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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Amy Chew

Asia’s business heirs look beyond profits, hoping to escape parents’ shadow

Abe Lim decided to leave her father's company to pursue socially conscious business ideas [Courtesy of Abe Lim]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – From Malaysia to Singapore and the Philippines, second- and third-generation family businesses in Asia are charting a different path from their forefathers as they seek out greener and more sustainable investments.

For some millennial business heirs, the journey is smooth. For others, the gap between their comfortable lives – which gave them the space to learn about socially conscious “impact investing” – and their parents’ experiences of growing up poor has led to conflict.

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