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ANGOLA ARGENTINA BOLIVIA
Diego Fenoglio’s fam-
ily is chocolate royalty in
Argentina, where they’ve
been in the industry since
the 1940s. His Rapanui ice
cream and chocolate have
grown to a nearly $800 mil-
lion business—and he’s the
rare Argentine with a sweet
W O R L D “When there is a crisis, the
36 outlook on the country:
Argentine eats ice cream.
When he is happy, he eats
chocolate.”
R OF
E
N Life in Bolivia this autumn
N Maria Borges made a “was completely halted
U F O R B E S name for herself as a for three weeks by mostly
R supermodel—appearing peaceful civic protests”
T five times in the Victoria’s over elections, says Forbes
N Secret Fashion Show—and Bolivia publisher Fred
O now wants to become Breede. “Friends and fami-
R Across the planet, these 34 licensed a real estate investor, lies gathered in every cor-
F ner. No business opened—
editions span five continents, 27 starting in the capital
only banks, grocery stores
languages and 24 time zones. city of Luanda. and gas stations during the
They all share the same mission: morning.”
celebrating entrepreneurial capitalism CHINA
in all its guises.

CYPRUS

CZECH REPUBLIC DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

BRAZIL

The new Impact Entre-
preneurs Fund—launched All success takes place
during the recent Slum in the “past tense,” says
Summit on combating Zhang Ruimin, the ap-
poverty—will support pliance king of China.
economic development Thus, Haier Group, the
in Brazil’s impoverished manufacturing company
Former NHL player favelas. he runs, is focused solely
Jaromir Jagr, 47, is still Medical tourism abounds on the future—and the key
lacing ’em up, playing for in the region, but experts to that, he says, is unleash-
the Klando Knights in the warn that the industry will FRANCE ing the power of individual
Czech Republic, which likely face a tough dose of employees.
recently rejoined the consolidation and a push
league’s top tier. toward better procedures.
GEORGIA After conquering Cyprus’
local insurance market,
GREECE DUBAI Christos Christodoulou,
CEO of Trust Insurance,
intends to look beyond
the island.

GERMANY

“We are promoting
women as subjects, not When the Soviet Union
A Forbes Middle East objects,” vows Laurent collapsed, Tamaz Daush-
Since 2016, Vodafone package on the top real Milchior, cochairman vili cornered the market
Greece has invested nearly estate companies is led by of lingerie maker for a basic home good:
$550 million to upgrade Wasl Asset Management, Etam Group. window blinds.
the country’s which controls 40,000
telecom infrastructure. residences in Dubai.

INDONESIA

The country’s startup
HUNGARY scene is thriving—with five
unicorns already and sev- At 15, Tarek Mueller started
Few people under 35 drink the eral more promising young his first business, an online
herbal digestif Unicum anymore, leaving companies, such as John shop that sold poker
centuries-old beverage maker Zwack Marco Rasjid’s Sociolla. accessories. Today his
searching for a new product. e-commerce startup,
About You, is Hamburg’s
first unicorn.

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