Forbes Asia August 2017

AI Infl uencer Andrew Ng Plans the Next Stage in His Extraordinary Career

Bollywood Star Aamir Khan’s Dangal Is Highest-Grossing Indian Movie

The 11 Taiwanese Tycoons Who Built Fortunes by Selling to Apple

Asia’s 2017 Heroes of Philanthropy

Taiwan’s 50 Richest: Fortunes Rebound on Rise in Stock Market

How Two Entrepreneur Chefs Built the World’s Cheapest Michelin-Rated Restaurant

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READERS SAY

THE INTEREST GRAPH

There’s nothing artifi cial about the reader response to Andrew Ng:

“I’ve never

tried any other

cuisine. Only

dim sum.”

30,733 page views

6,

9,

4,

23,

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“It is diffi cult

to think of a

major industry

that AI will not

transform.”

Our profi le of former NBA hoops star

Yao Ming and his generous eff orts to

save wildlife in Africa and improve

the quality of life for poor kids in

China (Heroes of Philanthropy, “A Star

Returns Home,” July, p. 24) prompted

John Loundes to post: “I have been

tired of professional sportsmen and

women for many years. Th is story

brings me some real joy to read. Giv-

ing back when other, easier options,

could have been taken. THANK

YOU, Yao Ming.” Th e Philippine Daily

Inquirer praised local members of

the Heroes list: “Filipinos have again

made a global mark, this time in

terms of philanthropy. Be they celebri-

ties or everyday Joes, Filipinos are no

strangers to the gift of giving.” Our Q&A with Andrew Ng regarding the rise of

artifi cial intelligence (“Executive Manual for AI,” July, p. 52) stirred a bit of disdain

from Jay West: “For the [forbes.com contributor’s] website that hosts the audio clip

of the interview to consider itself any part of IT, it sure does seem to look like it

was coded for Windows 2000. I imagine you can see the dust piles on that HTML.”

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“What Yao Ming is

doing in China is

awesome. He’s really

putting in the time to

help his people, the

kids, his country.”