Business

Some entrepreneurs who came from modest beginnings had the vision and drive to build an empire with the same force and determination as Genghis Khan. Nearly 800 years after his death, scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences believe Genghis Khan spawned the 16 million male descendants who carry his DNA, which means during his lifetime he must have fathered thousands of children.

The morning after national elections I received an email from my editor at The Risk Universe magazine, in which she asked if I would write a reflection on risks connected with the election results. I said yes because I thought that with a month’s passing I would have a better sense of where the president-elect would be taking us. After all, by then he would have made his cabinet appointments, which would tell us a great deal. I...