Q&A: Following Instinct From Amsterdam to Moscow

"'By the time I get a chance to think about my decisions, I've already made them in my gut,' Jan-Wilm Rovers said, crossing under the inflatable Father Frost that sits above the door to his office — one of 25,000 products sold by Koopman International RUS, the trading company where Rovers is chief executive. 

Rovers' willingness to rely on instinct, rather than conventional wisdom — which says Russia is too dangerous and unpredictable for foreign investors — has allowed him to identify and seize opportunities in the former Soviet Union since shortly after the Berlin Wall fell."

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