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The Fab 50

THERE ARE 17 NEW MEMBERS
PRESS METAL ON OUR LIST, AND CHINA LEADS
THE WAY AGAIN WITH
30 ENTRIES.
Pressing for C H I N A

AAC Technologies
YEARS ON LIST: 3
CONSECUTIVE YEARS: 3
Success INDUSTRY: ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
SALES: $3.1 BIL
MARKET CAP: $13.8 BIL
TOP EXECUTIVE: KOH BOON HWEE
Alibaba Group
In 1986 Koon Poh Keong and his six brothers decided to YEARS ON LIST: 3
CONSECUTIVE YEARS: 3
start an aluminum company. Smart move. Today Malaysia’s INDUSTRY: INTERNET RETAILING
Press Metal dominates the Southeast Asian market. SALES: $37.8 BIL
MARKET CAP: $462.7 BIL
TOP EXECUTIVE: JACK MA
BY ANIS SHAKIRAH MOHD MUSLIMIN
Anta Sports Products Ì
INDUSTRY: SPORTS APPAREL
SALES: $2.5 BIL
MARKET CAP: $14.7 BIL
TOP EXECUTIVE: DING SHI-ZHONG
China Aoyuan Property Ì
INDUSTRY: PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
SALES: $2.8 BIL
MARKET CAP: $2 BIL
TOP EXECUTIVES: GUO ZIWEN,
GUO ZINING

Country Garden
YEARS ON LIST: 4
CONSECUTIVE YEARS: 3
INDUSTRY: PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
SALES: $33.6 BIL
MARKET CAP: $32.6 BIL
TOP EXECUTIVE: YEUNG KWOK-KEUNG
Dali Foods Ì
INDUSTRY: FOOD & DRINK
SALES: $2.9 BIL
MARKET CAP: $9.8 BIL
TOP EXECUTIVE: XU SHIHUI
Foshan Haitian Flavouring
& Food
YEARS ON LIST: 2
CONSECUTIVE YEARS: 2
INDUSTRY: CONDIMENTS
SALES: $2.1 BIL
MARKET CAP: $27.5 BIL
TOP EXECUTIVE: PANG KANG
Geely Automobile
YEARS ON LIST: 5
CONSECUTIVE YEARS: 3
INDUSTRY: MOTOR VEHICLES
SALES: $13.7 BIL
MARKET CAP: $19.9 BIL
TOP EXECUTIVE: LI SHU-FU
HLA 3
YEARS ON LIST: 3
INDUSTRY: APPAREL
SALES: $2.7 BIL
MARKET CAP: $6.8 BIL
TOP EXECUTIVE: ZHOU JIAN-PING

CEO Koon says his company “cannot continue to be restrained to just a family-run operation.”
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