"While we focused on getting the finances in order and introducing a culture of cash-flow management, we let the Jains do what they knew best--make and sell their products, " says Jacob, now a partner at Richard Branson's renewables-focused Virgin Green Fund in San Francisco.
He urged China to stimulate consumption by introducing better pensions and health care and upgrading its financial services to allow capital to flow from people who have it to people who need it.