Perspectives Pictet

We sit down with the fourth-generation vice chairman of the board and the newly installed CEO of Audemars Piguet, one of Switzerland’s most iconic watch brands, and discuss what it’s like to lead a family company with a long history and high ambitions for the future. Olivier Audemars, who represents the fourth generation of the founding families, explains how he feels “more a notion of stewardship than ownership”, whilst chief executive Ilaria Resta sets out her...

Ryuichiro Masuda is the fifth-generation owner and president of Masuda Sake Company, one of Japan’s most storied and revered sake breweries. In this interview, he discusses how he balances tradition with innovation, and how he and his family are leading the rebuilding efforts after a powerful earthquake struck the region in early 2024. He also explains how the business, which was founded way back in 1893, has evolved over the decades and how it will continue to adapt and develop, even...

Jeremy Gutsche has built a career on looking for – and finding – the next big thing. He is the founder of TrendHunter.com, the world’s largest, most popular trend website, and the author of a number of books, including Create the Future: Tactics for Disruptive Thinking. Artificial intelligence has transformed how his company operates, as he explains in this interview. He also discusses the dramatic changes that AI is going to bring about as it enables us to automate huge...

The French biochemist and author Jessie Inchauspé has made a name for herself as the Glucose Goddess by pioneering techniques for managing blood sugar levels. In this conversation, she explains how a serious accident in her teens first led her to look into this area of physiology. She also outlines two of the diet “hacks” she most often recommends and discusses how, at a societal level, we’re faced with more of a “food landscape problem” than an...

With a career spanning the UN and investment banking, Nader Mousavizadeh is an expert in geopolitics and how they impact global markets. Today he is the CEO and founding partner of Macro Advisory Partners, which advises investors, companies and governments on these topics and more. Here, he argues that we’re heading for a multi-decade period of “fragmentation” in geopolitics, and explains what this might mean for diplomacy and for businesses looking to chart a course to...

Billecart-Salmon is one of the world’s most historic and prestigious champagne houses. Here, sixth-generation co-owner and deputy general manager Antoine Roland-Billecart explains how being a family-owned and family-run business allows him and his relatives to take a longer-term perspective, and make more calm and considered decisions. As with creating champagne itself, a slower approach is sometimes best. https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

Nick Thompson is the CEO of The Atlantic and was previously editor-in-chief of technology magazine Wired. Here, we speak with him about artificial intelligence and get his predictions on how this rapidly evolving technology might reshape our lives as individuals and society at large, exploring everything from politics to the media industry. He also tells us why, despite some concerns, he is broadly optimistic about AI and technology in general. https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

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