Empires - An Asian Business Podcast

Grab is often referred to as the "Uber of Southeast Asia." However, it's quickly becoming a super app on which one can manage a significant portion of their lives, including investing. By market share, they dominate Southeast Asia, controlling approximately 70% of all rides after Uber's exit. Grab's journey from a fledgling taxi application in Malaysia to being valued at near...

VNG, often referred to as the " ⁠⁠⁠Tencent of Vietnam⁠⁠⁠ ," is one of Southeast Asia's pioneering unicorns. Mirroring Tencent, a significant 70% of VNG's revenue comes from gaming. Among its array of products, VNG boasts Zing, Zalo, and Zalopay, which parallel QQ - a social app, WeChat - a messenger, and WePay - a mobile wallet respectively. VNG's remarkable success in Vietna...

VNG, often referred to as the " ⁠⁠Tencent of Vietnam⁠⁠ ," is one of Southeast Asia's pioneering unicorns. Mirroring Tencent, a significant 70% of VNG's revenue comes from gaming. Among its array of products, VNG boasts Zing, Zalo, and Zalopay, which parallel QQ - a social app, WeChat - a messenger, and WePay - a mobile wallet respectively. VNG's remarkable success in Vietnam...

VNG, often referred to as the " ⁠Tencent of Vietnam⁠ ," is one of Southeast Asia's pioneering unicorns. Mirroring Tencent, a significant 70% of VNG's revenue comes from gaming. Among its array of products, VNG boasts Zing, Zalo, and Zalopay, which parallel QQ - a social app, WeChat - a messenger, and WePay - a mobile wallet respectively. VNG's remarkable success in Vietnam is...

VNG, often referred to as the " Tencent of Vietnam ," is one of Southeast Asia's pioneering unicorns. Mirroring Tencent, a significant 70% of VNG's revenue comes from gaming. Among its array of products, VNG boasts Zing, Zalo, and Zalopay, which parallel QQ - a social app, WeChat - a messenger, and WePay - a mobile wallet respectively. VNG's remarkable success in Vietnam is n...

Alibaba is the Amazon of China, who's annual active user base is equivalent to the entire population of India. Alibaba, draws 70% of its total revenue from domestic operations and an additional 7% from international commerce. The firm also has a growing cloud division, similar to Amazon's, accounting for 9% of its revenues. The remaining revenues are generated from its digital media and di...

Alibaba is the Amazon of China, who's annual active user base is equivalent to the entire population of India. Alibaba, draws 70% of its total revenue from domestic operations and an additional 7% from international commerce. The firm also has a growing cloud division, similar to Amazon's, accounting for 9% of its revenues. The remaining revenues are generated from its digital media and di...

Alibaba is the Amazon of China, who's annual active user base is equivalent to the entire population of India. Alibaba, draws 70% of its total revenue from domestic operations and an additional 7% from international commerce. The firm also has a growing cloud division, similar to Amazon's, accounting for 9% of its revenues. The remaining revenues are generated from its digital media and di...

Alibaba is the Amazon of China, who's annual active user base is equivalent to the entire population of India. Alibaba, draws 70% of its total revenue from domestic operations and an additional 7% from international commerce. The firm also has a growing cloud division, similar to Amazon's, accounting for 9% of its revenues. The remaining revenues are generated from its digital media and di...

Alibaba is the Amazon of China, who's annual active user base is equivalent to the entire population of India. Alibaba, draws 70% of its total revenue from domestic operations and an additional 7% from international commerce. The firm also has a growing cloud division, similar to Amazon's, accounting for 9% of its revenues. The remaining revenues are generated from its digital media and di...

In the 2020s, Philippines went through a fintech revolution. 80% of unbanked Filipinos or 90 million users were caught in the Gcash and PayMaya (now Maya) fintech war which had metamorphosized the country. But this war is part of a broader picture. From an international standpoint it seems like a proxy war between the China companies, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tencent⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (who backed Maya) and Alibaba (Gcash). But do...

In the 2020s, Philippines went through a fintech revolution. 80% of unbanked Filipinos or 90 million users were caught in the Gcash and PayMaya (now Maya) fintech war which had metamorphosized the country. But this war is part of a broader picture. From an international standpoint it seems like a proxy war between the China companies, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tencent⁠⁠⁠⁠ (who backed Maya) and Alibaba (Gcash). But dome...

