Mah Sing, No. 422 on Fortune's Southeast Asia 500 list, had a blockbuster 2025, reporting decade-high real estate sales of 2.51 billion ringgit ($633 million); the conglomerate also lifted its 2026 revenue guidance to 2.76 billion ringgit ($696.3 million). It also earned 260.1 million ringgit ($66 million) in profit last year, up from 240.8 million ringgit the year before.
To christen digital nomadism as a growing trend is a gross understatement. Brushing it off as a passing fad is a refusal to accept reality. While it's hard to pin down an exact figure, upper estimates suggest 80 million people could be living free from the constraints of the traditional office setup. That's the equivalent of the entire population of Germany upping sticks and working remotely.