The judges couldn't split the joint recipients of the Business Person of the Year award, given to those who have significantly impacted the business landscape in the past year. This year's shared award goes to Robin Khuda, founder of AirTrunk, whose company was sold to Blackstone for $24 billion in September, amidst the booming data storage market.
Already a subscriber?Only one film can win the “Oscar” from a strong list of best movies. However, the judges couldn’t split the joint recipients of’s Business Person of the Year award, which recognises the leaders, builders, pioneers and disrupters who have left a mark on the business landscape in the past 12 months.
AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda’s dream to get in front of the digital wave by establishing a network of hyperscale data centres to power the cloud in Asia was initially met with doubters and closed doors. In September, artificial intelligence turbocharged the data storage boom, Khuda sold AirTrunk to the world’s biggest private equity fund, Blackstone, for $24 billion and announced ambitious plans to expand into the giant markets of Korea and India.
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