{"id":792,"date":"2024-05-07T19:55:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasqolqas.com\/?p=11249"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:34:29","slug":"bloomberg-life-after-banking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/blog\/bloomberg-life-after-banking\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg: Hong Kong Dealmakers Find That Life After Banking Isn\u2019t So Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He\u2019s not on vacation. This is his life.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bSource: Herman van den Wall Bake<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From Wall Street to the Andes: Las Qolqas Featured in Bloomberg<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re honored that Las Qolqas Eco Resort<\/strong> was recently featured in Bloomberg<\/em>\u2019s Hong Kong Edition<\/em> newsletter in the article \u201cHong Kong Dealmakers Find That Life After Banking Isn\u2019t So Bad\u201d<\/em> by journalists Denise Wee<\/strong> and Richard Frost<\/strong> (April 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The piece explores how a new generation of Hong Kong bankers are redefining success after leaving high-pressure financial careers \u2014 and among those stories of reinvention is our founder, Herman van den Wall Bake<\/strong>, whose journey led him from investment banking to creating Las Qolqas in Peru\u2019s Sacred Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reinvention in the Andes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the article, Bloomberg describes how Herman, after a career in investment banking, decided to \u201cbe his own boss and do projects that would have a positive impact.\u201d One of those projects became Las Qolqas<\/strong>, an eco-friendly resort nestled between Cusco<\/strong> and Machu Picchu<\/strong>, designed to merge sustainability, local culture, and hospitality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What began as an idea evolved into a living ecosystem: a riverside retreat powered by solar energy, built from natural materials, sustained by local farmers and artisans, and guided by the principle that true luxury lies in balance \u2014 not excess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building from Scratch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg highlights the challenges behind that transformation: navigating permits, facing a global pandemic, and learning to build something from the ground up. Herman admits he \u201cunderestimated\u201d how complex it would be \u2014 but also that the personal satisfaction of creating something meaningful<\/strong> far outweighed the comfort of steady paychecks or corporate titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the article puts it, \u201cThe personal satisfaction of building something that addresses a need and adds value boosts your well-being in ways that working for a large firm seldom does.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That line captures the spirit of Las Qolqas perfectly. Every path, every plant in our gardens, every local partnership tells a story of resilience and renewal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A New Definition of Success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Herman often says that Las Qolqas was built not to escape the world of finance, but to redefine what growth means<\/strong>. In the Sacred Valley, growth is measured in seedlings, in community ties, in moments of silence that money can\u2019t buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resort has since become a model for regenerative tourism \u2014 proof that business and purpose can coexist when guided by intention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Bloomberg<\/em>\u2019s piece suggests, there really is life beyond banking<\/strong> \u2014 and sometimes, it\u2019s found at 2,800 meters above sea level, where the mountains remind us to move slowly and build consciously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the Full Article<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can read the Bloomberg<\/em> story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re grateful for this recognition \u2014 and for every guest, partner, and local collaborator who continues to make Las Qolqas a place where reinvention finds its home.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finance reporter\u00a0Denise Wee\u00a0takes a look at how out-of-work bankers can reinvent themselves.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2056,"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions\/2056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}