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James Zhu knew the time had come to join Fanli as full-time chief operating officer in 2010, when the Shanghai-based startup first began to raise money. At the time, Fanli was an online shopping rebates service cofounded by an acquaintance, Gary Ge Yongchang,…

Billionaires like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Larry Page can afford to drive any car they want. While some of them have splurged on Teslas and Paganis, other high-end rides, others have chosen to stick to Ford pickup…

In the eyes of "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary, work knows no bounds even during vacation. "I don't have a division anymore between vacation time and work. It's always both," O'Leary tells CNBC Make It. "I work every day." And that rule also applies to hi…

San Francisco and Lagos based fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba to offer digital payments between Alipay and African merchants. Flutterwave is a Nigerian founded B2B payments service (primarily) for companies i…

Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images The crypto whiz kid who paid $4.6 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett and invited Donald Trump to join them could permanently cancel the meal under pressure from the Chinese government, says a host of CNBC Africa's C…

The crypto whiz kid who paid $4.6 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett and invited Donald Trump along might cancel it permanently

The crypto whiz kid who paid $4.6 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett and invited Donald Trump along might cancel it permanently

Guru Gowrappan, CEO, Verizon Media Verizon Media A series of interviews with creative and marketing innovators changing the business landscape at the 2019 Cannes Lions Creativity Festival: Guru Gowrappan, CEO, Verizon Media Bruce Rogers: Lets start with wh…

JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), the largest direct retailer and second largest e-commerce player in China, has struggled over the past two years with slowing sales growth, rising expenses, a rape allegation against founder and CEO Richard Liu, and escalating trade tensi…

Over the nearly three years that I have been a Beijing resident, I have accumulated what comedian George Carlin once helpfully referred to as, well, stuff. Lots and lots of stuff. Essential stuff and coveted stuff and thoroughly unnecessary why-on-earth-did-I…