asia Leaders
Pony Ma Wants Tencent’s Next Act to Be More Than WeChat
A FigureAsia examination of how Ma Huateng (Pony Ma) is positioning Tencent for the next phase of technology.
Asia Leaders
AI Chips Have Turned Testing Into Douglas Lefever’s Bottleneck
A FigureAsia examination of how Douglas Lefever is positioning Advantest for the next phase of semiconductors.
Asia Leaders
Huawei Learned to Survive the World It Could Not Choose
A FigureAsia examination of how Ren Zhengfei is positioning Huawei for the next phase of telecommunications.
Asia Leaders
Masayoshi Son Is Betting SoftBank’s Future on the Cost of Intelligence
A FigureAsia examination of how Masayoshi Son is positioning SoftBank for the next phase of technology investment.
Asia Leaders
Fujitsu Is Leaving Its Hardware Memory Behind
A FigureAsia examination of how Takahito Tokita is positioning Fujitsu for the next phase of technology.
Asia Leaders
Michael Kadoorie Is Steering CLP Through Hong Kong’s Expensive Energy Transition
A FigureAsia examination of how Michael Kadoorie is positioning CLP for the next phase of utilities.
Asia Leaders
Foxconn Is Moving Beyond the iPhone Era Under Young Liu
A FigureAsia examination of how Young Liu is positioning Foxconn for the next phase of electronics manufacturing.
Asia Leaders
Christophe Weber Made Takeda Global and Now Must Make the Portfolio Pay
A FigureAsia examination of how Christophe Weber is positioning Takeda for the next phase of pharmaceuticals.
Asia Leaders
Toyota’s Hybrid Patience Is Looking Less Like Hesitation
A FigureAsia examination of how Akio Toyoda is positioning Toyota for the next phase of automotive.
Asia Leaders
Sandy Xu Is Turning JD.com’s Warehouses Into a Competitive Argument
A FigureAsia examination of how Sandy Xu is positioning JD.com for the next phase of e-commerce.
Asia Leaders
Xiaomi’s Lei Jun Is Learning How Expensive Reinvention Can Be
A FigureAsia 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 FigureAsia examination of how Wang Xing is positioning Meituan for the next phase of local services.
Asia Leaders
The Battery Boom Has Made Robin Zeng a Geopolitical Industrialist
A FigureAsia examination of how Robin Zeng is positioning CATL for the next phase of energy technology.
Asia Leaders
NetEase Is Staying Creative Without Chasing Every Trend
A FigureAsia examination of how William Ding is positioning NetEase for the next phase of media and entertainment.
Asia Leaders
POSCO’s Battery Ambition Has to Survive the Cycle
A FigureAsia examination of how Chang In-hwa is positioning POSCO Holdings for the next phase of industrial.
Asia Leaders
Panasonic Has to Decide What It Wants to Be
A FigureAsia examination of how Yuki Kusumi is positioning Panasonic for the next phase of industrial.
Asia Leaders
Hyundai Is Being Designed for a Post-Commodity Car Market
A FigureAsia examination of how Euisun Chung is positioning Hyundai Motor Group for the next phase of automotive.
Asia Leaders
NAVER Is Defending Its Home Market With Its Own AI
A FigureAsia examination of how Choi Soo-yeon is positioning NAVER for the next phase of technology.
Asia Leaders
Ben Keswick Is Simplifying Jardines Without Abandoning Its Long Memory
A FigureAsia examination of how Ben Keswick is positioning Jardine Matheson for the next phase of conglomerates.
Asia Leaders
Bonnie Chan Has to Make Hong Kong’s Market Feel Indispensable Again
A FigureAsia examination of how Bonnie Chan is positioning HKEX for the next phase of financial services.
Asia Leaders
Kakao Must Become Trustworthy Before It Becomes Bigger
A FigureAsia examination of how Chung Shin-a is positioning Kakao for the next phase of technology.
Asia Leaders
Tokyo Electron Sits at the Quiet Center of Toshiki Kawai’s Chip Boom
A FigureAsia examination of how Toshiki Kawai is positioning Tokyo Electron for the next phase of semiconductors.
Asia Leaders
Samsung’s AI Problem Has Become Jay Y. Lee’s Defining Test
A FigureAsia examination of how Jay Y. Lee is positioning Samsung for the next phase of consumer technology.
Asia Leaders
Robin Li Has Waited Two Decades for Baidu’s AI Advantage to Arrive
A FigureAsia examination of how Robin Li is positioning Baidu for the next phase of technology.
Asia Leaders
Sony Turned Fragmentation Into an Entertainment Advantage
A FigureAsia examination of how Kenichiro Yoshida is positioning Sony for the next phase of consumer technology.
Asia Leaders
Nintendo’s Shuntaro Furukawa Is Protecting Scarcity in an Always-On World
A FigureAsia examination of how Shuntaro Furukawa is positioning Nintendo for the next phase of media and entertainment.
Asia Leaders
Daikin’s Masanori Togawa Is Selling Climate Control to a Warming World
A FigureAsia examination of how Masanori Togawa is positioning Daikin for the next phase of industrial.
Asia Leaders
Keyence’s Takemitsu Takizaki Built a Sales Machine Around Invisible Factory Problems
A FigureAsia examination of how Takemitsu Takizaki is positioning Keyence for the next phase of industrial technology.
Asia Leaders
Battery Growth Has to Become Profitable Again at LG Energy Solution
A FigureAsia examination of how Kim Dong-myung is positioning LG Energy Solution for the next phase of energy technology.
Asia Leaders
Victor Li Is Managing CK Hutchison for Cash Flow in an Age of Scrutiny
A FigureAsia examination of how Victor Li is positioning CK Hutchison for the next phase of conglomerates.
Asia Leaders
PDD’s Lei Chen Is Exporting China’s Hardest Retail Lessons
A FigureAsia examination of how Lei Chen is positioning PDD Holdings for the next phase of e-commerce.
Asia Leaders
TikTok Became a Diplomatic Asset Just as Liang Rubo Inherited ByteDance
A FigureAsia examination of how Liang Rubo is positioning ByteDance for the next phase of technology.
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BYD’s Next Test Is Bigger Than Beating the Global Carmakers
A FigureAsia examination of how Wang Chuanfu is positioning BYD for the next phase of automotive.
Asia Leaders
The Biologic Drug Boom Needs John Rim’s Factory Floor
A FigureAsia examination of how John Rim is positioning Samsung Biologics for the next phase of biotechnology.
Asia Leaders
Canon Is Finding New Precision Beyond the Camera
A FigureAsia examination of how Fujio Mitarai is positioning Canon for the next phase of consumer technology.
Asia Leaders
Kia’s Reinvention Is Now Song Ho-sung’s Operating System
A FigureAsia examination of how Song Ho-sung is positioning Kia for the next phase of automotive.