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Asia's Billionaire Ranking
Current estimated fortunes and previous-trading-day movement across Asia and the documented Asian diaspora.
Combined Wealth
$6.19T
Ranked People
1348
Markets
33
Rising
427
Rank
Name
Market
Industry
Net Worth
Trend
1
Jensen Huang
Taiwan, China
Semiconductors
$176B
↓
2
Changpeng Zhao
China
Cryptocurrency exchange
$108B
→
3
Gautam Adani
India
Infrastructure, commodities
$91.4B
↑
4
Mukesh Ambani
India
Diversified
$88.4B
↓
5
Masayoshi Son
Japan
Telecom, Investments
$76.7B
↑
6
Zhang Yiming
China
TikTok
$69.3B
→
7
Tadashi Yanai & family
Japan
Fashion retail
$67.0B
↓
8
Zhong Shanshan
China
Beverages, pharmaceuticals
$59.1B
↑
9
Robin Zeng
Hong Kong, China
Batteries
$57.2B
↑
10
Li Ka-shing
Hong Kong, China
Diversified
$48.3B
↑
11
Ma Huateng
China
Online games
$48.2B
↓
12
Rafaela Aponte-Diamant
Israel
Shipping
$44.7B
↓
13
William Ding
China
Online games
$42.7B
↑
14
Savitri Jindal & family
India
Steel
$38.4B
↑
15
Chen Tianshi
China
Semiconductors
$37.3B
↑
16
He Xiangjian & family
China
Home appliances
$34.0B
↑
17
Pham Nhat Vuong
Vietnam
Diversified
$33.9B
↓
18
Eyal Ofer
Israel
Real estate, shipping
$33.7B
↓
19
Miriam Adelson & family
Israel
Casinos
$33.3B
↓
20
John Tu
China
Computer hardware
$32.4B
→
21
David Sun
Taiwan, China
Computer hardware
$32.3B
→
22
Idan Ofer
Israel
Shipping
$31.9B
↑
23
Lakshmi Mittal
India
Steel
$31.6B
↑
24
Vinod Adani
Cyprus
Infrastructure, commodities
$30.3B
↑
25
Jay Y. Lee
South Korea
Samsung
$30.2B
↓
26
Wang Weixiu & family
China
Machinery
$29.8B
↑
27
Colin Huang
China
E-commerce
$29.8B
↓
28
Vagit Alekperov
Azerbaijan
Oil
$29.5B
→
29
Cyrus Poonawalla
India
Vaccines
$28.8B
↓
30
Dilip Shanghvi
India
Pharmaceuticals
$27.4B
↑
31
Jack Ma
China
E-commerce
$26.4B
↑
32
Huang Shilin
China
Batteries
$26.2B
↑
33
Shiv Nadar
India
Software services
$25.8B
↑
34
Liu Debing
China
AI
$25.4B
↓
35
Gennady Timchenko
Armenia
Oil, gas
$24.2B
→
36
Zheng Shuliang & family
China
Aluminum products
$23.4B
↑
37
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Saudi Arabia
investments
$23.4B
↓
38
Harry Triguboff
China
Real estate
$22.8B
→
39
Takemitsu Takizaki
Japan
Sensors
$22.2B
↓
40
Yuan Fugen & family
China
Metal processing
$22.0B
↑
41
Wang Chuanfu
China
Batteries, automobiles
$21.9B
↑
42
Enrique Razon Jr.
Philippines
Ports
$21.8B
↑
43
Kumar Birla
India
Diversified
$21.7B
↓
44
Jason Chang
Singapore
Semiconductors
$21.4B
↓
45
Yu Yong
China
Mining
$21.2B
↑
46
Pierre Chen
Taiwan, China
Electronics
$21.2B
↓
47
Lei Jun
China
Smartphones, automobiles
$21.0B
↑
48
John Fredriksen
Cyprus
Shipping
$20.8B
↑
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Business
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Business
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