The Successors

- Season 4

(2015)

In this episode, our cameras go inside the kitchens of popular Italian restaurant chain Da Paolo group, to find out how the Successors reinvent the business to meet the challenges in Singapore's highly competitive food business.

Battushig Batbold is the son of the former Prime Minister of Mongolia and the successor to one of Mongolia's largest conglomerates, Altai Holdings. Battushig spent most of his life overseas and has recently returned to Mongolia at a time of tremendous change.

His grandfather founded a unique Singapore business - a crocodile skin tannery. Now youngest son Ethan Koh is a leading designer of bespoke handbags making waves in London and New York.

Their father, President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines was a dictator linked to corruption and human rights abuses. Now his children are back in the political scene. Imee Marcos is governor of Ilocos Norte province; and son Bongbong Marcos is a senator in Manila.

Sharada Selvanathan's financial skills have earned her a key role in her family's huge and diverse conglomerate. Now she's using the very same skills in her true passion, an education center in Singapore which she's opening to help children with learning difficulties find their place in the world.

Faliq Nasimuddin is heir of the Malaysian Naza empire: A conglomerate which started out in the automotive field but has since made its mark in the property industry.

Since the 1960s, Violet Oon has been a name synonymous with food. Not just in terms of cooking, but even the historical, social, and cultural aspects of food. Her children, Su-Lyn and Yiming, resurrected her restaurant 3 years ago, and have bold plans for growth - bringing Singapore food to the world.

There wasn't pressure for Wan Issara to join the family business, instead choosing hospitality. As he was about to accept a dream offer, the 2004 Tsunami struck. With the Sri Panwa resort in Phuket about to start; Wan stayed to assist his father create with one of Thailand's finest resorts.