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ITALY KOREA LATVIA
“God can’t destroy Forbes Latvia’s Under 30
streetwear.” That’s the list includes Anastasija
motto for Giuliano Calza, Oleinika, 29, CEO of a lend-

who turned the phrase ing marketplace, and
into an acronym for his Artūrs Toms Plešs, 27, a
company’s name, GCDS, member of parliament.
and has persuaded celebs
including Kim Kardashian
to wear his apparel.
JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN 31

Nintendo and energy giant For Forbes Kazakhstan’s
Tokyo Gas are among 30 Under 30 package, ren-
the businesses featured egade street artist Pasha
on Forbes Japan’s Great Cas, 24, painted a new F
Company 2020 list. work titled “Be Brave.” O
R
Forbes Korea asked 52 N
leaders about their “bucket T
MONGOLIA list” goals for life. Among R
their replies: Yang Yoon- U
Since 2006, Punsalmaa Badamdorj has led M-Oil Group, Sun, CEO of Medipost, says N

one of the five largest Mongolian petro businesses. She’s she wants to give away N
now focusing partly on the Punsalmaa Fund, which 20% of her earnings and E
will promote women’s economic empowerment and achieve a “retirement with PORTUGAL R
support women-led small businesses. ‘new challenges.’ ”
“If we try to be everything,
we are nothing,” says Miguel
MALI Patrício, the new Portugal-
born CEO of struggling

Kraft Heinz. “We have to
be specialists.”

MEXICO POLAND
“When I started in the hotel Nothing evokes Polish verve better than a . . . yacht.

industry 25 years ago . . . it Raúl Beyruti’s GIN- At least if you ask Francis Lapp, who projects that his
was considered reserved group is the country’s Sunreef Yachts is on course for $1 billion in revenue.
for Westerners,” recalls largest private
Mossadeck Bally, whose employer, a nearly
Mali-based Azalaï hotel $2 billion-in-sales THAILAND
group now has 10 locations, business that mainly SLOVAKIA
1,100 rooms and nearly manages the payrolls
1,000 employees. of other companies. “I’ll be happy
if I’m able to
[make] people
ROMANIA SPAIN view politics not
as a dirty game
of personal gains
. . . of politicians,”
President Zuzana
Čaputová tells
Forbes Slovakia A father-daughter
in an exclusive duo leads Synnex, one
interview.
of Thailand’s largest
electronics importers.
SOUTH AFRICA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Now, chairman Supant
and CEO Sutida
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“Don’t become too Mongkolsuthree are
obsessed with accolades, Mishal Kanoo is modern- focused on 5G.
recognitions or Michelin izing his family’s 130-year-
Three decades after the stars,” the acclaimed old conglomerate, the

Romanian revolution, restaurateur Joan Roca Kanoo Group, adding
Forbes Romania named the once cautioned chefs. non-family directors and

most influential business- He now finds himself on investing in new areas such

people of the last 30 years, a Forbes Spain list of as fintech.

seating real estate mavens
Victor Căpitanu and Andrei the most successful
people in business.
Diaconescu in front.
RUSSIA
Forbes Russia’s latest Space is scarce in South
Kings of Real Estate Africa’s cities, so people VIETNAM
ranking is led by bil- like Linah Moeketsi are
lionaires God Nisanov getting creative. She has Atop Forbes Vietnam’s list

and Zarakh Iliev, who started an urban farm on of the 100 biggest public
own more than 20 the roof of an eight-floor companies: $15 billion

million square feet. Johannesburg building. (market cap) Vietcombank.
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