My father grew up in a life of extreme privilege. Kevin Kwan extremefathergrow Change image and share on social
My father went to boarding school in Sydney when he was 14. Kevin Kwan boardfatherschool Change image and share on social
Growing up in Singapore, I wasn't allowed to visit China. So when I was finally able to go there after the country began opening up to tourism in the 1990s, I found it to be utterly astounding. Kevin Kwan 1990sallowastound Change image and share on social
In Singapore, there may be 50 old-money families, but you wouldn't know them to look at them. Kevin Kwan familymoneysingapore Change image and share on social
I sort of wanted to reveal this other side of Asia: Southeast Asia, where the Chinese have been wealthy for generations and have different ways of relating to money. I wanted to sort of reveal this world to readers. Kevin Kwan asiachinesegeneration share on social
The idea of Asian ascendancy has entered public culture. Kevin Kwan ascendancyasianculture Change image and share on social
If you're the water boiler king of China, you're selling a billion water boilers. Kevin Kwan billionboilerchina Change image and share on social
Especially in the West, people want to understand Asia on a deeper level because it's become the engine of the world economy, like it or not. Kevin Kwan asiadeepeconomy Change image and share on social
I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese. Kevin Kwan callchinesecolonial Change image and share on social
I go to Shenzhen, China, and am taken to a vast luxury spa with a hundred leather recliners and a hundred accompanying plasma screen televisions bolted to the ceiling. Kevin Kwan accompanyboltceil Change image and share on social
