In a year defined by a global pandemic, leadership is being constantly tested. Meet the 25 outstanding leaders on this year's Asia's Power Businesswomen list who have risen to the challenges and are demonstrating their mettle in these difficult times:
saw the need for an app to educate high school-age students almost a decade ago while tutoring business school applicants struggling with math and science. The firm, which counts 64 million active users across 1,700 cities in India and overseas, recently added live tutoring and Indian-language modules to its program lineup. “Every student has a front row seat” with the platform, says Gokulnath. Byju’s has raised $1.6 billion in investment funding so far and is valued at $10 billion.
Muliaty was studying for a pharmacist’s license when her professor, Andi Wijaya, cofounder of Indonesia’s largest clinical laboratory operator, hired her in 1988 as assistant manager. Two decades later she became President Director and led a national expansion that boosted the number of clinics from 107 in 2010 to 285 today. She also ramped up testing for autoimmune disorders and other diseases, which made up nearly a fifth of last year’s revenue.
Shah was at home caring for her newborn son in March when the pandemic hit India. She swung into action, and her diagnostics firm was the first private-sector company to win government approval to offer Covid-19 testing. Metropolis labs operated around the clock meeting demand for tests, with staff working overtime amid a nationwide lockdown.
Jang is one of the few women worldwide to run a gaming company. Joining Smilegate Entertainment as a game developer in 2007 when it had just 20 employees, she rose through the ranks to become CEO in 2015. She now heads one of South Korea’s largest gaming companies , with $451 million in revenue last year and about 600 game developers.
Annabelle Long counts more than 20 unicorns in the $3 billion portfolio of startups she oversees at Bertelsmann Asia Investments, the investment arm of German media group Bertelsmann. She joined Bertelsmann in 2005 in New York after earning a Stanford M.B.A., then returned to Beijing in 2007 after convincing the company to set up a fund to invest in China’s burgeoning internet sector and let her run it.
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