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Appliances For Everyone
Ron Gluckman
No niche seems too small for China’s Haier Group. That’s made it the world’s largest white goods brand.

The Barcelona Boom: The Story Behind The World’s Hottest Soccer Team
Agustino Fontevecchia
FC Barcelona is the hottest soccer club in the world despite Spain’s financial crisis. Plus: soccer’s highest-paid stars.

Sections
Companies, People, Ideas
Global 2000
Heroes Of Philanthropy
Investing
Korea’s 40 Richest

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact & Comment
Current Events
Innovation Rules
Thoughts

Companies, People, Ideas

High Ambitions, Rough Seas
Russell Flannery
Maritime tumult won’t deter billionaire Zhang Zhirong from his aim of building a Chinese ”Hyundai Heavy.”

How to Create the Next Silicon Valley
Frederick E. Allen
Two venture capitalists think they’ve unlocked the formula that can sprout startup hubs in dozens of places around the world.

How Star Wars’ George Lucas Lost Out To A California Subdivision
Victoria Barret
Millionaire Nimbys, 1; Billionaire Filmmaker, 0

Global 2000

The World’s Leading Companies
Edited by Scott DeCarlo
A comprehensive report on the best performing of the world’s biggest companies.

Mexican (Legit) Loan Shark Ricardo Salinas Is Making Billions The Old-Fashioned Way
Erin Carlyle
Ricardo Salinas Pliego makes his billions the old-fashioned way: by charging high interest rates.

Inside Amazon’s Idea Machine: How Bezos Decodes The Customer
George Anders
The no-frills billionaire coddles his 164 million customers.


Apple’s Secret Plan For Its Cash Stash
Connie Guglielmo
Tim Cook’s company is outfitting factories in Asia that will be beholden to one customer: Apple.

Two Years After The Spill, BP Has A Secret: It’s Booming
Christopher Helman
Two years after the Well From Hell, Bob Dudley has steered BP to one of the great corporate survival stories.

Red Banks Rising: Will China Become The World’s Banker?
Nathan Vardi
China’s big four banks now rank among the world’s largest. Is this the world’s next Wall Street?

A Regional Look At The Forbes Global 2000
Scott DeCarlo
The Asia-Pacific region leads the way with 733 companies on our roster.

Heroes Of Philanthropy

Helping Others To Help Themselves
Sonya Angraini
An Indonesian foundation funded by tycoon Hashim Djojohadikusumo focuses on people in the poorest communities.

Investing

Time To Buy Disk Drive Stocks
Eric Savitz
The cheapest stocks in the universe.

Beware: A Chinese Recession Is Coming
A. Gary Shilling
It’s time for new stimulus in Beijing but in Europe austerity will mean depression and chaos.

Google’s Paranoid Governance
Eric Jackson
Innovation will suffer.

Korea’s 40 Richest

Kim Jung-Ju’s Gaming Bonanza
John Koppisch and Andrew Salmon, with Kim Hee-Joung and Forbes Korea
Nexon’s Kim Jung-Ju hits the jackpot on the Tokyo market.

South Korea’s 40 Richest
Edited by John Koppisch and Andrew Salmon
Korea’s Richest are worth $66 billion, with Lee Kun-Hee leading the way at $10.8 billion.

Gambling’s Biggest Prize
Donald Frazier
Who will have the better hand in China, Steve Wynn or Sheldon Adelson?

Taking Education Out of India
Saritha Rai
Manipal Group uses its smarts to become India’s first global education brand.

India’s Funky Boutique Hotels
Naazneen Karmali
Priya Paul’s hotel chain dares to be different.

Sections
Companies, People, Ideas
Technology
Japan’s 40 Richest
Sportsmoney: Major League Baseball
Top-Earning Hedge Fund Managers

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact & Comment
Thoughts

Companies, People, Ideas

Vietnam Loses Its Luster
Ralph Jennings
Soaring labor costs and spreading labor conflicts are turning off foreign investors.

Building Value
Justin Doebele Sonya Agraini
The head of the real estate advisory firm Jones Lang LaSalle sees a bright picture for the global property market.

What Slowdown?
Russell Flannery
Hong Kong’s Fang textile clan moves forward and upmarket in China.


How Shipping King John Fredriksen Found A Port In The Storm
Christopher Helman
Shipping titan John Fredriksen’s $11 billion fortune has soared while the tanker industry has been tanking. His secret offers a lesson for every industry.

Warren Buffett Invested In ISCAR; ISCAR’s Founder Is Investing In Peace
Caleb Melby
Industrial parks are Stef Wertheimer’s weapon of choice in the fight to end conflict in the Middle East.

Boshiwa Shares Suspended
Jane Ho
Children’s apparel maker Boshiwa has its Hong Kong-listed shares suspended.

Silicon Valley’s Hottest VC Is a Rug Dealer
Victoria Barret
How one guy who barely spoke English landed in the Bay area, sold Persian rugs to venture capitalists -- and became one of the most successful angels in tech.

Technology

The Going Rate For An iPhone Hack: $250,000
Andy Greenberg
Hackers now sell their tricks to government spies at six-figure prices.

