#2 – Uli Sigg, setting the first framework for doing business in China, gaining trust as a Swiss person, the importance of not always interfering from Opening Doors

#2 – Uli Sigg, setting the first framework for doing business in China, gaining trust as a Swiss person, the importance of not always interfering

22 minutes Posted Oct 25, 2022 at 6:39 am.

) Intro

) Personality in residence at SQUARE

) Key takeaways from SQUARE

) Law studies in the 60s 

) Professional background

) Joint Venture in China

) Most rewarding moments

) Are setbacks more important than victories?

) Life in China in the 70s/80s

) Gaining trust as a Swiss person

) The importance of listening

) Leaving things where they are

) Business or Art?

) Entrepreneurship or official?

) Switzerland as a mediator or proactive player?

) Fondue or Beijing duck?

) Summer or winter?

) Anything you would like to say to our listeners?

) Outro

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This episode’s guest is Uli Sigg. During his stay at the SQUARE as a personality in residence, he tells us about his various professional milestones. They go from journalism, diplomacy and building the first Joint Venture in China to collecting art and vice-chairing the Ringier Group. Further, he gives us deeper insights into how life was in China in the 70s and 80s. We cover how he, as a Swiss person, gained trust in China. We also talk about how he set the framework for doing business and investing in China at a time where no one had envisioned what it once would become. Sigg tells us, how he brought some Chinese traditions and attitudes into his own life and businesses, such as listening more and leaving some things as they are without always intervening.

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