Entrepreneurship, when driven by a mission to enhance the human condition, ceases to be a singular endeavor and instead becomes a shared venture. For Vijay Eswaran, who’s been named by Forbes as one of Malaysia’s richest men, entrepreneurship was never about personal profit. Eswaran’s journey to entrepreneurship, as he describes, was born from necessity rather than a…
This story appears in the November 5, 2012 issue of Forbes Asia. Donald Frazier, Contributor Eastern Exposure. Asian business, for Americans. In the Rough-and-Tumble Business of Direct Sales, Malaysia’s Vijay Eswaran Learns from Mistakes and Builds a Movement Thousands have come to Jakarta from all over Asia, waiting with patience and anxiety for this moment.…
What is soft power? We are familiar with how military might often gets others to change their position, but sometimes desired outcomes can be achieved without tangible threats or pay-offs. This indirect way of getting what you want, of co-opting people rather than coercing them, is known as soft power. I spoke about the importance…
KUALA LUMPUR: Entrepreneur Datuk Vijay Eswaran’s fourth book entitled On the Wings of Thought was launched at MPH Bookstores recently. The book is a compilation of the author’s thoughts and quotations set against a backdrop of riveting photographs taken by him on his travels around the world. “Vijay often has a lot of wisdom to…