Merle A. Hinrichs

Merle A. Hinrichs is the Chairman and CEO of Global Sources, Asia’s leading B2B media company focused on global trade. He co-founded the company in 1970 with the firm conviction that free and mutually beneficial trade between the East and the West would help drive global economic prosperity – and ultimately world peace. Mr. Hinrichs earned a B.A. in business administration and mathematics from the University of Nebraska and a master’s degree in international trade from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. In 1996 the University of Nebraska awarded Mr. Hinrichs an honorary doctorate degree, and in 2010 the Thunderbird School of Global Management conferred upon Mr. Hinrichs the honorary degree of Doctor of International Law, in recognition of his global mindset and his role as a true global entrepreneur.