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Forbes Global CEO Conference: Key Insights And Highlights

The 19th annual Forbes Global CEO Conference took place in Singapore Oct. 15 and Oct. 16, providing an unparalleled forum for discussion and debate among the 500 global CEOs, tycoons, entrepreneurs, capitalists and thought leaders who attended.

Notable speakers at the event included: Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore; Jack Ma, Founder, Jack Ma Foundation, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Advocate, Partner, Alibaba Group; Eduardo Saverin, Cofounder and Partner of B Capital; and Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media. For a full list of speakers, please visit the conference website. Key insights and highlights from the conference can be found below.

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Singapore PM Warns Of Trade War’s Worldwide Impact At Forbes Global CEO Conference

The trade war means “fewer opportunities for our companies to invest in China and export to America, or to invest in America and do business with China,” said Lee. “And these are all win-win opportunities, which is the essence of what international trade is, and it is how the world has prospered for many decades.”

Jack Ma In Conversation With Steve Forbes: Alibaba Founder Talks Tech, Business And Philanthropy

“The thing is that entrepreneurship in Africa is so different…Most entrepreneurs in other countries, they always want to [start an] enterprise, they want to go for IPO,” Ma said in Singapore. “ These people in Africa, they want to change Africa. They want to change their lives.”

Capitalism 2.0: An Essay from Goh Hup Jin – Chairman, Nipsea Holdings International Ltd, Nipsea Pte Ltd

We kind of think and say that the owners of capital have been “taking capital away from” society. That’s why we say “return it to society” when we engage in charity. The truth is capital never left the economic system.

Buckle Up: Three Key Trends Driving Global Economic Turbulence

uncaptionedThe global economy is beset by storms, bumps and risk aversion. Trade wars and escalating U.S.-China tensions are to blame. But they aren’t the only storms. Three deep trends will drive turbulence – and opportunity – for many years to come.