CATEGORIES

Cloud Wars

A bevy of innovative start ups are leveraging low-cost sensors, cheap processing power, AI and advances in machine learning to revolutionize how we predict and model the weather. Businesses ranging from auto - racing to agriculture stand to benefit while aging stalwarts like accuweather have the most to lose .

The New Nuclear

Some A-list names—including the Rockefellers, Charles Schwab and Buzz Aldrin—are chasing the sun at fusion-energy firm TAE Technologies.

Energized

Petch Osathanugrah is amping up his family’s 128-year-old energy drinks company Osotspa.

Ultimate Goal

Bali United is the first football club in Southeast Asia to go public. Similar steps by others could improve the country’s football industry.

Bittersweet Success

As their father lay dying, the 13 Keith siblings took his recipe for a snack no one could sell—a refrigerated protein bar—and built it into a $300 million startup.

Google Is No more A Sleeping Giant In Blockchain

In the late 1990s, Google transformed the Web by creating a fast, accurate and easy-to-use search engine. Now it could do the same for the blockchain, the technology underlying cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum.

Uncle Sam

Uncle Tyrant

Angels In Bali

Asana Viebeke Lengkong’s IAA has been helping bali’s poorest since 2003.

Enhancing Education

Minister of Education and Culture Anies Baswedan has implemented major improvements in the education system.

Bettering The Relationship

New Zealand Ambassador Trevor Matheson sees a deepening relationship with Indonesia.

Books For The Blind

Mitra Netra is opening windows to the world for the blind.

Holiday With A Purpose

Sumba’s Nihiwatu resort has been giving back through the Sumba Foundation.

Opulent Drive

Bentley Bentayga is the world’s most extravagant suv.

The Right Medicine

Honesti Basyir is putting Kimia Farma on a growth path.

From Bellhop To CEO

Hong Kong’s Law family bought a hotel on a whim and now boasts an entire chain, thanks to dad letting his son run the show.

Credit Without A Card

Akshay Garg’s fintech Kredivo provides digital credit without a card.

Cryptocurrencies As Portfolio Diversification

AS BITCOIN and cryptocurrencies gain ever more media coverage, many who never invested in crypto are asking whether cryptocurrencies could provide meaningful portfolio diversification to traditional portfolio asset allocation. To answer this, one must look both backwards and forward. Backward looking to determine past correlations and a risk-reward profile, and forward looking to understand the real risk of central bank mistakes and government debasement of fiat currencies.

Wendy Yap

President Director & CEO, Nippon Indosari Corpindo

Enhancing Education

Minister of Education and Culture Anies Baswedan has implemented major improvements in the education system. 

Digital Fish

Gibran huzaifah’s efishery has the potential to become a homegrown tech giant.

Digitizing Healthcare Services

Halodoc is at the forefront in offering online easy, practical solutions to medical problems.

Tapping Consumer 4.0

Adoption of technology is changing Indonesian consumers in ways that leave companies unprepared.

Seller's Remorse

Facebook’s blockbuster $22 billion WhatsApp purchase instantly made Brian Acton one of the richest people in America. But as with his Instagram peers, his idealism clashed with Mark Zuckerberg’s financial juggernaut, leading to perhaps the most expensive moral stand in history. For the first time, Acton explains why he walked away from $850 million.

Shedding Light

Schneider Electric advances smarter ways of electricity consumption and distribution.

Hot Pot Hospitality

Zhang Yong’s Haidilao mushroomed into a Chinese sensation, and suddenly he’s the world’s richest restaurant magnate.

Common Sense Prophet

Growing up in a two-bedroom Bronx apartment shared by 12 family members, Wendy De La Rosa learned to make every dollar count. Now the Wharton and Goldman Sachs alum is helping fintech startups understand how real people relate to money.

Data's Cartographers

Two philosophers are using machine learning and artificial intelligence to create a real-time map of the global economy, and the world’s largest financial firms are lining up at its door.

Smart Kiosk

Warung Pintar empowers microentrepreneurs for digital inclusion.

The Princess Of The Dump

Resa Boenard has dedicated her life empowering children growing up on the largest landfill in Southeast Asia.

The Unicorn Breeder

Alpha JWC Ventures is setting a benchmark in the VC industry