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Th e World’ s billiona i re s
WEALTH
TOP SECTORS ORIGIN
China MANUFACTURING 70 1% 1%
60
REAL ESTATE
98%
54
gdp: $12.3 TRIL TECHNOLOGY INHERITED & GROWING
36
population: 1.4 BIL INHERITED
HEALTH CARE SELF-MADE
billionaires: 373 (+54 VS. 2017) 32
total net worth: $1.12 TRIL (+$311.4 BIL VS. 2017) DIVERSIFIED
23
FASHION & RETAIL
Ma Huateng Pang Kang
$45.3 BIL #17 internet media $6.4 BIL #265 soy sauce
Jack Ma Ma Jianrong & family
$39 BIL #20 e-commerce $6 BIL #289 textiles, apparel
Hui Ka Yan Yao Liangsong
$30.3 BIL #24 real estate $5.8 BIL #305 furniture
Wang Jianlin Zhang Jindong
$30 BIL #26 real estate $5.8 BIL #305 appliance retail
Yang Huiyan Kei Hoi Pang
$21.9 BIL #43 real estate $5.6 BIL #321 real estate NEWSMAKER URUMQI xinJiang
He Xiangjian Zhang Bangxin Wang Jianlin
$20.1 BIL #50 appliances $5.5 BIL #334 XINJIANG FLYING TIGERS
after-school tutoring SUN GUANGXIN
Wang Wei wang, formerly china’s rich-
$18.2 BIL #63 package delivery Zhang Shiping & family est man, made a retreat in
$5.5 BIL #334 aluminum 2017 shortly after boast-
William Ding
$17.4 BIL #69 online games Lin Xiucheng & family ing about his dalian wanda
$5.4 BIL #351 electronics group’s record number of
Zhang Zhidong
$15.6 BIL #87 internet media Xu Chuanhua & family overseas acquisitions. the
$5.3 BIL #365 chemicals, owner of u.s. movie the-
Li Shufu logistics ater chain amc, wang aban-
$15.3 BIL #91 automobiles
Wang Chuanfu doned his dream of best-
Lei Jun $5.2 BIL #372 batteries, ing disney when he agreed
$12.5 BIL #118 smartphones automobiles in July to sell wanda’s chi-
Robin Li Liu Yonghao & family nese hotel and tourism port-
$12 BIL #124 internet search $4.9 BIL #404 agribusiness folio—including its theme
Wang Wenyin Yu Yong parks and a movie studio
$11.7 BIL #130 mining, copper $4.9 BIL #404 mining complex—for over $9 billion.
Xu Shihui & family Zhou Jianping its international business
$11.3 BIL #135 snacks, $4.9 BIL #404 fashion retail also hit the skids: wanda’s
beverages planned $1 billion acquisition
Fu Liquan
Zhou Hongyi $4.8 BIL #422 of dick clark productions fell
$11.3 BIL #135 surveillance equipment through in march 2017, and
security software the group is offloading real
Li Shuirong
Richard Qiangdong Liu $4.7 BIL #441 petrochemicals estate assets in london and
$10.8 BIL #140 e-commerce australia, as well as a stake in
Cai Kui
Yan Zhi $4.6 BIL #456 real estate spanish soccer club atlético
$10.1 BIL #148 real estate de madrid.
Liang Wengen
Pan Zhengmin & family $4.6 BIL #456
$9.7 BIL #154 electronics construction equipment
Zong Qinghou Fang Wei
$9.5 BIL #160 beverages $4.5 BIL #466 steel
Yao Zhenhua Ji Changqun Jiang Weiping & family
$9.2 BIL #167 diversified $4.5 BIL #466 real estate $3.8 BIL #588 chemicals
Guo Guangchang Chu Mang Yee & family Zeng Fangqin ★
$8.1 BIL #186 diversified $4.4 BIL #480 real estate $3.8 BIL #588 Xu Jingren Liu Zhongtian & family
smartphone components $3.6 BIL #629 $3.3 BIL #703 aluminum
Sun Piaoyang Wang Yusuo & family pharmaceuticals
$7.7 BIL #202 pharmaceuticals $4.2 BIL #514 natural gas Zhang Jin Luo Liguo & family ★
$3.8 BIL #588 diversified Zhang Li $3.3 BIL #703 silicon products
Wu Yajun & family Fan Hongwei ★ $3.6 BIL #629 real estate
$7.7 BIL #202 real estate $4.1 BIL #527 petrochemicals Li Gaiteng Jiang Bin
$3.7 BIL #606 hair dryers Zhang Xin & family $3.2 BIL #729
Wang Wenxue Wang Xing $3.6 BIL #629 real estate acoustic components
$7.2 BIL #217 real estate $4.1 BIL #527 e-commerce Tse Ping
$3.7 BIL #606 Chen Bang Nie Tengyun & family
Lu Zhiqiang Che Jianxing pharmaceuticals $3.5 BIL #652 hospitals $3.2 BIL #729 logistics
$7 BIL #228 real estate $4 BIL #550 furniture retail
Cao Longxiang & family Gao Tianguo Frank Wang
Wu Shaoxun ★ Huang Rulun $3.6 BIL #629 $3.5 BIL #652 real estate, $3.2 BIL #729 drones
$7 BIL #228 wine $4 BIL #550 real estate pharmaceuticals finance
Chan Laiwa & family Yu Huijiao Jiang Rensheng & family Melissa Ma ★ Cheng Cheung Ling ★
$3.1 BIL #766 pharmaceuticals
$6.8 BIL #242 real estate $4 BIL #550 package delivery $3.6 BIL #629 vaccines $3.4 BIL #679 internet search
Liu Yongxing Zhang Xuexin & family ★ Qin Yinglin & family Sun Guangxin Meisong Lai
$3.1 BIL #766 package delivery
$6.7 BIL #248 diversified $4 BIL #550 aluminum $3.6 BIL #629 pig breeding $3.4 BIL #679 diversified
Wei Jianjun & family Zhang Yiming ★ Qiu Guanghe & family Ji Qi Liang Xinjun
$3.1 BIL #766 diversified
$6.5 BIL #261 automobiles $4 BIL #550 software $3.6 BIL #629 fashion retail $3.3 BIL #703 hotels, motels
Jason Jiang Chen Dongsheng Ren Jianhua
$3.1 BIL #766 appliances
$6.4 BIL #265 advertising $3.8 BIL #588 insurance
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