Lucky to find partners to finance a small boutique in Paris that has grown into a worldwide business.

"With its worldwide business and our international focus, it's a very natural partnership."

"Big companies like Shell can afford those administration costs, but for a small company, that could be a life-or-death difference in their worldwide business."

He had been an executive vice president and president of Ford's worldwide automotive business.

At the same time, Thermo King was becoming a worldwide business.

"We have about 30 percent of a $2.2 billion worldwide business."

Ford's worldwide automotive business lost $89 million, compared with a $324 million profit a year ago.

Under his dynamic direction the company built up a worldwide business.

They forecast that worldwide business, over US$275 million in 2009, would continue to grow at an average annual growth rate of 21.4% through 2014.

This worldwide active business has all together more than 1,100 workers.