VIEW FROM THE TOP Coping with Asia’ Rat Race

Most of them are male, married and roughly 45 years old u2013 but they can be as young as 21 years or as old as 80. Almost 25% are female. On average, they have 1.49 children (sometimes as many as seven), whom they rarely see. More than a third is of ethnic Chinese origin with a business based in Singapore, Hong Kong or mainland China, but with employees and customers around the world.rnrnu0026nbsp;rnrnAlmost always, they launched a company after trying several different jobs and industries, often in a foreign country. Life has been a mix of fun and sorrow: the challenges of running a company were far greater than they imagined. So were the rewards.rnrnu0026nbsp;rnrnWho are they? They are The Interviewees.