Global Innovators in Business

About Global Innovators in Business

The Global Innovators in Business discovers innovators who have challenged the status quo. We invite some of the most successful leaders to share their thoughts and advice to the younger generation.

Publisher

Christopher Rathbun

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Aug 2018

Latest episode

14 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 38 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   14 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   YeePay: Building the Payment Backbone for China's Enterprises – Interview with Chen Yu, the President and Co-Founder of YeePay

   YeePay is a leading payment service provider that delivers payment solutions for enterprises across industries, including airline & travel, new retail, fintech, administration & education, and cross-border transactions. Prior to founding YeePay, Chen held various roles at Oracle, John Deere Health Care, and AT&T Bell Labs, and served as a director at the Silicon Valley enterprise SVC Wireless. He also co-founded NetVan, a nonprofit promoting internet adoption in traditional industries, and advised China Central Television’s documentary The Internet Age, where he interviewed leaders such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Jerry Yang, Vint Cerf, and Kevin Kelly. In this episode, you will hear about: The entrepreneurial landscape in China in the early 2000s: challenges and opportunities of building a startup at that time. How YeePay evolved its business model as WeChat Pay and Alipay entered the market. Broader insights on Web3, cross-border transactions, globalization, and the growing role of AI in the future of the payment industry.

2. 

   30 Aug 2025

   Revolutionizing Advertising: A Win-Win for Customers and Merchants - Interview with Sam Obletz, Co-Founder and CEO of Claim

   Host Alex Thompson interviews Sam Obletz, Co-Founder and CEO of Claim, about revolutionizing advertising with a win-win marketplace for customers and merchants.

3. 

   4 Jul 2025

   Unlocking Trapped Capital in Biotech – Interview with Nick Johnston, founder of Alis Biosciences

   Nick Johnston, founder of Alis Biosciences, discusses unlocking trapped capital in biotech companies and maximizing shareholder value through innovative take-private deals in an interview.

Inside a recent episode

YeePay: Building the Payment Backbone for China's Enterprises – Interview with Chen Yu, the President and Co-Founder of YeePay

Published 14 Nov 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But I remember, so it makes sense. It made sense for people to use cash on delivery buying airline tickets, right? Because there's always a guy, delivery guy who actually send you the paper tickets, right? So at the same time, you could collect the cash, payment in cash, right? But I remember starting in 2006 -2007, there was this mandate from IATA, from International Airlines Association, that all the airlines and travel agencies have to adopt e -tickets, right? So it didn't make any sense anymore if you still rely on cash on delivery. So there was a strive for electronic payments adoption, right? […]

Who has been a guest on Global Innovators in Business

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sam Obletz
• Nick Johnston
• Brian Sheng
• David Ding
• Andrew Sanchez

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 22 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

17

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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