Asia's wealth club who's really who in business the top 100 billionaires in Asia

In the booming economies of today's Asia only 100 elite individuals and families qualify for Asia's Wealth Club, where the entrance fee is a mininum net worth of $1 billion. Between them, they have a total net worth of around $300 billion and control businesses with annual revenues many times greater.

Some of their names are known in global business circles men like Robert Kuok of Malaysia, Li Ka-shing of Hong Kong and Dhanin Chearavanont of Thailand have built empires that stretch across the world. But many of the region's richest and most powerful tycoons are virtually unknown outside Asia and that's the way they like it. How did these families become so seriously rich? What drives them to seek ever greater fortune? What secrets of wealth-creation do they hold close in a region where circumstances can change so fast that speed is always of the essence in their business dealings? How important is that elusive. commodity known as "guanxi" connections-in the Chinese sphere of influence?

The author has been researching the emergence and growth of Asia's often-secretive billionaires for many years. Now, in Asia's Wealth Club, he explores these themes as he profiles the 100 richest individuals and families in Asia. explains how they fought their way to the top and looks at the next generation that will follow in its arents' footsteps. The second half of the book parents 100 tains contains a detailed ranking of the business and d financial empires of the top 100 billionaires. making this an invaluable reference work.

For anyone interested in understanding the rich networks that operate across Asia, from India through Indochina and the ASEAN states to the Greater China trio of the PRC, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and finally the North Asian powerhouses of Japan and Korea, Asia's Wealth Club is the guidebook for the 21st century