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Global Players
Global Players profiles some of the individuals that are acting as instruments of change on the global financial stage. With a focus on people in the news and influential decision makers, readers will be introduced to new perspectives on business and market developments through the lens of these global icons.
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Carlos Ghosn, a Brazilian-born French citizen has a storied past. More than a decade ago, he saved Japanese carmaker Nissan from the brink of bankruptcy. Today, Mr Ghosn, who heads two car companies, French-based Renault and Japan-based Nissan, is betting on electric cars that could leave lighter carbon footprints. |
Christine Lagarde’s election as the managing director of the International Monetary Fund attracted attention primarily because of the fact that she had played a pivotal role to solve the Euro-zone crisis in her earlier stint as the finance minister of France. However, Lagarde has an uphill task ahead as she has to strike a balance between managing the interests of her home ground as well as those of the emerging economies. |
In the original group of seven advanced economies, only Japan and Canada had one party or ideology dominating the political landscape for a very long time. But both countries have recently seen a shift in political power. While the political environment in Japan is still very fluid, the process of change that has brought the Conservative Party to power in Canada has so far appeared more enduring. And the politician who has led this transformation is Stephen Harper, the current prime minister of Canada. |
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Zynga, founded by Mark Pincus, is arguably the world’s most sought after online social gaming company. Zynga’s business model, which is closely aligned with its bigger cousin Facebook, stands out in the crowded online marketplace where it is hard to earn a dime. |
Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, made his name by establishing and growing Coca Cola’s business in new markets across the world. Having successfully revived revenue and earnings growth by recasting the relationship with the company’s bottlers across the globe, Kent has now set ambitious growth targets under his Vision 2020 plan. |
In the Hong Kong of 1960’s, ten-year old Leung Chun-ying delivered plastic-flowers to help ends meet for his family. Nearly fifty years later, the son of a Hong Kong-based policeman has earned the nickname “the emperor of working class” and has been elected the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. |
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