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In the booming economies of today's Asia only 100 elite individuals and families qualify for Asia's Wealth Club, where the entrance fee is a minimum net worth of $1 billion. Between them, they have a total net worth of around $300 billion and control businesses with annual revenues many times greater. Some of their names are known in global business circles - men like Robert Kuok of Malaysia, Li Ka-shing of Hong Kong and Dhanin Chearavanont of Thailand have built empires that stretch across teh world. But many of the region's richest and most powerful tycoons are virtually unknown outside Asia - and that's the way they like it. How did these families bacome so seriously rich? What drives them to seek ever greater fortune? What secrets of wealth creation do they hod close in a region where circumstances can change so fast that speed is always of the essence in their business dealings? How important is that elusive commodity know as guanxi - connections - in the Chinese sphere of influence? The author has been researching the emergence and growth of Asia's often-secretive billionaires for many years. Now, in Asia's Wealth Club, he explores these themes as he profiles th
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Geoff Hiscock, Asia Business editor of The Australian newspaper, has been following and reporting on business developments in Asia since he first found his way to Thailand during the Vietnam War. In addition to working for newspapers such as The Australian, the Bangkok Post, the Hongkong Standard and the Sydney Morning Herald, Geoff Hiscock has helped develop business newspapers, specialist bilingual magazines and television programs for Asian audiences, and co-authored two specialist publications, Packaged For Japan and A Business Guide To Japan.
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- PublisherAllen & Unwin
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1864484020
- ISBN 13 9781864484021
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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