Japan’s 40 Richest

Asia-Pacific Billionaires: Net-Net Negative
Naazneen Karmali
Asian wealth reflects the region’s mixed fortunes

The List
Forbes Staff
Things got choppy in Asia this year as the number of billionaires fell to 315 from 332.

Sportsmoney: Major League Baseball

Why Matt Kemp Makes A Boatload Of Money From A Bankrupt Baseball Team
Monte Burke
Matt Kemp signed a contract for $160 million--on a baseball team that is bankrupt.

The MLB’s Top Earning Players
By Kurt Badenhausen
What the heavy hitters are making, on and off the field.

Baseball’s Most Valuable Teams
Edited by Kurt Badenhausen, Mike Ozanian And Christina Settimi
The average team is worth 16% more than it was last year.

Top-Earning Hedge Fund Managers

The Rankings
Forbes Staff
The average hedge fund fell by 5% in 2011, but the industry’s top 40 titans pulled in a total $13.2 billion.

Volcker Rule Refugees: Traders Go It Alone
Halah Touryalai
New regulations are driving proprietary traders out of Wall Street banks and into the hedge fund business. Here are ones to watch.

Asia’s Richest Man
By Russell Flannery
Li Ka-shing holds the keys to China, but it’s his tech investments that have turned heads.

How Sara Blakely of Spanx Turned $5,000 into $1 billion
Clare O’Connor
She joins the billionaires’ club as the youngest self-made woman in the world, thanks to $5,000 and one great idea.

Sections
The Billionaires Issue
A Look Back
The Americas
Europe
United States

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact & Comment
Current Events
Thoughts

The Billionaires Issue

Forbes World’s Billionaires 2012
Luisa Kroll
Our 25th anniversary World’s Billionaires List features a record 1,226 billionaires including newcomers from Glencore, Spanx, Valve and Tesla.

The World’s Billionaires
Edited By Luisa Kroll And Kerry A. Dolan
Forbes began the authoritative pursuit of the world’s billionaires 25 years ago. Our first cut yielded 140 names. This year we’ve counted an all-time high: 1,226 billionaires worth a record $4.6 trillion.

A Look Back

Interactive: 25 Years of Ranking Global Wealth
By Forbes staff
Since 1987 we’ve been tracking the world’s wealthiest people. Click an arrow to visit the milestones and stories along the way.

The Americas

The World’s Richest Man On Fixing The Global Economy
Kerry A. Dolan
The planet’s richest person has technically retired to focus on his foundation. But he’s keeping a sharp eye on his gigantic businesses-and on global affairs.

Europe

Nobody’s Bigger Than Bidzina
Julia Ioffe
The richest man in Georgia (he’s worth half the country’s GDP) is out to topple his nation’s leader. It’s either an act of patriotism--or self-preservation.

United States

Billionaire Drop-Offs
Forbes staff
This year 117 members were kicked out of the billionaires club. Another 12 dead.

In Memoriam
Fred Dreier
The world said farewell to 12 billionaires over the last year.

The Sky’s the Limit for Teresita Sy-Coson.
Sunshine Lichauco De Leon
The chair of the Philippines’ largest bank also helps head up her family-owned conglomerate.


Hot Hand In Mobile Advertising
Anuradha Raghunathan
Indian upstart Inmobi dives into one of the Web’s fiercest battlegrounds

Picking Up Where His Father Left Off
Noelle Lim
Westports’ shipping terminal has put the Gnanalingam family at No. 24 on our list, with a net worth of $360 million.

Sections
Companies, People, Ideas
Entrepreneurs
Malaysia’s 40 Richest
Asia’s Power Businesswomen
Forbes Asia Life

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact & Comment
Thoughts

Companies, People, Ideas

Wee Warrior VS. DreamWorks
Jonathan Landreth
A Chinese animator thinks he can land a few blows on the Hollywood heavies.

The Mystery Monk Making Billions With 5-Hour Energy
Clare O’Connor
Ever heard of Manoj Bhargava? Probably not. He’s a former monk who struck it rich with that ubiquitous red bottle: 5-Hour Energy. Read his improbable story.

Net Profits
Kurt Badenhausen
Can Jeremy Lin Join the NBA’s Top Earners?

Facebook’s Top Cop: Joe Sullivan
Kashmir Hill
Joe Sullivan hunts down the bad guys drawn to the world’s largest social network. How far will be go to keep the site safe--and still protect your privacy.

After Years Of Hard Knocks, AMD Honing Its Killer Instinct
Brian Caulfield
Clown, copycat, casualty. AMD has been many things. Rory Read wants to turn the processor designer into the one thing it’s never been: a killer.

The IRS Invents A Chinese Billionaire
Janet Novack
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service invents a Chinese billionaire.

Entrepreneurs

The Teen, The Billionaire And The Revolutionary Search Tool
Parmy Olson
Li Ka-shing is betting 16-year-old Nick D’Aloisio can build a better Google.

Capture The Frags
David M. Ewalt
Videogame giant Electronic Arts is set to do battle with upstart Valve. Game over?

