What is the best language to learn for international business?
…reflect my opinions…but, my opinions are based on 30 years of (big) business experience, most of which has been international in scope. By the way, before I went into business, I dabbled professionally in language. To cut to the chase…English is and will remain the language of international business for the immediate future. I think that will hold true for your lifetime, assuming you are a student today. When I was a little boy, the international language was French. After a couple decades, that has solidly shifted to English. Will English ever be supplanted? I am certain it will. Will it happen during your career? I doubt it. My recommendation is that if you are interested in a language, culture or country, study that language. It will expand your world view immensely and bring you joy. But, if you are only studying the language for business purposes, spend your time on something else–like mastering partial differential equations so Black-Scholes is second nature to you. I hav
