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Syl Tang

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Nonfiction, Business

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Syl Tang is CEO and founder of the 19-year old HipGuide Inc. A futurist, her focus is how and why we consume, with an eye towards world events such as natural disasters, geo-political clashes, and pandemics. She has written hundreds of articles on the confluence of world events and soft goods for the Financial Times, predicting and documenting trends such as the Apple watch and other smart wearables, lab-made diamonds, the Department of Defense’s funding of Afghan jewelry companies, the effects of global warming on South Sea pearls, and the unsolved murder of tanzanite speculator Campbell Bridges. Her brand consulting work focuses on helping companies including Diageo, Revlon and the State of Michigan. She is behind the launches of some of ...more

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Syl Tang I would love to be in the party scene of the Great Gatsby.

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Syl Tang I am reading The Secrets We Kept which is about the role of literature and writers as political tools and weapons in foreign countries. I am also read…moreI am reading The Secrets We Kept which is about the role of literature and writers as political tools and weapons in foreign countries. I am also reading The Sixth Extinction and re-reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring since I write a lot about food, climate change and keep track of such happenings as last year's sale of Monsanto.(less)

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