Malaysia’s 40 Richest

Malaysia’s 40 Richest
Forbes Staff
They’re worth $64.4 billion, up $2.3 billion from 2011.

Oil-and-Gas Profit Gusher
Ioannis Gatsiounis
The Shamsuddin brothers made a risky move that paid off, putting them at No. 13 on our list.

Asia’s Power Businesswomen

Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen
Mary E. Scott
The inaugural Forbes Asia Power Businesswomen list focuses on 50 noteworthy pathbreakers.

A Chat with Thailand’s Yuwadee Chirathivat
Ron Gluckman
The head Central Department Store discusses the role of women in business.

15 To Watch
Moira Forbes
They didn’t make the list this year, but they came close.

Forbes Asia Life

The Hotel Police
Ann Abel
Going undercover with the arbiter of greatness in hospitality.

Country Boy Makes It Big In Coal
Tim Treadgold
Nathan Tinkler started buying and selling virgin coalfields in 2006. He may soon be Australia’s youngest billionaire.


Freeport-McMoRan in Papua
Simon Montlake
Foreign investment in Indonesia is outpacing the region’s, and the nation?s debt is now blue chip. But not all is well.

Turning Over A New Leaf
Joyce Huang
Tea magnate Lee Rie-Ho of Taiwan has had to create a fortune twice, the second time from his ancestral Fujian.

Sections
Companies, People, Ideas
Australia’s 40 Richest
Forbes Asia Life

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact & Comment
Innovation Rules
Thoughts

Companies, People, Ideas

Ma Ying-jeou’s Momentum
Russell Flannery
The reelection of Taiwan’s president opens doors to more business with the mainland.

Kim Dotcom’s Megaloot
Kashmir Hill
Megaupload’s millionaire CEO Kim Dotcom has his website shuttered and his toys taken away while awaiting trial over conspiracy and copyright infringement charges.

In Defense of Jerry Yang
Eric Jackson
People love to hate on Yahoo! and Jerry Yang, but they’re conveniently forgetting some important facts as they dance on his grave.


SAP Gets A Pit Bull
Victoria Barret
Dull no more, the German giant is suddenly outgrowing Oracle. Watch out, Larry. Here comes Lars.

Weibo Wizard
Shu-Ching Jean Chen
Kai-fu Lee is China’s number one business-microblogger.

Tough Cookie
Naazneen Karmali
Britannia’s Vinita Bali tastes success as head of the Indian biscuitmaker.


Not Just the Obvious
Russell Flannery
Women are gaining in business, says Marjorie Yang, but there are deeper social barriers.

More Juice Left In Treasurys
A. Gary Shilling
MF Global may be just the first to fall.

Crestron Electronics: A Made-In-America Success Story
David M. Ewalt
Four decades after opening for business above a New Jersey deli, George Feldstein does what most American manufacturers can’t: create jobs.

Why Ford Needs To Worry
Joann Muller
Chief Alan Mulally’s team is rightfully proud they avoided bankruptcy. But they’re not safe yet. Not by a long shot.

4,114 Stoplights in Los Angeles and the Intricate Network that Keeps Traffic Moving
Jon Bruner
Los Angeles built the largest connected traffic network of its kind. Driving its streets has never been better. Honest.

The Show Must Go On
By Tom Van Riper
Peter Guber and Joe Lacob beat out Larry Ellison to nab the always wounded Golden State Warriors for a record $450 million. Don’t laugh. They just got the best deal in basketball.

Playing His Cards Right
Alvi Tirtadji
A master of poker and finance, Roy Thung excels at buying companies with little money down.

Australia’s 40 Richest

Australia’s 40 Richest
James Thomson
Gina Rinehart doubled her mining fortune and could soon be the world’s richest woman.

Forbes Asia Life

Peter Diamandis: Rocket Man
Brian Caulfield
Peter Diamandis’ $10 million X Prize bounty sparked a boom in commercial tourism. You won’t believe what he wants to do next.

Billion Bucks
Russell Flannery
The Kwoks built their cosmetics chain, Sa Sa, into a Hong Kong powerhouse. Selling to women in China is proving a harder challenge.


Korea’s Rebel With a Steam Mop
Andrew Salmon
Romi Haan leverages ”the courage of ignorance” to build her own brand of housecleaning.

Spotify’s Daniel Ek: The Most Important Man In Music
Steven Bertoni
Spotify’s Daniel Ek created a free, Facebook-enabled platform that could save the recording industry from piracy--and iTunes.

Sections
Companies, People, Ideas
Hong Kong’s 40 Richest
Forbes Asia Life

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact & Comment
Innovation Rules
Thoughts

Companies, People, Ideas

India Pulls the Rug Out From Under Foreign Retailers
Naazneen Karmali
A growth story frays as the Congress coalition doesn’t tend to business. Clearance time?

The Most Valuable Celebrity Charity Relationships
Zack O’Malley Greenburg
Here’s the list of stars who give the most.

Taiwan’s Edison Opto Takes the Lead in LEDs
Joyce Huang
Jason Wu’s outfit seeks the top end in lighting.

Falling Prices, Rising Use
Joyce Huang
LEDinside averages selling prices have plunged.

