Lance Chung

Kicking off the start of the Lunar New Year, GLORY hosted its second-annual celebration of Asian-Canadian excellence. Ringing in the Year of the Fire Horse at Honey Chinese Toronto, the city’s leading executives, entrepreneurs, founders, small business owners, and influencers gathered to celebrate community and culture.

In an era where wellness has become both a buzzword and a pressure point, Ryde CEO Richard Schmidt is taking a decidedly grounded approach. In his conversation with Mission Critical host Lance Chung, Schmidt unpacks what Ryde actually is, why the wellness industry needs fewer promises and more science, and how leadership rooted in empowerment—not control—can unlock real growth. Listen to the full episode or continue reading below. You’ve led some of the world’s most iconic CPG brands.

There’s a moment (somewhere between the lacquered lashes, the pastel explosions of colour, and the deliberate, painterly stillness) where Kim Chi stops being merely a drag queen or beauty founder and becomes a world-builder. In that moment, drag becomes something far larger: a portal into self-invention, cultural reclamation, and a kind of radical joy that feels increasingly rare in our algorithmic age. Kim Chi doesn’t describe it this way, of course.