September 16, 2013 / Fortune Asia / Volume 168 / Number 5

34 THE MAN BEHIND THE LARGEST REAL ESTATE PROJECT IN U.S. HISTORY
With the $20 billion Hudson Yards development, billionaire developer Stephen Ross is set to reinvent a huge swath of New York City.
BY SHAWN TULLY

58 AFTER THE FALL
Five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, life seems mostly back to normal―one reason some fear an economic catastrophe could happen again.
BY KATIE BENNER, SCOTT CENDROWSKI, AND MARTY JONES

FORTUNE’S 100 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES

43 THE 2013 LIST
Anyone doubting we live in a new golden age of oil and gas need look no further than this year’s rising companies.
BY L. MICHAEL CACACE, DOUGLAS G. ELAM, CRAIG GIAMMONA, SHANNON GREEN, AND KATHLEEN SMYTH
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65 ARE WE READY FOR THE NEXT MELTDOWN?
BY ALLAN SLOAN

68 JACK LEW: THE KNOWN UNKNOWN AT THE TREASURY
BY TORY NEWMYER

52 LULULEMON: IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION
High-profile missteps (see-through yoga pants!) at the quirky apparel maker, coupled with dysfunction in the corner office, threaten to derail an amazing run.
BY BETH KOWITT AND COLLEEN LEAHEY

8 FIRST
Closer Look
In Vegas, Caesars is building the world’s largest Ferris wheel.
BY RYAN BRADLEY

12 FIRST
Marketing
Teaching storytelling to corporate America.
BY KIT DILLON

14 FIRST
Game Changers
American Peter Tufano wants to turn Oxford’s business school into a world-class institution.
BY ANNE VANDERMEY

16 PURSUITS
Road Trips
Re-creating the epic journey of the 1920s racecar drivers known as the Bentley Boys.
BY SUE CALLAWAY

22 VENTURE
How We Got Started
Margrit and Marcel Schurman of card company Papyrus.

INTERVIEW BY DINAH ENG

25 TECH
The Future Is Now
New devices that let you unlock the front door with a smartphone.
BY JP MANGALINDAN

26 TECH
Tech Star
Marketing whiz Satjiv Chahil launches his own consulting firm.
BY KEVIN KELLEHER

28 TECH
Connected
How Check Point CEO Gil Shwed keeps online bad guys at bay.
BY ADAM LASHINSKY

29 INVEST
Interview
Invesco’s Tom Bastian explains why buying low-priced stocks is the best way for investors to protect themselves.
INTERVIEW BY AMY FELDMAN

32 INVEST
New Energy
Israel has its first major energy source―and an American company to thank for it.
BY SARAH A. TOPOL

6 Editor’s Desk

72 Bing!

CORRECTIONS: ”(Brew)master of the Universe” (Sept. 2) said Budweiser was unseated as America’s top beer in 2008; it was 2001. When Carlos Brito was made zone president of North America, he moved to Toronto, not New York. Pete Kraemer’s father was a chief brewmaster for 22 years, not 27. The Piedras Negras brewery in Mexico produces 60% of Modelo’s U.S. volume, not total volume. Fortune regrets the errors.

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Twenty-four of this year’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies operate within the oil and gas industry.
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