The Billionaire Business Owner’s Playbook
Brett Nelson
A U.S. pet food titan serves up inspiration and advice for the entrepreneur.

Billionaire University
Forbes Staff
Some of The Forbes 400 have Ph.D.s; far more never finished college.


USHI Links In Mainland China
Hannah Seligson
A chance meeting with the founder of LinkedIn inspired Dominic Penaloza.

Give ’Em The Finger
Ken Fisher
Buy good stocks that have been impaled by the euro-zone-fueled hysteria of 2011.

Can Venture Capital Save The World?
Helen Coster
Jacqueline Novogratz and her Acumen Fund attack the hunan race’s oldest problems with a groundbreaking model: fund noble startups and let altruistic capital do the rest.


Small Speakers, Big Potential
Jennifer Schultz Wells
Singapore entrepreneur Ryan Lee had an idea: small, portable speakers.

Conflagration
Anuradha Raghunathan
Founding Emami families swept up in hospital horror.

Malaysia’s CIMB Fights Market Protectionism
Simon Montlake
Banker Nazir Razak wants Malaysia’s CIMB to lead Southeast Asian economic integration, but market protectionism dies hard.

Hong Kong’s 40 Richest

Words of Wisdom
Russell Flannery
Tips from Lee Shau Kee.

Forbes Asia Life

The Dream Island
Finn-Olaf Jones
In Fiji, an ultimate tropical fantasy.

Forbes Asia’s Businessman of The Year
Brian Mertens
Dhanin Chearavanont turned Thailand’s CP Group into a global food powerhouse that’s raising rural incomes. Now he’s building China’s biggest megafarms.

Two Brothers Conquer Mongolia’s Free-Market Wild West
David A. Andelman
Two Mongolian brothers have come a long way from selling pelts.

The World’s Greatest Dumplings
Ralph Jennings
The Yang family was running a simple restaurant in Taipei. Then lightning struck in 1993, and today there’s an empire spanning ten countries.

Sections
Companies, People, Ideas
Indonesia’s 40 Richest
Technology
Issues & Ideas

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact & Comment
Innovation Rules
Current Events
Thoughts

Companies, People, Ideas

Liu Chuanzhi Has Legend Holdings In His Sights
Russell Flannery
After passing the baton at computer maker Lenovo a second time, China IT icon Liu Chuanzhi wants an IPO for the mother company in 2014.

Walled Off
Andy Greenberg
Strange data emanating from China may be a new tool for net censorship.

China Discovers the Maldives
Ron Gluckman
Talking tourism with the island president.

MGM Resorts Comes Back From Near-Death Experience
Daniel Fisher
Jim Murren’s $8.5 billion CityCenter development nearly bankrupted MGM Resorts, but he’s well on his way to rebuilding the casino operator’s finances.

Africa’s Richest
Kerry A. Dolan
Financiers, retailers and industrialists dominate our debut list.

Ploughshares To Profits
Anuradha Raghunathan
Mallika Srinivasan, India’s tractor queen, looks overseas to drive earnings at TAFE.

Kitchen Cleanup
Anuradha Raghunathan
T.T. Jagannathan entered a pressure cooker at TTK Group but today can savor the results.

Apparel Maker Boshiwa Clothes China’s Kids
Jane Ho
Boshiwa’s foothold in Chinese children’s fare is the nation’s manufacturing story writ small.

Brandix Adapts to Sri Lanka’s Post-Civil War World
Simon Montlake
Ashroff Omar’s Sri Lankan clan has Brandix, the island’s leader in apparel but one that must weigh a wider world.

Overseas Assignment
Andrew Salmon
Korea’s housing market is slumping, so what’s a builder to do? Go global. That’s the mission of Halla CEO Chung Moo-Hyun.

With Vaccines, Bill Gates Changes The World Again
Matthew Herper
Bill Gates is changing the world again through another cheap technology--vaccines. Having prevented millions of deaths, he’s determined to turn Malthus on his head by solving the global population problem.

Indonesia’s 40 Richest

Lasting Value
Pudji Lestari
The Hamami family seeks to construct a business group for generations to come--and get its key-market leadership back.

Indonesia’s Newest Billionaire
Pudji Lestari
An early partnership with one of Indonesia’s best-known businessmen helped jump-start Djoko’s own path to riches.

Technology

Last Call: Can Nokia Compete With Apple And Android?
Elizabeth Woyke
Stephen Elop is trying to save Nokia with new software from Microsoft, his alma mater. Can he compete with Apple and Android?


Issues & Ideas

Why Russia Is The World’s Deadliest Place To Fly
Julia Ioffe
Russia is the most dangerous place to fly in the world. And the problem is less with its Soviet-era planes than its Soviet-era trade policy.

Indian Billionaire George Muthoot’s Pot of Gold
Saritha Rai
M.G. George Muthoot is a billionaire from lending against the yellow metal to Indians, the world’s biggest hoarders.

Tan Hiep Phat Quenches Vietnam’s Thirst
Lan Anh Nguyen
Vietnam’s ”Dr. Thanh” is just a family business ... and a beverage juggernaut.