In the 2020s, Philippines went through a fintech revolution. 80% of unbanked Filipinos or 90 million users were caught in the Gcash and PayMaya (now Maya) fintech war which had metamorphosized the country. But this war is part of a broader picture. From an international standpoint it seems like a proxy war between the China companies, ⁠⁠⁠Tencent⁠⁠⁠ (who backed Maya) and Alibaba (Gcash). But domest...

In the 2020s, Philippines went through a fintech revolution. 80% of unbanked Filipinos or 90 million users were caught in the Gcash and PayMaya (now Maya) fintech war which had metamorphosized the country. But this war is part of a broader picture. From an international standpoint it seems like a proxy war between the China companies, ⁠⁠Tencent⁠⁠ (who backed Maya) and Alibaba (Gcash). But domestic...

In the 2020s, Philippines went through a fintech revolution. 80% of unbanked Filipinos or 90 million users were caught in the Gcash and PayMaya (now Maya) fintech war which had metamorphosized the country. But this war is part of a broader picture. From an international standpoint it seems like a proxy war between the China companies, ⁠Tencent⁠ (who backed Maya) and Alibaba (Gcash). But domestical...

In the 2020s, Philippines went through a fintech revolution. 80% of unbanked Filipinos or 90 million users were caught in the Gcash and PayMaya (now Maya) fintech war which had metamorphosized the country. But this war is part of a broader picture. From an international standpoint it seems like a proxy war between the China companies, Tencent (who backed Maya) and Alibaba (Gcash). But domestically...

Samsung is a company that is too big to fail. It's business categories represent more than 20% of Korea's GDP, and close to 30% of Vietnam's. The Samsung that we know, Samsung Electronics is made of the consumer electronics segment (50%), semiconductors (30%), displays (10%) and connected home systems (10%). But Samsung is actually a massive business empire, owned by a mysterious Lee f...

Samsung is a company that is too big to fail. It's business categories represent more than 20% of Korea's GDP, and close to 30% of Vietnam's. The Samsung that we know, Samsung Electronics is made of the consumer electronics segment (50%), semiconductors (30%), displays (10%) and connected home systems (10%). But Samsung is actually a massive business empire, owned by a mysterious Lee f...

Samsung is a company that is too big to fail. It's business categories represent more than 20% of Korea's GDP, and close to 30% of Vietnam's. The Samsung that we know, Samsung Electronics is made of the consumer electronics segment (50%), semiconductors (30%), displays (10%) and connected home systems (10%). But Samsung is actually a massive business empire, owned by a mysterious Lee f...

Samsung is a company that is too big to fail. It's business categories represent more than 20% of Korea's GDP, and close to 30% of Vietnam's. The Samsung that we know, Samsung Electronics is made of the consumer electronics segment (50%), semiconductors (30%), displays (10%) and connected home systems (10%). But Samsung is actually a massive business empire, owned by a mysterious Lee f...

Samsung is a company that is too big to fail. It's business categories represent more than 20% of Korea's GDP, and close to 30% of Vietnam's. The Samsung that we know, Samsung Electronics is made of the consumer electronics segment (50%), semiconductors (30%), displays (10%) and connected home systems (10%). But Samsung is actually a massive business empire, owned by a mysterious Lee f...

When you think of Sony, what products come to mind? Probably the Playstation, Headphones, maybe the Walkman. Yet, cummulatively these business segments don't even make up 50% of Sony's revenue. Curious? Here's a little breakdown for you - Games & Network Services (27%), Electronics Product and Solutions (23%), Insurance (15%), Movies (12%) and Music (11%) This Japanese empire's...

When you think of Sony, what products come to mind? Probably the Playstation, Headphones, maybe the Walkman. Yet, cummulatively these business segments don't even make up 50% of Sony's revenue. Curious? Here's a little breakdown for you - Games & Network Services (27%), Electronics Product and Solutions (23%), Insurance (15%), Movies (12%) and Music (11%) This Japanese empire's...

When you think of Sony, what products come to mind? Probably the Playstation, Headphones, maybe the Walkman. Yet, cummulatively these business segments don't even make up 50% of Sony's revenue. Curious? Here's a little breakdown for you - Games & Network Services (27%), Electronics Product and Solutions (23%), Insurance (15%), Movies (12%) and Music (11%) This Japanese empire's...

When you think of Sony, what products come to mind? Probably the Playstation, Headphones, maybe the Walkman. Yet, cummulatively these business segments don't even make up 50% of Sony's revenue. Curious? Here's a little breakdown for you - Games & Network Services (27%), Electronics Product and Solutions (23%), Insurance (15%), Movies (12%) and Music (11%) This Japanese empire's...