The Executive Centre Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence | Exclusive Interview with Founder & CEO Paul Salnikow

The year 2024 marks a huge milestone for The Executive Centre. In the 30 years since Paul Salnikow opened the doors of his first flexible office space in Hong Kong, we have grown to 36 cities, now providing 4.5 million sq.ft. of collaborative workspaces for over 48,000 Members. To mark the occasion, we invited Paul for an interview to get his insights on leading TEC, building client relationships, and shaping the future of the modern workplace. Who inspired you to become an entrepreneur? It’s cliche, but true - my dad; he has an interesting background. His family was Russian nobility and after the Revolution in the last century they became refugees. They moved to Yugoslavia at that time and then during the Second World War they emigrated to Argentina where he met my mother. They got married and moved to New York where he got a job with IBM and built up a successful career. As a kid, growing up with a lot of change and challenges instilled a drive for grasping opportunities and making things work. Travelling and being raised surrounded by global perspectives, I developed the need for stimulus. I feel that there’s always been restlessness in me. I feed off the stimulus that occurs by seeking out opportunities and trying to react to them.