In the 16th floor of his office in Hong Kong's International Financial Center, Kevin Randolph, chief executive of Asia Online, surveys the 180-degree view of the island's expansive Victoria Harbour and fires up his computer. Instead of calling up his latest acquisition proposal, however, he logs on to KKSF.FM, a California-based radio station that specializes in smooth jazz.
At the age of 50, the soft-spoken Randolph is, if not exactly mellow, then certainly a far cry from the adrenaline-driven 20-to-30-somethings powering the internet revolution. Yet Randolph and his growing team of some 400 employees worldwide, is quietly building what he hopes will be one of Asia's most powerful and extensive internet solutions...