18 November 2019
Episode 267
15 minutes
The 2019 edition of the annual Billionaire Report from UBS and PwC explores how this unique cohort’s businesses have excelled, thanks to long-term vision, smart risk-taking, business focus and determination. That is the “billionaire effect” and it continues to have a huge influence, especially in technology and in China’s fast-developing economy. Plus: how a small but significant number of billionaires are working together to break new ground in philanthropy.
18 November 2019
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