List of Southeast Asian people by net worth
Appearance
Forbes magazine annually lists the world's wealthiest individuals - The World's Richest People. What follows is the list of billionaires (in US dollars) in South East Asia, for 2012 issued. The vast majority of them are of Chinese descent.[1][2][3][4] To date, Malaysia has the most top number of billionaires in the list of richest South East Asian people and latest added was Najib Razak, former prime minister of Malaysia who was worth more than Malaysia.[5][6][7]
2014
2013
Number of Billionaires by Country
As of year 2018.
Rank | Nation | Number of billionaires | Richest billionaire by country |
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1 | ![]() |
35 | Robert Budi Hartono & Michael Hartono |
2 | ![]() |
17 | Henry Sy |
3 | ![]() |
16 | Ng Family |
3 | ![]() |
18 | Robert Kuok |
3 | ![]() |
25 | Dhanin Chearavanont & Family |
6 | ![]() |
5 | Pham Nhat Vuong |
See also
References
- ^ Chinese Populations in Contemporary Southeast Asian Societies: Identities ... - Google Books
- ^ Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. China-India Relations - Hyogo - PDF Free Download Chinese in Southeast Asia
- ^ Orientation - Chinese in Southeast Asia
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
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- ^ 2013 Forbes Billionaires List: Southeast Asia's Silver Tycoons Creak Into View
- ^ By the Numbers: Tracking Southeast Asia’s Billionaires | cogitASIA CSIS Asia Policy Blog
External links
- Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People - By country of citizenship
- Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People - By country of residence
- Forbes List
- Cushman, Jennifer, and Wang Gungwu. (1988) The Changing Identities of the Southeast Asian Chinese Since World War II. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
- Pan, Lynn. (1999) The Encyclopedia of the Overseas Chinese. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Wang Gungwu. (2000) The Chinese Overseas: From Earth-bound China to the Quest for Autonomy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.