CONTENTS — OCTOBER 2017 VOLUME 13 NUMBER 10
10 | FACT & COMMENT // STEVE FORBES
Why is the key to prosperity ignored?COVER STORY
68 | BIG HITTER
Si Woo Kim and his Korean colleagues lead the way as golf flourishes in Asia.
BY MONTE BURKECOMPANIES, PEOPLE
12 | BEYOND THE I.T. ADVERSITY
Cognizant CEO Francisco D’Souza sees bluer skies for India’s troubled tech sector.
BY HARICHANDAN ARAKALI (FORBES INDIA)
16 | NEXT TYCOONS: “BANKING IS EXCITING”
A family of entrepreneurs has turned KBZ into a finance powerhouse in Myanmar.
BY RON GLUCKMAN
19 | LAWRENCE HO’S WAGER
The Macau mogul is betting that a huge wager in Japan will pay off.
BY PAUL ARMSTRONG
20 | SECOND ACT
After building and selling a top New Zealand wine label, Kim and Erica Crawford started over.
BY JENNIFER SCHULTZ WELLS
23 | HEME ON RYE
A veggie burger could be the solution to Asia’s food-security dilemma.
BY PAMELA AMBLER
24 | BRICKS AND CLICKS
Entrepreneur Yael Aflalo turned a visit to China into a fashion philosophy.
BY KATHLEEN CHAYKOWSKICOVER PHOTOGRAPH BY
MATTHEW MAHON FOR FORBES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, ALL TOTALS AND PRICES EXPRESSED IN OUR STORIES ARE IN U.S. DOLLARS.2 | FORBES ASIA OCTOBER 2017
S PAGE 68“I REMEMBER
WATCHING THE 2009
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
WHEN Y.E. YANG
BEAT TIGER.”
—SI WOO KIM, 22-year-old star
South Korean golfer