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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