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Business Leaders of Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, China, and Japanasianbusinessfigures.com serves as a quick reference to business leaders in the following Asian economies: Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, China, and Japan. The rapid pace of the region's economic development is especially exciting due to the social and political ramifications on the modern consumption society. The economies and the business leaders represented were chosen on the basis of several factors, including amount of media attention garnered, recognition for professional achievement, and differentiation in industries.From the financial center of Hong Kong, media and telecom mogul Richard Li represents a new generation of business leaders, brokering many deals before the age of forty. On the island of Taiwan, a center for manufacturing, Terry Gou has been a rising star in the manufacturing industry. Gou's accomplishments include sales growth over sixty-five percent in one month alone. Kuh-Hee Lee represents Samsung, a Korean maker of electronics. asianbusinessfigures.com has amassed a collection of articles documenting the effect Kuh-Hee Lee's leadership has had on the company. William Ding of China has played an important role as the founder of NetEase, an internet provider to a country with a strictly controlled information policy. The final business leader profiled is Hiroshi Mikitani of Japan. Mikitani is a leader in retailing - his online retailer, Ratuken, is important for several reasons. First, it has been likened to both Amazon and Ebay. Second, its development and subsequent growth have had a palpable effect on Japanese consumption patterns. The leaders profiled have many impressive industry accomplishments, for their respective industries. In the competitive world of business, those at the top of their field serve as leaders as well as the standard setters. Understanding who the leaders are and how they have attained successful careers is necessary part of defining one's own professional success. |