Forbes Asia (July 2021)

80 pages. Features: *Bank builder: With the successful takeover of Indonesia's Bank Permata, the third-generation preident of Bangkok Bank Chartsiri Sophonpanich has set the stage to dramatically expand the bank's regional presence *Betting big: Flush with cash form one of Thailand's biggest IPOs, Asset World Corp. CEO Wallapa Traisorat is building new hotels and refurbishing tourist landmarks in hopes of a post-pandemic boom *Recovery hopes: Amid pandemic challenges, the country's richest added nearly $28 billion to their combined wealth *Speed control: Despite a global chip storage, Chris Lin is finding ways to keep moving forward with growth at his tech firm Aspeed *Paper shredder: Nima Ghamsari has built Blend Labs into a $3 billion business by weaning the biggest U.S. mortgage lenders off their diet of dead trees *The accidental billionaire: Ali Ghodsi was happily researching AI at Berkeley when he helped invent a revolutionary bit of code-and the wanted to give it away for free. But few would take it unless he charged for it. Now his startup is worth $28 billion-and the career academic as one of the best CEOs in the Valley *50 over 50: For these dynamic women, growing older is about getting wiser-and bolder. Meet the inaugural class of entrepreneurs, leaders and creators who are part of an exhilarating movement redefining life's second half and proving that success has no age limit *Screen Queen: Shonda Rhimes spent the first 12 years of her TV career contributing to Disney's empire. Now she's building her own *Covid's entrepreneur explosion: Massive unemployment, the magnifying power of the web and fresh fintech financing are fueling an eruption of start-ups not seen in decades. And America will never go back to business as usual *Rich Karlgaard: The roaring 2020s *Thoughts: On purpose