Every Asian tycoon becomes a tycoon in the exact same way. Learning to see this core pattern is half the battle.

How the Ambanis became the richest family in Asia. This is the third case on the rise of a tycoon, and the last one before we start talking about the core pattern in all of these Asian Tycoon’s lives. Part 6 in the Asian Conglomerate Series.

How to get better, faster at the skill of uncovering demand, which underpins the skill domains of sales, marketing, and product.

How do Asian conglomerates play in capital markets, given pliable governments and weak regulators? We examine the career of one activist investor, to see what that tells us about the Asian tycoons we’ve been studying.

How to think about corruption when talking about Asian businesses. Part 4 of the Asian Conglomerate series.

A simple, effective — though not easy! — technique for solving information overload. Written from practice.

How Samsung became the largest chaebol in South Korea, and gained so much power over the country’s economy.

What can we learn from the study of Asian conglomerates, and the small group of tycoons that control them?

The start of the Asian Conglomerates Series: we open with a look at the life of Stanley Ho, gambling king of Macau.

Lia DiBello and Neil Sahota join Cedric Chin to talk about a human-first, expertise-oriented approach to AI in real world domains.