A Veteran of Supply Chains Downplays Talk of Seismic Shifts in Global Trade

When it comes to disruptions in global supply chains, Jim Thompson, the 80-year-old founder and chairman of Hong Kong-based Crown Worldwide Group, has seen it all.

He has been on the front line of the logistics industry since starting a firm in 1965 that has helped countless families relocate, shipped priceless art, and stored away company data and records (and more than a few wine collections).