Stories Of Entrepreneurial Capitalism Across Our 49 International Editions

Across the planet, our 49 licensed editions span six continents, 81 countries and 31 languages. They all share the same mission: celebrating entrepreneurial capitalism in all its forms.

ARGENTINA

The latest Forbes Argentina cover features Horacio Daniel Marín, CEO of oil-and-gas company YPF S.A., which trades on the New York Stock Exchange and is majority-owned by the Argentine government. Marín details growth plans that, he hopes, will nearly triple the company’s $12.7 billion market value in five years. That was before a U.S. judge ordered Argentina in June to forfeit its 51% stake in YPF as partial repayment of a $16 billion judgment owed to former investors after the cash-strapped country’s former president expropriated shares and nationalized YPF in 2012. Argentina’s current president, Javier Milei, plans to appeal the decision.

BULGARIA

“The search for meaning and adding value to a business is what makes me feel alive.”

CROATIA

Fashion entrepreneur Josip Grabovac, 39, was raised in Croatia but has spent the past decade living in Milan making a name for himself as a writer, consultant and social media strategist. He counts nearly 200,000 followers on Instagram, runs a popular blog called Glas Mode (“voice of fashion” in Croatian) and founded an incubator this year called Milan Fashion Department to help launch brands with an emphasis on developing talent from the Balkans. “I want young people from countries that are often on the margins of the global fashion scene to take their place equally, professionally and with pride,” he says.

GHANA

A member of Forbes Africa’s 11th annual 30 Under 30 list, Ghanaian entrepreneur Darlington Akogo (top row, center) started Accra-based MinoHealth AI Labs in 2017 after waiting seven hours to see a doctor. He’s using AI to address the continent’s shortage of physicians, starting with an AI-driven radiology tool now used in 50 countries. In 2023, MinoHealth received a $150,000 grant from the Gates Foundation to harness AI in service of people lacking medical access.

HUNGARY

“We need meritocracy, not equality,” says Thomas Peterffy, a Florida billionaire and Mar-a-Lago regular, in an interview with Forbes Hungary about his friendship with Donald Trump. “We need the best people who can become leaders and build companies, organize society for a better future.” Peterffy, a native of Hungary, left his homeland for the U.S. as a penniless 21-year-old. He later pioneered digital trading and, at age 80, now ranks among the 30 richest Americans.

SAUDI ARABIA

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud—the richest Arab on Forbes’ billionaires list, with an estimated net worth of $16.5 billion, thanks to his Saudi conglomerate Kingdom Holding Company—recently spoke with Forbes Middle East about his investments, his views on AI and global trade, and the country’s efforts to move its economy beyond oil. Before Elon Musk’s xAI acquired X in March, Alwaleed was the second-largest shareholder of the social media company (behind Musk); his Kingdom Holding invested in xAI last year.

SLOVAKIA

As a teenager, Diana Virgovičová identified a molecule that can purify water in the presence of light. Now the 23-year-old Slovak scientist appears on Forbes Slovakia’s 30 Under 30 list. She cofounded Toronto-based Xatoms to produce and sell the molecule as a powder. Having filed multiple patent applications and raised $3.5 million from investors including Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, Xatoms projects $1.8 million in revenue this year from processing nearly 800 million gallons of water in Kenya, South Africa and indigenous communities in the Canadian province of Ontario.