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CONTENTS — JUNE 2018 VOLUME 14 NUMBER 5

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“WE ARE NOT 11 | FACT & COMMENT // STEVE FORBES
AFRAID TO TAKE Cry for Argentina: The IMF is coming.
CALCULATED BETS.” THE GLOBAL 2000
—Jessica Tan, tech czar 38 | THE WORLD’S LARGEST PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES
at Ping An Insurance, The Asia-Pacific region leads with 792 names, 40% of the list.
No. 10 on our Global 2000 List.
BY ANDREA MURPHY
40 | TOMORROWLAND
If smart cities are the future, Singapore’s Keppel is contributing plenty of IQ.
BY JANE A. PETERSON
44 | INSURANCE AS ENTRÉE TO TECH
Jessica Tan has overseen Chinese giant Ping An’s sweeping rise in big data.
BY SHU-CHING JEAN CHEN
50 | THE RETOOLING OF STANLEY BLACK & DECKER
Turning a 175-year-old manufacturer into a company as innovative as any in Silicon Valley.
BY AMY FELDMAN
54 | TECH’S ULTIMATE SECOND ACT
Billionaire Fred Luddy has made ServiceNow the most innovative company in the U.S.
BY KATHLEEN CHAYKOWSKI AND MARK COATNEY
COMPANIES, PEOPLE

14 | BYTEDANCE TO THE MUSIC
The super-unicorn’s Douyin video site is cutting in on WeChat’s hold on Chinese youth.
BY YUE WANG
16 | INDIAN BANKER IN SHANGHAI
Heading a Brics lender, K.V. Kamath sees ties growing between its biggest backers.
BY RUSSELL FLANNERY

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