Blake Schmidt
Stories by Blake Schmidt
Boat drones turn university project into one of China’s most prized startups
In a pending round of funding, Oceanalpha Co. Ltd. may be valued at $780 million — about 40 times revenue — despite never having turned a profi
Amazon helps China’s Anker Innovations founder turn mom’s money into a billion
Steven Yang combined his Google money with his mom’s, and with less than $1 million in seed capital he moved from California to Shenzhen, a hub in s
This newly minted billionaire manages fortunes of India’s new rich
Mumbai banker Nirmal Jain's $20 billion private-wealth-management unit IIFL Holdings became India’s biggest by assets and helped make him a billiona
HNA Group raises billions from shadow banks that worry Beijing
In just three years, the private conglomerate has invested at least $45 billion around the world.
China’s boldest dealmaker HNA faces growing scrutiny at home
Most of the shares pledged to fund its $40b buying spree are declining.
