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Special Report Stars of Asia: Financiers

Richard S. Elman

Founder and CEO, Noble Group, Hong Kong

By all accounts, Asia is a highspeed growth machine and an economic wonder of the world. Richard S. Elman's Noble Group Ltd., a global commodity merchant, knows the truth of that better than most. He's both living off of and feeding the region's growth by providing the iron ore, steel, coal, and other basic materials that drive the region's prosperity.

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