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Giving Way to Wilmar

How Robert Kuok gave way to his nephew, Kuok Khoon Hong, to form Wilmar International.

Succession at Samsung

The dramatic saga of succession at Samsung — which spawned five new conglomerates.

Robert Kuok: Preventing a Group Fracture

The closest the Kuok Group came to splitting.

How the Kuoks Got Into Shipping

How Robert Kuok leveraged a lucrative joint venture into a new business capability.

Employee Incentives in a Tycoon Holding Company

How Robert Kuok structured employee equity in his holding companies, a rare Asian tycoon to do so.

Robert Kuok: The Art of the Joint Venture

Rare amongst Asian tycoons, Robert Kuok’s superpower lies in his skill in executing JVs across multiple industries and in multiple geographies.

The Life and Times of Jamshetji Tata

The birth of one of the oldest, most remarkable business empires in India.

Getting Effective Team Dynamics into University Curriculums

How Professor Mary Lynn Realff created demand for Effective Team Dynamics at Georgia Tech.

RoadSync: Hunting for Demand in the Logistics Business

How Akmann Van-Mary — with the help of the Flashpoint startup incubator — discovered authentic demand for a payments solution in the logistics space.

Beating IBM with RAID

How the invention of RAID changed the nature of the data storage industry.