When FORBES GLOBAL visited Porsche in February of last year, CEO Wendelin Wiedeking was adding a controversial SUV to the lineup of the world's most famous sports car maker.
When FORBES GLOBAL visited him in mid-November at his contemporary home in rural Surrey, London's so-called stockbroker belt, Slater was lukewarm about the outlook for stocks.
For a man whose portfolio was down by more than 40% year to date, Alberto Vilar looked very relaxed when FORBES GLOBAL visited the technology fund manager in his New York office on Park Avenue in late May.
A touring kitchen showcasing Welsh food at festivals is going global, with visits to Singapore, Barcelona, Paris, Cologne, Shanghai, Washington and Dubai.
Vanat estimates that 44% of the 400 million global skier visits in the world are to the Alps, while the US, with the largest number of skiers, accounts for 21%.
In November, Cammie Dunaway, KidZania's head of global marketing, visited KidZania Kuwait for the first time.
The county executive's calendar was punctuated with global-networking visits, even as his office trumpeted a new tour-de-Westchester-mall walking club for hoi polloi.
The nature of our products, which are physical personalised gifts, became economically unviable for global customers visiting the website from outside the UK.
But above all, according to Nigel Roebuck, a longtime racing journalist, the point is that it is a truly global sport, visiting 18 countries this year and every continent except Africa and Antarctica, and it is the biggest series globally.
