Forbes - USA (2019-11-30)

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Pamela Reif muscled her
way into Germany’s fitness
industry, attracting 4.3
million Instagram followers,
producing a bestselling
cookbook and collabora-
tions with brands like Puma.

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Across the planet, these 35 licensed
editions span five continents, 28
languages and 24 time zones.
They all share the same mission:
celebrating entrepreneurial capitalism
in all its guises.

GEORGIA
The sweet spot for Harry
Sanusi’s Kino Indonesia
is getting bigger: The
company has moved
from its candy origins to
pharma and personal care
products.

INDONESIA


Max-Hervé George and
Byron Baciocchi, both
30, are the masterminds
behind Ultima Capital, a
mix of hotels and luxury
residences throughout
Switzerland and France.

FRANCE


The Wandering Earth enjoyed out-of-this-
world box office success, good news for
stars Qu Chuxiao (pictured) and Wu Jing,
who made Forbes China’s Celebrity 100 list.

CHINA


BRAZIL


ANGOLA BOLIVIA


CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC


INDIA


One of the country’s top
business schools, SDA
Bocconi, has adopted a
new class structure, al-
lowing students to pursue
courses when and where
they want.

ITALY


GREECE


The running business
in Hungary is off to the
races—with a boom in
competitions (around 25
per weekend) and the
burgeoning Budapest
Marathon Festival.

HUNGARY
“Today we’re protecting the
biggest banks, hospitals,
manufacturers in the
world,” boasts Lior Div, CEO
and cofounder of
Cybereason, which hit
unicorn status in August.

ISRAEL


Romania continues to
be a major oil supplier to
Georgia, particularly the
Petromidia refinery, one
of the most important
sites in the industry.

ARGENTINA


DUBAI


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FORBES


Dolores Fernández Lobbe,
CEO of Walmart’s Argen-
tina business, fronts a
package on power women.

As KKR is finding out, there’s nothing quite like a Greek
tragedy. The PE giant stepped onstage there in 2016, but
most of its projects have been beset with problems.

João Macedo leads Grupo
Líder, a major grower of
olives, bananas, potatoes
and other produce.

Chef David Hertz received the Charles
Bronfman Prize—a philanthropy award
from the billionaire and his family—for
Gastromotiva, which fights poverty and
teaches nutrition.

Bolivia isn’t
really a beer-
drinkin’ coun-
try, but Hernan
Atella, CEO of
CBN Bolivia,
aims to change
that. “We
want to create
new habits of
regular—but
healthy—con-
sumption.”

Automobilist, a five-
year-old Prague-based
startup, turns images
from racing history into
posters and fine-art
prints.

In a past life, Andreas
Tsouloftas was a famous
race car driver. His at-
tention is away from the
track now, running his
eponymous conglomerate
with interests in sandblast-
ing, recycling and waste
management.

Mmm, mmm! Johny Hot
Dog, a food stall in Indore,
serves up Uber Eats’ most
popular dish in Asia. Its
vegetarian hot dog gets
3,000 orders a day.

Ghizlan Guenez’ fashion
e-commerce site, The Mo-
dist—launched in Dubai in
2017—sells over 180 brands,
including her own.

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