HTC’s Billionaire Chair Cher Wang Leads The Battle Vs. Apple
Eric Savitz
Cher Wang, the most powerful woman in wireless, leads HTC in an ongoing battle with Apple.

Sections
Companies, People, Ideas
India’s 100 Richest
Best Under A Billion
Forbes Asia Life

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact & Comment
Innovation Rules
Thoughts

Companies, People, Ideas

The Breakup Of Korea’s Once Powerful Kumho Group
Donald Kirk
A disastrous deal forced the breakup of Korea’s once powerful Kumho group and has two sons of the founder at war over the remnants.

As the Markets Move
Russell Flannery and Tim Ferguson
Asian Stocks, global macroeconomic shifts, Michael van Biema and Michael Hintze.

Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech’s Hottest Startup
Victoria Barret
Drew Houston turned down Steve Jobs to build the next big thing.

Follow The Leader
Scott Decarlo
Good luck, Tim Cook. Successors to iconic company founders generally don’t fare all that well.

China’s VanceInfo Technologies Tries To Outdo Indian Outsourcers.
Ron Gluckman
Two tech guys named Chen are trying to answer the question: Can China do IT outsourcing like India?

Deflation Has Arrived
A. Gary Shilling
The risk is a self-feeding downward spiral.

The Big Picture
Shu-Ching Jean Chen
TCL’s chairman explains his Chinese brand’s bold gambles for world market share in TVs and handsets.

Undercover Billionaire Visits Occupy Wall Street
Luisa Kroll
Jeff Greene, a member of the .0004% club, infiltrates the so-called 99% at Occupy Wall Street.

Thailand’s Big Kahuna Of Tuna
Susan J. Cunningham
Thailand has long boasted a seafood superpower. Now second-generation leader Thiraphong Chansiri has made Thai Union Frozen truly global.

Wall Street’s New Nightmare: The Next Wave Of Mortgage-Backed Securities Claims
Nathan Vardi

India’s 100 Richest

Taking Some Hits
Naazneen Karmali
Total worth falls 20% in economic hitch.

India’s Murugappa Group: Prescription For Growth
Anuradha Raghunathan
Murugappa Group’s A. Vellayan is taking his century-old family conglomerate places.

Romancing Big Pharma
Naazneen Karmali
Companies have to leverage each other’s strengths. It’s the name of the game today.

Best Under A Billion

Focus, Focus, Focus
Ralph Jennings
A Taiwanese late bloomer lets your iPhone take great shots but balks at having a lens turned on itself.

Forbes Asia Life

The Bund Is Back
Finn-Olaf Jones
Shanghai’s waterfront is now a nexus of chic and the most glamorous address in Asia.

Burma’s Showy Crony
Simon Montlake
Tay Za is the outside face of capitalism in a strange land. But who and what does he represent?

Farming Without Ill Effects
Anuradha Raghunathan
Dhirendra Kumar started out in big agribusiness. He struggled to find alternatives.

SEAN PARKER: AGENT OF DISRUPTION
Steven Bertoni
He rocked the music industry with Napster. He helped build Facebook. At 31 and worth $2.1 billion, he’s just getting started.

Sections
Companies, People, Ideas
Heroes of Philanthropy
The Forbes 400
Forbes Asia Life

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact & Comment
Innovation Rules
Thoughts

Companies, People, Ideas

THE REAL THING?
Gady Epstein
A Yank on capitalism’s frontiers has a mission--bring Coke and a smile to forbidding North Korea.

Gap Attack
Hannah Elliot
Japanese retailer Uniqlo is--once again--aiming at U.S. clothing stores.

When Really Rich People Do Really Stupid Things
Steven Bertoni
Want to feel superior? Read this story. These mishaps were compiled by Chartis insurance company, which swears they are true.

Midwifing China Inc.
Helene Franchineau
From boardroom to regulatory seat, Laura Cha has opened up the world’s last great equity market.

Heroes of Philanthropy

Bollywood Bounty
Saritha Rai
Indian movie star Vivek Oberoi is a big hit with charitable causes, from a school for girls near New Delhi to cancer patients in Mumbai.

The Forbes 400

The Richest People in America
Forbes Staff
They’re up. The economy’s down. Our 30th rich list proves the value of being your own boss.

How I Became An Entrepreneur
Jessica Chen
An Entrepreneur My fortune has its roots in the belief that a good idea can’t be stopped--and in the single dollar that got me started.

Fresh Faces
Forbes Staff
There were 18 newcomers this year.

Sorry, Not This Year
Forbes Staff
Twenty-one fell off and three died since 2010.

THE LAST ROUNDUP
Keren Blankfeld
He long ago left CNN. But Ted Turner is still stirring up the world--by threatening to save it.

Counting To 400
Forbes Staff
Decoding the facts and figures of the nation’s richest.

Forbes Asia Life

Business of Education
Forbes Staff
A few thoughts on the business of education.

Sany Sensations
Russell Flannery
Chairman Liang Wengen scales the top while his CEO, Xiang Wenbo, helps take the flagship company higher and higher.

