Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Pham Nhat Vuong – Founder and Chairman, Vingroup

“We want to bring better products to Vietnam. My hope is through changes in lifestyle and the products we consume, it will affect the people and change the way they are thinking.”

Firdhaus Akber – Founder of Streetdirectory

 "Why be so concerned about failure? If you fall down, pick yourself up and try again. Just keep trying, there’s no one who will...

Bob Parsons – Founder of GoDaddy.com

“Business is complicated and imperfect. Every business everywhere is staffed with imperfect human beings and exists by providing a product or service to other...

Javier Milei – President of Argentina

 “The solution that collectivists will propose is not greater freedom but greater regulation, generating a downward spiral of regulations until we all become poorer...

Evelyn Yu Yu Swe – Founder of Myanmar Women’s Self-Defense Center

"It’s not just about getting beat up and standing back up; it’s about getting beat up, learning from it, and doing something different to...

Dennis Uy – Founder of Udenna Corporation

 “I always say that I have more balls than brains. When I see a good business opportunity, I just go ahead and plan later....

Denise Sandquist – Founder of Fika

 “If I’ve learned anything from spending time in Vietnam and being surrounded by amazing Vietnamese women, it's this: It’s important to find yourself and...

Robert Kuok – Kuok Group, Founder and Chairman of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

 “Wealth should be used for two main purposes. One: for the generation of greater wealth. Two: part of your wealth should be applied to...

Manuel V. Pangilinan – Chairman of PLDT

“The abiding lesson is that enduring long-term wealth, especially for self-made people, really comes from doing the right thing—no shortcuts, no corruption—and earning it...

Nadhir Ashafiq – Co-founder and Executive Director of TheLorry

 “I wanted to do something more meaningful. I’d like to leave this world knowing I had made a difference. I felt that entrepreneurship was...