“God can’t destroy
streetwear.” That’s the
mott o for Giuliano Calza,
who turned the phrase
into an acronym for his
company’s name, GCDS,
and has persuaded celebs
including Kim Kardashian
to wear his apparel.ITALY
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F R O N T R U N N E RMARCH 20 20 FORBES.COMThree decades aft er the
Romanian revolution,
Forbes Romania named the
most infl uential business-
people of the last 30 years,
seating real estate mavens
Victor Căpitanu and Andrei
Diaconescu in front.RUSSIA
VIETNAM
MONGOLIA
Nothing evokes Polish verve bett er than a... yacht.
At least if you ask Francis Lapp, who projects that his
Sunreef Yachts is on course for $1 billion in revenue.POLAND
SPAIN
Raúl Beyruti’s GIN-
group is the country’s
largest private
employer, a nearly
$2 billion-in-sales
business that mainly
manages the payrolls
of other companies.MEXICO
“If we try to be everything,
we are nothing,” says Miguel
Patrício, the new Portugal-
born CEO of struggling
Kraft Heinz. “We have to
be specialists.”PORTUGAL
JAPAN
For Forbes Kazakhstan’s
30 Under 30 package, ren-
egade street artist Pasha
Cas, 24 , painted a new
work titled “Be Brave.”KAZAKHSTAN
KOREA
A father-daughter
duo leads Synnex, one
of Thailand’s largest
electronics importers.
Now, chairman Supant
and CEO Sutida
Mongkolsuthree are
focused on 5G.THAILAND
MALI
Forbes Korea asked 5 2
leaders about their “bucket
list” goals for life. Among
their replies: Yang Yoon-
Sun, CEO of Medipost, says
she wants to give away
20 % of her earnings and
achieve a “retirement with
‘new challenges.’ ”“When I started in the hotel
industry 2 5 years ago... it
was considered reserved
for Westerners,” recalls
Mossadeck Bally, whose
Mali-based Azalaï hotel
group now has 1 0 locations,
1 , 100 rooms and nearly
1 ,000 employees.Space is scarce in South
Africa’s cities, so people
like Linah Moeketsi are
gett ing creative. She has
started an urban farm on
the roof of an eight-fl oor
Johannesburg building.Nintendo and energy giant
Tokyo Gas are among
the businesses featured
on Forbes Japan’s Great
Company 2020 list.Forbes Russia’s latest
Kings of Real Estate
ranking is led by bil-
lionaires God Nisanov
and Zarakh Iliev, who
own more than 20
million square feet.Atop Forbes Vietnam’s list
of the 1 00 biggest public
companies: $15 billion
(market cap) Vietcombank.“Don’t become too
obsessed with accolades,
recognitions or Michelin
stars,” the acclaimed
restaurateur Joan Roca
once cautioned chefs.
He now fi nds himself on
a Forbes Spain list of
the most successful
people in business.Forbes Latvia’s Under 30
list includes Anastasija
Oleinika, 29 , CEO of a lend-
ing marketplace, and
Artūrs Toms Plešs, 27 , a
member of parliament.LATVIA
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Mishal Kanoo is modern-
izing his family’s 1 30 -year-
old conglomerate, the
Kanoo Group, adding
non-family directors and
investing in new areas such
as fi ntech.SLOVAKIA
“I’ll be happy
if I’m able to
[make] people
view politics not
as a dirty game
of personal gains... of politicians,”
President Zuzana
Čaputová tells
Forbes Slovakia
in an exclusive
interview.
Since 2006 , Punsalmaa Badamdorj has led M-Oil Group,
one of the fi ve largest Mongolian petro businesses. She’s
now focusing partly on the Punsalmaa Fund, which
will promote women’s economic empowerment and
support women-led small businesses.UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ROMANIA