Time to Shine
Shishir Prasad, Mitu Jayashankar, and N.S. Ramnath
With its big rivals in transition, Tata Consultancy Services now sits atop India’s storied infotech industry.

Environmental Balance
Elizabeth Woyke
Asus Chairman Jonney Shih wants to revamp the way Taiwan farms and fishes--from a Buddhist point of view.

Sections
Companies, People, Ideas
The Fab 50
China’s 100 Richest
Top 50 U.S. Colleges
Forbes Asia Life

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact & Comment
Innovation Rules
Thoughts

Companies, People, Ideas

Burma Opens for Business
Simon Montlake
Or so goes the talk of the towns under a modified regime.

The Fab 50

Fab 50 Introduction
Scott Decarlo and John Koppisch
Asia increasingly the story of China, and this year’s list of the 50 best publicly traded companies in the Asia-Pacific.

Boyish Ambition
Justin Doebele
Adaro Energy has already made Garibaldi Thohir and three other investors billionaires. But his plans for the Indonesian coal miner are just taking shape.

Missing the Cut
Donald Frazier
A look at some of the Fab 50 stars of past years shows how the mighty have fallen.

A Product Of Evolution
Tim Treagold
All companies are continually changing, but Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers has made change a core principle.

China’s 100 Richest

China’s 100 Richest
Russell Flannery
Liang Wengen takes the No. 1 spot with a worth of $9.3 billion.

It’s All About People
Alicia Wittmeyer
Ranked No. 16, she and husband Pan Shiyi founded Soho China, one of the nation’s biggest real estate companies

Netster Debuts
Russell Flannery and Chloe Chen
The founder of 360buy is turning it into one of the world’s top e-commerce sites.

Remember Your Classmates
Raymond Liu
An angel investor, No. 38 on our list, talks about the importance of loyalty and networking.

On Buddhism and Building
Tang Weiwei
No. 99 on our list, the CEO of Fuyao Glass Industry, one of Asia’s largest producers of automobile glass.

Top 50 U.S. Colleges

All-Star Entrepreneurs
Susan Adams
Stanford’s Ernestine Fu, the youngest venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, heads up our group of student business-builders.

Best International Business Schools
Kurt Badenhausen
Asian institutions do well in our rankings.

Thoughts
Forbes Staff
A few thoughts on the business of wine

Asia’s 200 Best Under A Billion
Forbes staff
Our list of 200 high-performing Asia-Pacific companies with revenue under $1 billion.

After the Flood
Helen Coster
A staff-led tractormaker is benefiting from Pakistan’s agricultural rebound. A longtime Western partnership keeps that success local. Can it break out on its own?

Beauty Is Power
Jonathan Landreth
Will Yue-Kan’s work as coach to China pay off with a victory at the upcoming Miss Universe pageant?

It Takes Courage: Christine Lagarde
Maha Atal

Sections
Companies, People, Ideas
Thailand’s 40 Richest
Best Under A Billion
Forbes Asia Life

Front & Back
Sidelines
Readers Say
Fact and Comment
Current Events
Innovation Rules
Thoughts

Companies, People, Ideas

Reach of the Sinosphere
Joel Kotkin and Sim Hee Juat
China-directed investment is spreading across the globe, sometimes to surprising pockets.

Drilling Into Eden
Christopher Helman
One of the Earth’s most ecologically delicate habitats is also home to a $50 billion natural gas project. Welcome to Barrow Island.

Speaking His Piece
Shu-Ching-Jean Chen
Zhou Hongyi is at war with China’s Internet kingpins. And no wonder, his software company Qihoo is a big threat. Here he talks about Tencent’s Pony Ma, web security and more.

Outward Bound
Brian Mertens
Until the past few years Thailand’s tycoons seldom put much money into operations and acquisitions abroad.

One Big Idea
Frederick Allen
A look back at Steve Jobs’ accomplishments

Lessons In Brand Building
As told to Joyce Huang
Taiwan billionaire Steven Pan on hosting mainlanders.

Thailand’s 40 Richest

The Reluctant Builder
Simon Montlake
Premchai Karnasuta has a hankering for mines but can’t pass up a long-sought development in Burma.

Best Under A Billion

200 Best Under A Billion
Christina Settimi

Traveling on a Budget
Lucinda Schmidt
Australians click on Wotif.com when booking a holiday. A key to the company’s success: Founder Graeme Wood knew when to pass the baton to Robbie Cooke.

The Shoe Fits
Robert Olsen
From the earliest factories of Fujian comes the Ding clan’s sportswear sensation.

Forbes Asia Life

Beauty Is Power
Jonathan Landreth
Will Yue-sai Kan’s work as coach to China pay off with a victory at the upcoming Miss Universe pageant?

Singapore’s 40 Wealthiest
Suzanne Nam
They’re worth $54.4 billion, up from last year’s $45.7 billion.

Ready To Roll
Neerja Pawha Jetley
’’Popiah King’’ Sam Goi built a hot business in mass-produced Asian frozen foods.

Banyan Tree Branches Out
Phyllis Fang Savage
Luxury hotelier Ho Kwon Ping is planting new roots in China.

