November 12, 2012 / Fortune Asia / Volume 166 / Number 8

54 THE ODD COUPLE
From Harvard to Silicon Valley to Wall Street, Buddy Fletcher and Ellen Pao scaled the heights of American business and society. Their marriage was the joining of two superstars. Then they went to war with their elite worlds. Who pays the price in this tale of money, sex, and power?
BY ADAM LASHINSKY AND KATIE BENNER

62 THE BEST ADVICE I EVER GOT
What happens when you ask 21 luminaries from all walks―finance, law, tech, the military, and beyond―for the one piece of wisdom that got them to where they are today?

70 THE ELIXIR AND THE SHORT-SELLERS
Nu Skin, a $2 billion multilevel marketer in Utah―with ties to Mitt Romney―says its skin-care and nutritional products can delay aging. But short-sellers and a couple of angry ex-husbands are taking the company on, and they’re not being quiet about it.
BY PETER ELKIND, WITH DORIS BURKE

80 THE HEALING MACHINE
How a simple device for closing wounds made fortunes for its inventors, for its marketers, and for Wake Forest University―until rivals claimed it was too simple.
BY KEN OTTERBOURG

10 FIRST
Closer Look
The world’s largest fir-tree farm delivers 1 million trees in time for Christmas.
BY PAUL KVINTA

14 FIRST
Game Changers
Meet the leaders of the Treasury bureau that is shaping U.S.-Iran policy.
BY EMILY CADEI

15 FIRST
Brainstorm Green
Driverless vehicles are coming―and sooner than you think.
BY BRIAN DUMAINE

19 VENTURE
How I Got Started
Robert Johnson, company creator.
INTERVIEW BY DINAH ENG

24 VENTURE
Fastest-Growing Companies
IMAX: Bigger screens, more money.
BY RICHARD MCGILL MURPHY

25 TECH
Streaming Media
Roku looks beyond the box.
BY JP MANGALINDAN

29 INVEST
Are Dividend Stocks in a Bubble?
High-yielding equities are still a good deal―as long as you’re selective.
BY SHAWN TULLY

9 Editor’s Desk

88 Bing!
OPINION

32 Sheila Bair
Want to fix Congress? Let’s institute pay for performance.

33 Becky Quick
A call for frank talk about our debt from Bill Clinton (and me).

34 Nina Easton
Corporate America needs to show that it hasn’t given up on U.S. workers.

50 LEADERSHIP
MEDTRONIC: HOW TO FIX A GREAT AMERICAN BUSINESS

INTERVIEW BY GEOFF COLVIN

”The value is not only saving the person’s life, but the quality of life.”

―MEDTRONIC CEO OMAR ISHRAK

CORRECTIONS

In ”Gatorade’s G-Series Fit Runs Empty” (Oct. 8), we referred to and pictured the G-Series product line, which is still available. It is the G-Series Fit line that is no longer. And we stated that it included energy drinks and gels; it does not. In our ”40 Under 40 List” (Oct. 29), we wrote that Google+ had 100,000 users; that number should be 100 million. Also, we said that David Rhodes was 39; he is 38. Fortune regrets the errors.

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