RICHARD C. MORAIS is a Senior Editor at Forbes and chairs the ForbesFamily Business Forum. His brief at the magazine allows him to writeon any subject he chooses and to travel anywhere in the world. AnAmerican raised in Switzerland, Morais has lived most of his lifeoverseas, returning to the U.S. in 2003. He was stationed in Londonfor 17 years, eventually becoming European Bureau Chief. His firstbook, an unauthorized biography of Pierre Cardin, was published tocritical acclaim by UK's Bantam Press in 1991.The Hundred-Foot Journeyis his first novel.
