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LI KA-SHING
TRANSPORTATION, REAL ESTATE,
FINANCIAL SERVICES
HONG KONG SAR
34.9 BN USD
ASIA’S RICHEST
FOR BETTER EDUCATION SYSTEMS ELSEWHERE
AND TO FLEE THE COUNTRY’S POLLUTED
CITIES AND STRICT GOVERNMENT. THEY’RE
ALSO LOOKING TO PROTECT THEIR WEALTH.*
MORE THAN
1/3OF CHINESE
MILLIONAIRES
LEAVECHINA
SAY THEY WANT TO
THE PARLIAMENT IN COMMUNIST CHINA IS A
BILLIONAIRES’CLUB:
45BILLION USD.
650THE 153 RICHEST
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ARE WORTH
CHINA’S WEALTHIEST LAWMAKER IS MA
HUATENG, WHO IS ALSO CHINA’S RICHEST PERSON WITH A NEW WORTH OF
BILLION USD.
SALMANRAHMAN
1.3
BANGLADESH
BINOD CHAUDHARY1.5
NEPAL
TAY ZA7
MYANMAR
MIAN MUHAMMADMANSHA
1
PAKISTAN
MASAYOSHISON22.3
JAPAN
DHANIN CHEARAVANONT13.7
THAILAND
ROBERT BUDIHARTONO14.9
INDONESIA
GOH CHENG LIANG8.8
SINGAPOREKITH MENG0.6
CAMBODIA
LEEKUN-HEE17.8
SOUTH KOREA
ROBERT KUOK14.4
MALAYSIA
MUKESHAMBANI
40.1
INDIA
PHAM NHAT VUONG6.9
VIETNAM
ON THE LIST OF SELF-MADE FEMALE BILLIONAIRES, FIVE
WERE FROM CHINA AND THREE FROM THE US.*
CHINA HAS
64 SELF-MADE
MEANING THE COUNTRY IS NOW HOME TO MORE
THAN HALF OF THE WORLD’S 102 RICHEST
WOMEN.
AMONG THE
FEMALEBILLIONAIRES,
TO P
10HENRY SY18.2
PHILIPPINES
MA HUATENG45.3
CHINA
MASAYOSHI SON
@
INTERNET, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOKYO, JAPAN
CEO of SoftBank Mobile
22.3 BN USD
T H E R I C H E S TI N E AC H A S I A NC O U N T R Y:
A S I A’ S R I C H E S T I N N U M B E R S :
MUKESH AMBANI
PETROCHEMICALS, RETAIL AND TELECOM-
MUNICATIONS
MUMBAI, INDIA
40.1 BN USD
Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited
Asia has experienced some of the highest growth rates in the world in the last decades and, for the first time in history, it is home to the highest number of dollar billionaires in the world. China leads the pack, even outnumbering the United States.
IN ASIA, MORE THAN
WAS CREATED
EVERYDAY
– OF WHICH FOUR EVERY WEEKCAME FROM
IN 2017
CHINA
BILLIONAIRE
1
HUI KA YAN
REAL ESTATE
SHENZHEN, CHINA
30.3 BN USD
Founded and chairs China Evergrande Group
MA HUATENG
INTERNET MEDIA
SHENZHEN, CHINA
CEO of Tencent
45.3 BN USD
IN BN USD
YANG HUIYAN
REAL ESTATE
FOSHAN, CHINA
Majority shareholder of Country Garden
Holdings
21.9 BN USD
HE XIANGJIAN
HOME APPLIANCES
FOSHAN, CHINA
Co-founder of one of China’s largest
appliance makers
20.1 BN USD
WANG JIANLIN
REAL ESTATE
BEIJING, CHINA
Founder of Dalian Wanda Group
LEE SHAU KEE
REAL ESTATE
HONG KONG SAR
Founder of Henderson Land Development
30.3 BN USD
JACK MA
E-COMMERCE
HANGZHOU, CHINA
39 BN USD
Founder of Alibaba Group
Retired Chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings
* according to Hurun Research Institute
30 BN USD
TEXT AND RESEARCH: BERNHARD BARTSCH, JAN LUDWIG; INFOGRAPHICS: KATJA GUNTHER / INFOGRAPHICS GROUP; SOURCE: HURUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, FORBES, BLOOMBERG, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, THE NEW YORK TIMES