Forbes Asia (February/March 2023)

80 pages. Features* Digital takeoff: After surviving the pandemic and the big losses it caused, AirAsia cofounder Tony Fernandes is spreading his wings again through a new venture in Cambodia and a travel-focused superapp *Mapping growth: Rohan Murty, son of India tech billionaire N.R. Narayana Murthy and brother-in-law of U.K. prime minister Rishi Sunak, is looking to create his own legacy with enterprise software from Soroco *Fintech's Judgment Day: The funding frenzy frenzy is over. Dozens of once-promising financial startups are now chasing too few customers and starving for cash. For most, it's either merge or perish *Building a legacy: Despite woes in the mainland property market, Hong Kong billionaire Vincent Lo is playing the long game with his Shui On group, making big bets on Shanghai property and preparing his daughter Stephanie as successor *Welcome signs: The combined fortune of the wealthiest is down a notch but the lifting of pandemic curbs kindles hopes of an economic revival *Hot stuff: Forty-five years after arriving in the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam, David Tan has built Sriracha into a billion-dollar business *Watch this space: Online consignment retailer wristcheck aims to reinvent Asia's secondhand luxury watch market by pitching to brand-conscious young buyers seeking to up their status *The A.I. era begins right now: While the world buzzes about ChatGPT's astonishing writing abilities , the next generation of business tools is forming, amid a shift that could prove as transformative as the internet *Virtual beauty: Software entrepreneur Alice Chang has convinced most of the beauty world to offer her virtual try-on technology to shoppers. Now her newly public company is chasing opportunities in jewelry, apparel and even plastic surgery and dentistry *50 over 50 Asia 2023: Introducing 50 women over age 50 from Asia-Pacific who are reaching new heights in their industries and inspiring the region's next generation. Meet the women working across technology, pharmaceuticals, art and politics and beyond who are proving the success comes at any age *Steve Forbes: The scandal of Alzheimer's *On tools