Billionaires

Billionaire Duke of Westminster to sell £700 million of US real estate assets

Agents are being appointed to market those assets on a case-by-case basis

CK Hutchison has a controlling stake in Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, which provides mobile services in the city and Macau.

Li Ka-shing plans more telecom sales in ‘cash is king’ strategy

CK Hutchison still operates telecom businesses in several European markets

A JPMorgan survey of 333 investment firms for the super-rich published in February found one in five rank geopolitics as their top risk, outpacing concerns over liquidity and inflation.

World’s super-rich boost conflict economy wagers amid Iran war

Billionaires are already pocketing outsized gains from the financial shocks

Billionaire Joe Lewis made his initial fortune in the hospitality industry and currency markets.

Billionaire Joe Lewis plans US$200 million Sotheby’s art sale

Lewis family returns to auction market following a staggering 3,500% gain earlier this year

Alta Advisers is now in the process of removing itself from Hong Kong’s business registry.

Family office for US$12 billion Tetra Pak Fortune exits Hong Kong

Alta Advisers still has an Asia entity in Singapore that it set up more than a decade ago

Samsung is the biggest of South Korea’s family-run conglomerates known as chaebol, alongside SK Group and Hyundai Motor Group.

Samsung dynasty’s wealth doubles to US$45 billion in just one year

The family is now Asia’s third-richest family, up from 10th last year

Singapore minted 35 new billionaires between 2021 and 2026, Knight Frank's Wealth Report showed on Thursday (Apr 23).

Singapore billionaire population more than doubles as Apac wealth surges: Knight Frank

The number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals has grown by 54.5% in 2021 to 7,171 this year

Amancio Ortega has a net worth of about US$130 billion through the 90-year-old’s majority stake in Zara owner Inditex, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Zara founder Amancio Ortega leads ultra-rich’s push into US$1 trillion property market

Bricks and mortar has long been a popular asset for many of the world’s rich

Justin Sun has invested a total of US$45 million to buy three billion of World Liberty’s WLFI tokens in 2024 and 2025.

Crypto billionaire sues Trump-linked project alleging extortion

Early investors in the project are still unable to trade 80% of their tokens

Bang Si-hyuk has been under investigation for about a year after the Financial Services Commission referred the case to the police in July 2025.

South Korea police seek arrest of BTS agency Hybe’s billionaire founder

The probe has raised questions over governance just as the company seeks to sustain its growth beyond its flagship act