Southeast Asia
Asia Leaders
Forrest Li Has Sea Growing at 47 Per Cent. The Portfolio Must Hold Together as Investment Rises
Forrest Li has returned Sea to fast growth with positive earnings. The next question is whether commerce, finance and gaming form a compounding portfolio or a costly truce.
Asia Leaders
Anthony Tan Is Taking Grab Beyond Southeast Asia. Taiwan Must Prove the Super-App Can Travel
Anthony Tan has made Grab profitable and faster-growing. Taiwan will test whether its mobility, delivery and financial-services operating system is portable beyond Southeast Asia.
Asia Leaders
Kongkrapan Intarajang Has to Prepare PTT for an Energy System That Still Needs Gas
A FigureAsia examination of how Kongkrapan Intarajang is positioning PTT for the next phase of energy.
Asia Leaders
Ferry Unardi Is Taking Traveloka Beyond Southeast Asia. Local Intelligence Must Still Travel
Traveloka is widening its Asia-Pacific reach under Ferry Unardi. The strategic test is exporting its operating system without diluting local relevance.
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Pham Nhat Vuong Has Made VinFast a Test of Vietnam’s Industrial Nerve
A FigureAsia examination of how Pham Nhat Vuong is positioning Vingroup for the next phase of conglomerates.
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Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke Turned a Haunted Vacuum Into Thailand’s Breakout Film. Now He Has to Build Beyond the Festival Circuit
After ‘A Useful Ghost’ won the Critics’ Week Grand Prix, Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke must convert festival discovery into durable financing and distribution.
Asia Leaders
Anthony Salim’s Empire Still Begins With What Indonesians Eat
A FigureAsia examination of how Anthony Salim is positioning Salim Group for the next phase of conglomerates.
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Dhanin Chearavanont’s CP Group Still Thinks in Generations
A FigureAsia 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 FigureAsia 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 FigureAsia examination of how Sarath Ratanavadi is positioning Gulf Energy for the next phase of energy.
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Barito Pacific Is Learning a New Energy Language
A FigureAsia examination of how Prajogo Pangestu is positioning Barito Pacific for the next phase of conglomerates.
Asia Leaders
Nguyen Dang Quang Wants Masan Inside Vietnam’s Daily Shopping Basket
A FigureAsia examination of how Nguyen Dang Quang is positioning Masan Group for the next phase of consumer goods.
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Garibaldi Thohir Is Using Coal Cash to Buy Time for Adaro’s Transition
A FigureAsia examination of how Garibaldi Thohir is positioning Adaro for the next phase of energy.
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Khairussaleh Ramli Is Running Maybank as an ASEAN Network
A FigureAsia examination of how Khairussaleh Ramli is positioning Maybank for the next phase of banking.
Asia Leaders
Tengku Muhammad Taufik Is Balancing PETRONAS Between LNG and the Long Transition
A FigureAsia examination of how Tengku Muhammad Taufik is positioning PETRONAS for the next phase of energy.
Asia Leaders
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.
Asia Leaders
Pham Quang Dung Is Modernizing Vietcombank Without Losing Its Institutional Weight
A FigureAsia examination of how Pham Quang Dung is positioning Vietcombank for the next phase of banking.
Asia Leaders
Ririek Adriansyah Is Rewiring Telkom Indonesia Around Data
A FigureAsia examination of how Ririek Adriansyah is positioning Telkom Indonesia for the next phase of telecommunications.
Asia Leaders
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.
Asia Leaders
Tony Fernandes Is Trying to Make Capital A Whole Again
A FigureAsia examination of how Tony Fernandes is positioning Capital A for the next phase of aviation.
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Sea Got Smaller So It Could Grow Again
A FigureAsia examination of how Forrest Li is positioning Sea for the next phase of e-commerce.
Asia Leaders
Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao Is Taking VietJet Beyond the Low-Cost Playbook
A FigureAsia examination of how Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao is positioning VietJet and Sovico for the next phase of aviation.
Asia Leaders
Asia’s Quiet Wealth Transfer Is Reshaping OCBC
A FigureAsia examination of how Helen Wong is positioning OCBC for the next phase of banking.
Asia Leaders
Djony Bunarto Tjondro Is Keeping Astra Relevant to Indonesia’s Next Consumer
A FigureAsia examination of how Djony Bunarto Tjondro is positioning Astra for the next phase of conglomerates.
Asia Leaders
Kuok Khoon Hong’s Wilmar Still Runs on the Unfashionable Power of Scale
A FigureAsia examination of how Kuok Khoon Hong is positioning Wilmar for the next phase of food and agribusiness.
Asia Leaders
Singtel Is Turning Regional Sprawl Into Digital Infrastructure
A FigureAsia examination of how Yuen Kuan Moon is positioning Singtel for the next phase of telecommunications.
Asia Leaders
Jahja Setiaatmadja Made BCA’s Low-Cost Deposits an Indonesian Moat
A FigureAsia examination of how Jahja Setiaatmadja is positioning BCA for the next phase of banking.
Asia Leaders
UOB Has Made Discipline Its Expansion Strategy
A FigureAsia examination of how Wee Ee Cheong is positioning UOB for the next phase of banking.
Asia Leaders
Thammasak Sethaudom Is Managing SCG Through a Brutal Industrial Cycle
A FigureAsia examination of how Thammasak Sethaudom is positioning SCG for the next phase of industrial.