Cambodia’s ’Aw, Shucks’ Banker
Simon Montlake
In Channy’s not-always-humble ACLEDA dominates the countryside.

Weaving Connections
Donald Frazier
Singapore gallery owner Percy Vatsaloo opens a window on the world for a remote Thai village.

The World’s Most Innovative Companies
Edited by Bruce Upbin
Innovation is the lifeblood of our global economy and a strategic priority for all companies and CEOs everywhere.

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Power Plays
Saritha Rai
Despite a short circuit in the share price of his Lanco Infratech, India’s energy needs keep L. Madhusudhan Rao optimistic.

Inside Rupert Murdoch’s Wavering Empire
Keren Blankfeld
The chief executive of News Corp. built a media powerhouse. But the phone-hacking scandal will require some difficult decisions.

Bargains In The PIIGS Pen?
Zack O’Malley Greenburg
Europe’s biggest banks don’t hold as much troubled sovereign debt as you think.


Bungle In The Jungle
Ron Gluckman
The idea was a Chinese economic colony in the Lao wilderness, and that was okay with Laos. Then the gamblers, hookers and gangsters took over, and that was not okay with China.

Into The Fray
Helen Coster
Monis Rahman is building the largest jobs website in volatile Pakistan. Is he prescient--or nuts?

Tale Of Two Families
Anuradha Raghunathan
They show no rubs in running Emami but leave it to Bollywood stars and cricketers to be their cream-brand ambassadors.

Jet Green
Todd Woody
We tagged along on the first transatlantic flight powered by biofuel. The seats were leather. The chardonnay was chilled. And our Gulfstream cut its carbon emissions by 5.5 metric tons.

Forbes Asia Life

Shine On
Noelle Lim
Royal Selangor, the largest pewterer in the world, is breaking its century-old mold.

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◆Jackie Chan: Philanthropy''s Hardest Working Man
Ron Gluckman
Hong Kong star Jackie Chan races around Asia to brighten a sick child''s day or help disaster victims.

48 Heroes Of Philanthropy
Forbes Asia Staff
From helping earthquake victims to sending poor kids to college, they''re boosting the region in many ways.

Indian Billionaire Shiv Nadar''s Education Plan
Anuradha Raghunathan
Billionaire Shiv Nadar takes the brightest children from the poorest villages of rural India and sends them to boarding school.

Billion-Dollar Givers
Forbes Staff
These 20 tycoons have each donated at least $1 billion.

Enrique Razon''s Shipping Play
Lan Anh Nguyen
Ricky Razon is making a second, and more promising, stab at capturing the shipping trade of the developing world.

Edgar Sia''s Fast-Food Cashout
Phyllis Fang Savage
Edgar Sia''s cash-out of his fast-food chain, Mang Inasal, makes him this year''s youngest lister.

The Philippines'' 40 Richest
Suzanne Name
They are worth a collective $34 billion, up from last year''s $22.8 billion.

IBM At 100
Rich Karlgaard
America''s iconic big tech hits the century mark and $100 billion in sales. Chief Executive Sam Palmisano looks back--and ahead.

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Bold Bet On Wheat
Tim Treadgold
With prices for the grain at a premium, Western Australia''s John Nicoletti can score big margins on marginal acreage.

Cosmic Landlord
David M. Ewalt
Real estate developer Robert Bigelow believes mankind''s future is in outer space, and he''s betting big on getting there.

Visitors Welcome
Jane Ho
Yuyuan''s mall in Shanghai winningly acquaints tourists and the Chinese staff with one another.

Volkswagen Bugged
Scott DeCarlo
Biggest market-cap loser? Surprise!

Fighting A Russian Billionaire For The Faberge Brand
Nathan Vardi
Viktor Vekselberg and Brian Gilbertson were close business partners--until their relationship cracked over imperial eggs.

To The Max
Amy Yee
Afghans are making the long trek to India for medical treatment, providing healthy results for both patients and providers.

Guy Laliberte: On Being the First Clown in Space
As told to Steven Bertoni
That moment they light the fuse under your butt it''s a sense of total freedom, because I knew then nobody could get me out.

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Beating A New Path For Commuters
Helen Coster
Alison Cohen wants to change the way we travel by renting thousands of bikes--where and when we need them.

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Wealth Creation
Kerry A. Dolan
Scornful of foreign aid, Leila Chirayath Janah helps poor people overseas land work for U.S. tech companies.

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Investing On the Frontier
Keren Blankfeld
Geritz and Edgley are the Lewis and Clark of global investing, uncovering stocks in parts of the world Wall Street ignores.

Tech On The Cheap
Kerry A. Dolan
Do you like tech stocks but hate how they''re priced? Consider chip stocks.

Intrinsic Value | Finding Value In Commodities
John Buckingham
Buying commodity-related dividend-paying stocks.

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◆Forbes Asia Life

The Future Of Wine
Mike Veseth
China''s vineyards will compete with the Old World and the New--eventually.

Noodles And Teas
Russell Flannery
Billionaire Chairman Wei Ing-Chou of Tingyi got into the mainland early with his food business. Now he''s gaining with traditional drinks.

