Forbes

4 | FORBES ASIA JULY 2016

CONTENTS — JULY 2016

35 | DEAL TOY: SODA PEP

Pepsi moved to consolidate in 2009. Did it slake its thirst for fizzier profits?

BY STEVE SCHAEFER

36 | NEXT TYCOONS: WHAT’S ON THEIR PLATES

Champagne and dessert with the daughters of Hong Kong’s business elite.

BY MARY E. SCOTT

38 | GOOGLE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING—AGAIN

CEO Sundar Pichai reinvents the world’s second-most-valuable company.

BY MIGUEL HELFT

50 | KOREA’S POP EXPORT

Yang Hyun Suk’s K-Pop band Bigbang is a blueprint for making money on music.

BY ZACK O’MALLEY GREENBURG

58 | BANGLADESH’S MOST-WATCHED BANKERS

At Islami Bank it may not be just the top performance that counts.

BY MEGHA BAHREE

62 | WANNABE BILLIONAIRE

How much of Arun Pudur’s business empire is real?

BY GRACE CHUNG AND JOHN KOPPISCH

79 | AROUND ASIA IN FORBES

A look at what some of our licensees have been up to.

TAIWAN’S 50 RICHEST

70 | VOLATILE RANKS

The economy’s wealthiest take a hit from slower China, global growth.

BY RUSSELL FLANNERY

FORBES LIFE

90 | THE MAN WHO THOUGHT SMALL

Robbie Antonio’s vision includes big-name architects and prefab homes.

BY KEREN BLANKFELD

92 | THOUGHTS

On artificial intelligence.

VOLUME 12 NUMBER 8

X PAGE 50

“MY MOM IS IN CHARGE

OF MY EARNINGS.”

—KWON “G-DRAGON” JIYONG,

OF K-POP BAND BIGBANG

S PAGE 62

“I AM PREPARING TO

FACE THE BIGGEST

CHALLENGE OF MY

LIFE.”

—ARUN PUDUR,

IN HIS MALAYSIA OFFICES