Experiment 3 - THE BRIDGE (the-three-clients) & sense of POWER

First Client: R A T A N T A T A
(Business chairman from India)
Link to article: http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/11551.html

"Ratan Tata, the chairman of one of India’s oldest and largest business conglomerates, has been elected to the USC Board of Trustees."

"The 131-year-old Tata Group comprises 93 operating companies, including 32 publicly listed enterprises, which employ nearly 215,000 people. Despite being a major player in the global economy – in 2004-05, the Group’s companies notched up $17.8 billion in revenues and $1.8 billion in profits – the conglomerate has remained true to its core values of “integrity, understanding, excellence, unity and responsibility” and is known for being committed to its employees’ welfare, investing in social-development initiatives and maintaining strict ethical guidelines."

"“Ratan Tata is highly esteemed, certainly in India, but in the rest of the world as well for his extraordinary talents as a business leader and his dedication to humanitarianism,” said USC President Steven B. Sample."

Second Client: Z H A N G Y I N
(China's "Queen of Trash")
Link to article: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/15/business/trash.php

"As a result of her entrepreneurship, she is now richer than virtually any other woman anywhere in the world, including Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart, and the chief executive of eBay, Meg Whitman. Her personal wealth is estimated at $1.5 billion or more."

"Late last year, Forbes magazine named Zhang the wealthiest woman in China. She may even be the richest self-made woman in the world..."

"Zhang rarely grants interviews, and when she does, they are brief and controlled by an army of handlers.

Zhang does not go into detail about how she made her fortune. In a society known for close ties and hidden deals between government officials and business leaders, she says simply, "I'm an honest businesswoman.""

""When her employees asked for a pay raise, she would grant it if it was reasonable," he recalled. "But when her employees made mistakes, she would criticize them severely. She made it clear when to reward and when to punish."
Analysts say Zhang's ebullient personality made her a great saleswoman and a savvy deal maker.

There were occasional threats from competitors, but being a woman was not a problem, Zhang said.
"Actually, I didn't find it difficult," she said. "I found men respected me.""

Third Client: C A R L O S S L I M
Link to article: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/07/1157222263884.html?from=top5

"Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, the world's third-richest man, will give away a chunk of his fortune by matching donations to health, education and social programs in Mexico.
Slim, who owns a telecoms and retail empire and has a fortune estimated at over $US30 billion ($39 billion), will meet all contributions dollar for dollar, his spokesman and aide Arturo Elias Ayub said."

"Slim is No. 3 on the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people..."

"He spearheaded an initiative in 2005 that called on politicians to reform Mexico's justice system, fight crime, boost public finances, improve health and education and develop infrastructure"