Taiwan''s 40 Richest
Russell Flannery
They are worth $92.7 billion. Cher Wang and hubby Wenchi Chen lead the way at $8.8 billion.

Making Flying Fun
Sunshine Lichauco De Leon
Cebu Pacific''s customers like the friendly atmosphere and the low fares. Lance Gokongwei likes the profits that roll in for his family''s Philippine conglomerate.

Teeing Off For Taiwan
Ralph Jennings
Yani Tseng has it all for a golfer--a great swing, nerves of steel, major championships. Now if she could just get more sponsors.

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Mining''s Moment
Nathan Vardi
The massive Glencore IPO represents a sectoral power shift.

The View From The Bridge
Justin Doebele
Nils Andersen, head of the world''s largest shipping firm, Maersk, sees potential in Indonesia and regionally.

Jon Huntsman On Giving Away $1.2 Billion
David Whelan
A 1992 cancer diagnosis turned the chemicals mogul into one of the world''s most generous philanthropists.

Sweet Spot Found
Naazneen Karmali
Mother and son Murkumbi built a real business in Indian sugar--but ran up debt to expand to Brazil.

Practicing What He Preaches
Shu-Ching Jean Chen
Shih Wing-Ching made a fortune with Hong Kong property broker Centaline. Now the Marxism of his youth guides his philanthropy in China.

Peabody Energy Is Betting The Whole Show On China
Christopher Helman
Peabody Energy is betting the whole show on coal--and on China, too.

The Man Infosys Is Banking On
Naazneen Karmali
A chat with K.V. Kamath.

Skype Me
Eric Savitz
Think Microsoft''s biggest deal ever is a mistake? Think again.

Technology

Air Freshener
Todd Woody
Engineers at Alcoa have invented a way to make a building clean up after itself.

The Celebrity 100

The World''s Most Powerful Celebrities
Edited by Dorothy Pomerantz and Dan Bigman
Lady Gaga''s $90 million in earnings and mastery of social media pushed her past perennial winner Oprah Winfrey. Not that Oprah''s doing badly.

Jon Bon Jovi: Still Rockin, and Making A Killing
Zack O''Malley Greenburg
Over the past 12 months Bon Jovi earned more than Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry--combined. How did that happen?

LeBron James: Shown The Money
Kurt Badenhausen
Traitor? It hasn''t hurt LeBron James'' fortune.

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Mahindra''s Secret Global SUV
Naazneen Karmali
Anand Mahindra is gaining speed with his Indian clan''s vehicle maker, but the road is uphill from here.

South Korea''s 40 Richest
Yongseok Son and John Koppisch
With a net worth of $9.3 billion, Lee Kun-Hee tops our list of the 40 richest South Koreans.

Family Drama
Donald Kirk
Hyundai''s Chung Mong-Koo wanted to recapture the empire''s "mother company." He outmaneuvered his brother''s widow to get it.

Locking In The Profits
Andrew Salmon
Kim Joon-Il thought he could make plastic containers better. His company now leads the market in Korea and China.

Back To His Roots
Susan J. Cunningham
Washington SyCip attended Philippine public schools when they were among the best in Asia. Now nearly 90, he''s working to make them good again.

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The Cloner
Gady Epstein
Wang Xing, founder of a "Chinese Groupon," proves the adage: If at first you don''t succeed, clone, clone again.

Slide Show: The World''s Highest-Paid Soccer Players
Kurt Badenhausen
He may not be much of a force on the field anymore, but David Beckham is still a marketing powerhouse.

Carson Yeung''s Murk
Michael K. Ozanian with Robert Olsen
Birmingham City finances are not as clear-cut as the club''s gains on the pitch.

Deeper Into The Woods
Anuradha Raghunathan
The Mittals of Kolkata want to frame the buildout of India and beyond.

The Global 2000

The World''s Biggest Companies
Edited by Scott DeCarlo
Our annual compendium of the largest public companies on the planet.

The Ultimate Driverless Machine
Joann Muller
BMW bets on startups that help navigate urban life, car or not.

Urban Outfitter
Daniel Fisher with Naazneen Karmali and Gady Epstein
Siemens Chief Peter Loscher is betting on explosive growth among the world''s megacities. Even shantytowns need electricity and clean water.

All You Can Eat
Keren Blankfeld
The Batista family built the world''s biggest purveyor of meat. Now it may be time to exhibit some portion control.

New Lands Of Opportunity
Edward Glaeser
If you are alive today, there is a one-in-eight chance that you are living in a slum in the developing world, desperately--often successfully--trying to improve your lot.

Intel Is Alive And Well: An Interview With CEO Paul Otellini
Eric Savitz
Heading into last night?s Q1 earnings report, the Street had turned cautious on Intel. After

100 Most Powerful Venture Capitalists

2011''s Top Tech Investors
Edited by Nicole Perlroth
These 100 investors buck those trends, create wealth and fund the new ideas that keep our economy vibrant.

Talking Shop
Nicole Perlroth
Eight VCs open up about their business.

Intel Is Alive And Well: An Interview With CEO Paul Otellini
Eric Savitz
Heading into last night?s Q1 earnings report, the Street had turned cautious on Intel. After