CONTENTS — OCTOBER 2018
25 | GADGETMAN // BEN SIN
China’s Lime scooters invade Silicon Valley.
26 | BEST UNDER A BILLION: BIG SWALLOW
Vincent Lin has brought “bioscience design” to a nutricyclicals maker in Taiwan.
BY JOYCE HUANG
30 | SELLER’S REMORSE
WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton takes perhaps the most expensive moral stand in history.
BY PARMY OLSON
51 | THE MOST VALUABLE NFL TEAMS
Why the U.S. football financial boom has slowed to a crawl.
BY MICHAEL K. OZANIAN, KURT BADENHAUSEN & CHRISTINA SETTIMI
56 | MOM AND POP’S BEST FRIEND
Mailchimp saves small businesses the old-fashioned way: email.
BY ALEX KONRAD
90 | HOT POT HOSPITALITY
Zhang Yong’s Haidilao mushroomed into a Chinese sensation, and suddenly he’s the
world’s richest restaurant magnate.
BY PAMELA AMBLERU.S. COLLEGES
36 | TOP 25
America’s best based on low debt, high salaries, graduation rates and student satisfaction.
EDITED BY SUSAN ADAMS & CARTER COUDRIET
37 | THE PAPER CHASE
A guide for helping Asian students find U.S. schools that will accommodate financial need.
BY QUANZHI GUOFORBES LIFE
94 | WHERE TO HANG IN PENANG
A tale in pictures of ambitious Armenian brothers and their elegant legacy.
BY JANE A. PETERSON
96 | THOUGHTS
On India.VOLUME 14 NUMBER 8
X PAGE 26“WE’RE A GROUP
OF FANATICS.”
—VINCENT LIN, TCI CEO.6 | FORBES ASIA OCTOBER 2018S PAGE 66“WE ARE IN A
VENTURENOT
AN ADVENTURE.”
—KRISHNA KUMAR BANGUR,
Graphite India chairman and No. 91
on our list of India’s richest.