$5 Billion | Rank #601 Who is Andre Koo, Sr. Chailease comprises more than 45 companies with over 100 offices and 6,000 employees. It operates throughout China and in 12 other countries. The first generation of Koos made their fortune in camphor, salt, sugar, and land. Koo’s father, financier …
$2 Billion | Rank #1818 Who is Kie Chie Wong A longtime backer of billionaire Andrew Forrest, Wong once held a 26.5% stake in Fortescue, for which he paid about $1 million in 2003. Wong was part of a Malaysian consortium, which bought an Australian realtor in 1988. He …
$3 Billion | Rank #1163 Who is Tseng Cheng Shin-yi co-founded the business in 1949 with classmates M.K. Liao and Lin Shu-Hong. Chang Chun is now one of Asia’s largest petrochemicals-and-plastics manufacturers, with plants in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asia. His eldest son serves as a director at both …
$7 Billion | Rank #336 Who is Zhou Qunfei & family A migrant factory worker as a teenager, Zhou has gone on to become one of the world’s richest self-made women. Her consumer electronics supplier also laminates display panels for Tesla. Zhou first took the plunge as an entrepreneur …
$2 Billion | Rank #1238 Who is Zhao Tao Zhao received an MBA from Fordham University in New York City. Buchang started trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in November 2016. Zhao holds a Singapore passport. Zhao Tao is from those few lucky persons who were born rich. He …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Ke Zunhong & family Ke once worked in the pharmacy department at a hospital in Chengdu, where Kanghong is headquartered. Coming from an average or middle class family, Ke Zunhong & family is one those great persons who have stormed their way …
$2 Billion | Rank #1645 Who is Liu Zhongtian & family Liu resigned as the chairman of China Zhongwang due to “personal health reasons” in November 2017. Zhongwang USA, majority owned by Wang, ended a deal to buy aluminum processor Aleris in November 2017, citing U.S. regulatory uncertainty. In …
$1 Billion | Rank #2190 Who is Zong Yanmin Founded in 2010, SICC is headquartered in the eastern China city of Jinan. Coming from an average or middle class family, Zong Yanmin is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. …
$21 Billion | Rank #74 Who is Masayoshi Son Investors in Son’s Vision Fund include Apple, Qualcomm, Foxconn, the family office of billionaire Larry Ellison and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund. The Vision Fund has invested in over 100 companies, including ride-share firm Grab, Korean ecommerce leader Coupang and India’s …
