Start with the usual Research resources -- Google, Lexis-Nexis, ZoomInfo.com, Hoover’s, Forbes’ top listings, etc. It is important to be creative and be able to decipher family names of foreign prospects during your research. The spelling and name conventions of English language versions of foreign names can be confusing. Please refer to Wikipedia URLs below for explanations on how to decipher foreign names. Search the surname with the unique company name, especially for Asian prospects.
- Common Chinese names
- Explanation of Chinese names (such as family name appears first).
- Explanation of Korean names
- Explanation of Taiwanese names
- Explanation of Indian names
- Explanation of Arabic names
- Explanation of Hispanic (Portuguese/Iberian) names
- Explanation of Japanese names
- Explanation of Hawaiian names
Next, try some of these helpful international sources for the Asia-Pacific region:
- Hurun’s China Rich listing; (similar to Forbes’ China Rich listing)
- Times’ Rich Listing
- Foreign stock quotes can best be found on Yahoo Finance, or try Corporate Information (from Wright Investors' Service)
- Asia Inc.
- Taiwan Yearbook 2006, with Who's Who in Taiwan
Useful foreign language publications include the following:
- World Journal (daily newspaper in Chinese)
- Capital magazine (Hong Kong) – in Chinese
- Excellence magazine (Taiwan) – in Chinese
- Check Google for other foreign language newspapers for Korea, India, etc.
- See the International page of our Resources section