Sooner or later, any CEO is bound to face a crisis, but when you own and operate 47 restaurant franchises as I do, which have included 33 Smoothie Kings, 21 Dunkin’s, 2 Chicken Salad Chick’s and 1 Arby’s, breakdowns and natural disasters come with the territory.  In my book, I...

While working as a student intern for Pollution Probe many years ago, we tried to make the public aware of the dangers of non-returnable cans and bottles. This was a precursor to the whole idea of the 3Rs: Reuse, Reduce and Recycle. Unfortunately, at the time, nobody was remotely interested....

As of November 15, 2023, Tadashi Yanai was the wealthiest person in Japan, with an estimated net worth of 36.6 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Masayoshi son (No. 2, $21.9 billion), Takemitsu Takizaki (No. 3, $19.1 billion); and Takahisa Takahara (No. 4, $6.1 billion). Yasumitsu Shigeta is the fifth-richest person in...

As of November 15, 2023, Giovanni Ferrero was the wealthiest person in Italy, with an estimated net worth of 38.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Giorgio Armani (No. 2, $11.6 billion), Piero Ferrari (No. 3, $7.3 billion); and Sergio Stevanato (No. 4, $7.1 billion). Massimiliana Landini Aleotti is the fifth-richest person in Italy,...

As of November 15, 2023, Eyal Ofer was the wealthiest person in Israel, with an estimated net worth of 19.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Idan Ofer (No. 2, $13.7 billion), Igor Bukhman (No. 3, $6.9 billion); and Dmitri Bukhman (No. 4, $6.9 billion). Yuri Milner is the fifth-richest person in Israel, with...

As of November 15, 2023, Shapoor Mistry was the wealthiest person in Ireland, with an estimated net worth of 7.6 billion U.S. dollars, followed by John Grayken (No. 2, $6.3 billion), Patrick Collison (No. 3, $5.5 billion); and John Collison (No. 4, $5.5 billion). Denis O’Brien is the fifth-richest person in...

As of November 15, 2023, Prajogo Pangestu was the wealthiest person in Indonesia, with an estimated net worth of 40.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Low Tuck Kwong (No. 2, $26.7 billion), R. Budi Hartono (No. 3, $24.8 billion); and Michael Hartono (No. 4, $23.7 billion). Sri Prakash Lohia is the fifth-richest person in...

As of November 15, 2023, Mukesh Ambani was the wealthiest person in India, with an estimated net worth of 91.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Gautam Adani (No. 2, $51.8 billion), Shiv Nadar (No. 3, $29.2 billion) and Savitri Jindal (No. 4, $26.1 billion) Cyrus Poonawalla is the fifth-richest person in India, with a...

As of November 15, 2023, Li Ka-shing was the wealthiest person in Hong Kong, with an estimated net worth of 36.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Lee Shau Kee (No. 2, $27.2 billion),  Robin Zeng (No. 3, $26.3 billion); and Peter Woo (No. 4, $13.3 billion). Joseph Lau is the fifth-richest...