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TH E WORLDÕ S BILLIONA IR E S

ST. KITTS MYRON WENTZ SOUTH AFRICA
& NEVIS NEWCOMER: Brief- GDP: $346 BIL
ly a billionaire in May

2015, Wentz official- POPULATION: 57 MIL
GDP: $951.7 MIL ly joins the ranks thanks BILLIONAIRES: 5 (–3 VS. 2017) JOHANNESBURG 2
POPULATION: 55,000 to a 30% rally in shares TOTAL NET WORTH: $20.9 BIL
BILLIONAIRES: 3 (+1 VS. 2017) of his multilevel market- (–$5.7 BIL VS. 2017)
TOTAL NET WORTH: $4.2 BIL ing company USANA
(–$700 MIL VS. 2017) Health Sciences, which Nicky Oppenheimer &
sells vitamins and family 
skin-care prod- $7.7 BIL #202 DIAMONDS
ucts. Wentz, who founded USANA Johann Rupert & family 
in 1992, renounced his U.S. $7 BIL #228 LUXURY GOODS DURBAN
citizenship in the mid-1990s. Koos Bekker 
Wu Xu  $2.6 BIL #924 MEDIA,
$1.6 BIL #1477 REAL ESTATE He spends much of his time INVESTMENTS CLIFTON
CLIFTON
in the Cayman Islands
Jacky Xu  and Rosarito, Mexico, Patrice Motsepe  CAMPS BAY FRANSCHHOEK
$1.5 BIL #1561 APPAREL
where his Sanoviv $2.4 BIL #1020 MINING
Myron Wentz ★ Medical Institute is Stephen Saad 
$1.1 BIL #1999 EXPATRIATES $1.2 BIL #1867
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WEALTH DIGITAL MEDIA CITY
GDP: $1.5 TRIL TOP SECTORS ORIGIN SAMSUNG TOWN
POPULATION: 51 MIL TEHERAN VALLEY SEOUL LG TWINS
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BILLIONAIRES: 44 (+6 VS. 2017) TECHNOLOGY 11% 41 KOO BON-MOO
TOTAL NET WORTH: $126.8 BIL 7 41%
(+$34.1 BIL VS. 2017) DIVERSIFIED
48% ANYANG
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FASHION & RETAIL
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INHERITED & GROWING
MANUFACTURING INHERITED
SELF-MADE
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FINANCE & INVESTMENTS
DAEDEOK SCIENCE TOWN
Lee Kun-Hee  Chung Eui-Sun  Lee Seo-Hyun 
$18.6 BIL #61 SAMSUNG $2.6 BIL #924 LOGISTICS $1.9 BIL #1284 COMPUTER
SERVICES, TOURISM
Seo Jung-Jin  Lee Joong-Keun 
$11.9 BIL #126 BIOTECH $2.3 BIL #1070 CONSTRUCTION, Park Hyeon-Joo 
REAL ESTATE $1.9 BIL #1284 MUTUAL FUNDS
Jay Y. Lee 
$7.4 BIL #207 SAMSUNG Koo Bon-Moo  Chung Mong-Joon  JEONBUK HYUNDAI
MOTORS
$2.2 BIL #1103 DIVERSIFIED $1.8 BIL #1339 SHIPBUILDING, CHUNG MONG-KOO
Suh Kyung-Bae  INDUSTRIAL MACHINES
$7.1 BIL #222 COSMETICS Shin Chang-Jae 
$2.1 BIL #1157 INSURANCE Kim Jun-Ki 
Kim Jung-Ju  $1.7 BIL #1394 DIVERSIFIED
$6.9 BIL #237 ONLINE GAMES Lee Boo-Jin  GIMHAE
$2 BIL #1215 COMPUTER Park Yeon-Cha ★
Kwon Hyuk-Bin  SERVICES, TOURISM $1.7 BIL #1394 SNEAKERS
$5.8 BIL #305 ONLINE GAMES
Lee Jay-Hyun  Cho Jung-Ho 
Chung Mong-Koo  $2 BIL #1215 FOOD PRODUCTS, $1.6 BIL #1477 FINANCE
$4.9 BIL #404 MOTOR VEHICLES
ENTERTAINMENT
Chey Tae-Won  Lee Myung-Hee  Kim Taek-Jin 
$1.6 BIL #1477 ONLINE GAMES
$4.5 BIL #466 IT, TELECOM
$1.9 BIL #1284 RETAIL
Lim Sung-Ki  Shin Dong-Guk ★
$1.6 BIL #1477
$3.6 BIL #629 PHARMACEUTICALS EXPATRIATE
PHARMACEUTICALS 1
Kim Nam-Jung 
Kim Beom-Su  $1.5 BIL #1561 FOOD
$2.7 BIL #887 ONLINE SERVICES
Chang Pyung-Soon  JEJU UNITED Lee Joon-Ho ★
Bang Jun-Hyuk  $1.4 BIL #1650 CHEY TAE-WON $1.1 BIL #1999 ONLINE GAMES
$2.6 BIL #924 ONLINE GAMING
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Lee Sang-Hyuk 
$1.1 BIL #1999 INVESTMENTS
Chey Ki-Won 
$1.4 BIL #1650 COMPUTER Shin Dong-Joo 
SERVICES, TELECOM $1.1 BIL #1999 RETAIL
Seo Jung-Jin Chung Yong-Jin  Lee Ho-Jin  Cho Yang-Rai 
$1.3 BIL #1756 DIVERSIFIED
BIGGEST GAINER: The bio- $1.4 BIL #1650 RETAIL Hong Seok-Joh  $1 BIL #2124

pharma tycoon’s wealth soared Hur Young-In  $1.2 BIL #1867 TIRE MANUFACTURING
by $9.7 billion in the past year, $1.4 BIL #1650 BAKERIES, CONVENIENCE STORES Kim Dae-Il ★

up 440%, as shares in Celltrion jumped after it released a drug to FAST FOOD Lee Hae-Jin  $1 BIL #2124 MOBILE GAMING
treat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis. A for- Shin Dong-Bin  $1.2 BIL #1867 INTERNET Michael Kim ★
mer employee of Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Seo also worked at $1.4 BIL #1650 RETAIL Koo Bon-Joon  $1 BIL #2124 INVESTMENTS
Daewoo Motor but left in 1999 shortly before the company filed for Koo Bon-Neung  $1.1 BIL #1999 ELECTRONICS, Koo Bon-Sik 

bankruptcy. He founded Celltrion in 2002 . $1.3 BIL #1756 ELECTRONICS HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS $1 BIL #2124 ELECTRONICS,
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