Hong Kong: HSBC birthday · Global Voices
John Kennedy

Dave and Stefan from Walk the Talk commemorate the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's 141st birthday with an original biography of its founder, Sir Thomas Sutherland.
“On a trip back to Hong Kong on a steamer, the Scotsman was reading the colonial Blackwood's magazine. He read some articles about banking that made him think that it was be ‘rather simple’ to found a bank based on what he called ‘Scottish principles’ – thrift, hard-work and a canny eye for business and investment.”