''High Flyers'' is a business-themed television interview program, hosted by Haslinda Amin, which airs in selected regions on
Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television (on-air as Bloomberg) is an American-based pay television network focusing on business and capital market programming, owned by Bloomberg L.P. It is distributed globally, reaching over 310 million homes worldwide. It is head ...
.
In each episode, Haslinda interviews prominent or senior business figures inside one of the passenger capsules of the
Singapore Flyer
The Singapore Flyer; ta, சிங்கப்பூர் ராட்டினம் is an observation wheel at the Downtown Core district of Singapore. Officially opened on 15 April 2008, it has 28 air-conditioned capsules, each able to acco ...
Ferris wheel in
Singapore
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. Multiple cameras, technical equipment and crew are present in the capsule as it completes a full revolution of the wheel during filming.
The initial series was sponsored by
ANZ
ANZ may refer to:
People
* Anz (musician), a British DJ and electronic musician
Banks
* ANZ (bank), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, the fourth-largest bank in Australia
** ANZ Bank New Zealand, the largest bank in New Zealand
** ...
.
Broadcast
The series premiered in 2011 on Bloomberg Television's Asia Pacific feeds.
An eight episode second season premiered in 2013, which also aired in Bloomberg's
EMEA markets.
The third season premiered on 6 June 2014 and a fourth season of the program premiered on 23 July 2015.
Guests
The following business leaders have been interviewed on ''High Flyers'':
Season 1
*
Sandiaga Uno
Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno (born 28 June 1969) is an Indonesian businessman, investor and politician who is the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, and was the Deputy Governor of Jakarta. He was elected along with Anies Baswedan in the 20 ...
, co-founder of Saratoga Capital
*
Tony Fernandes
Anthony Francis Fernandes (born 30 April 1964) is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., which took over the first Malaysian budget airline, AirAsia. Fernandes turned AirAsia, a failing government-linked commerci ...
, CEO of
AirAsia
Capital A Berhad, () operating as AirAsia (stylized as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the largest airline in Malaysia by fleet size and destinations. AirAsia operate ...
*
Ho Kwon Ping
Ho Kwon Ping (Chinese: 何光平; born 24 August 1952) is a Singaporean businessman. He is the executive chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, a Singapore-based leisure business group, which owns both listed and private companies engaged in the dev ...
, founder of
Banyan Tree Holdings
Banyan Tree Holdings Limited (also known as Banyan Tree Group) is a Singaporean multinational hospitality brand that manages and land development, develops resorts, hotel chain, hotels and spas in Asia, America, Africa and the Middle East. The bra ...
Season 2
*
Tony Fernandes
Anthony Francis Fernandes (born 30 April 1964) is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., which took over the first Malaysian budget airline, AirAsia. Fernandes turned AirAsia, a failing government-linked commerci ...
, Group Chief Executive Director of AirAsia
*
Jimmy Choo, founder of the luxury shoemaker
*
Tetsuya Wakuda, celebrity chef and restaurateur
*
Erick Thohir, media mogul
*
Mokhzani Mahathir, the Executive Vice-Chairman of Sapura Kencana
Season 3
* Malvinder Singh,
Fortis Healthcare. Aired 6 June 2014.
* Noni Purnomo,
BlueBird Group. Aired 13 June 2014.
*
Justin Quek, celebrity chef. Aired 20 June 2014.
* Thomas Flohr, founder of
VistaJet. Aired 27 June 2014.
* Sudhitham Chirathivat. Aired 11 July 2014.
* Peter Bond, CEO of Link Energy. Aired 18 July 2014.
*
Ashley Isham
Ashley Isham (born Eshamuddin Ismail in Singapore in 1976) is a fashion designer. He is currently based in London.
Ashley left Singapore in 1996 to take a pattern cutting course at the London College of Fashion, and was later accepted into Middl ...
, fashion designer. Aired 24 July 2014.
*
Hiroshi Mikitani
(born March 11, 1965) is a Japanese billionaire businessman and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and ...
, CEO of
Rakuten
() is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing financial technology, as well as digital content and communicati ...
. Aired 31 July 2014.
* Alain Li, CEO of
Richemont. Aired 7 August 2014.
*
Hary Tanoesoedibjo, CEO of
MNC Group
PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk (commonly known as MNC Media or MNC) is an Indonesian Mass media, media company founded on 17 June 1997 as PT Panca Andika Mandiri, it was renamed to the present name on 12 September 2002. It is owned by ''PT Global ...
. Aired 14 August 2014.
* Ken Dean Lawadinata. Aired 21 August 2014.
*
Merrill Fernando and
Dilhan Fernando, founders of
Dilmah. Aired 28 August 2014.
Season 4
*
Ruslan Kogan
Ruslan Kogan (born November 1982) is a serial entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of Kogan.com as well as several other eCommerce-related companies in Australia. He was Australia's richest person under the age of 30 from 2011 to his 30th birthday ...
, founder of
Kogan.com. Aired 24 July 2015.
* Rosaline Koo, founder of ConnecXionsAsia (CXA). Aired 30 July 2015.
* Anthony Tan, founder of
GrabTaxi
Grab Holdings Inc., commonly known as Grab, is a Singaporean multinational technology company. It is the developer of the ''Grab'' super-app, which provides users with transportation, food delivery and digital payments services via a mobile ap ...
. Aired 6 August 2015.
* Apichart Chutrakul, developer in
Thailand
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. Aired 13 August 2015.
*
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India and the former chair ...
, founder of
Biocon
Biocon Limited is an Indian biopharmaceutical company based in Bangalore. It was founded by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw in 1978. The company manufactures generic active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that are sold in approximately 120 countries, ...
. Aired 20 August 2015.
* Harald and Caroline Link, founding family of B. Grimm. Aired 27 August 2015.
*
Dato Sri Tahir
Dato' Sri Ang Tjoen Ming (born 26 March 1952), commonly known as Tahir, is an Indonesian billionaire, and a banking and property magnate. He is the founder of the Mayapada Group. On 13 December 2019, President Joko Widodo appointed Tahir to th ...
, founder of
Mayapada Group
The Mayapada Group is an Indonesian-based conglomerate founded by Dato Sri Tahir in 1986. Tahir started this with a garment and textile manufacturing business, and four years later, he founded Bank Mayapada . The garment business no longer exis ...
in Indonesia. Aired 3 September 2015.
* Henry Nguyen, CEO of Vietnam's first venture capital fund. Aired 10 September 2015.
*
Ruben Gnanalingam
Ruben Emir Gnanalingam (born 16 September 1976) is a Malaysian businessman.
Early life
Gnanalingam was born on 16 September 1976. He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Econo ...
, CEO of Westports. Aired 17 September 2015.
*
Serge Pun and Melvyn Pun, Myanmar business family. Aired 24 September 2015.
*
David Thompson, Australian chef. Aired 1 October 2015.
* The Mouawad Family, family of jewelers. Aired 8 October 2015.
Season 5
*
Arun Pudur, founder - CEO of Celframe. Aired 7 July 2016
Technical
The production has filmed the series using the Sony EX-3 camera,
Canon C300 and
GoPro
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s.
Awards
See also
*''
Eye to Eye
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'', a similar program taking place on the
London Eye
The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is Europe's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United ...
.
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://www.bloomberg.com/video/high-flyers/3/
English-language television shows
Bloomberg L.P.
Business-related television series
Singaporean television series
2011 Singaporean television series debuts