List of Asians by net worth

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The list of Asians by net worth is based on an assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine. The Asian countries and territories with the most billionaires in 2022 are: China (607), India (166), Taiwan (51), South Korea (51) and Japan (50). Members of royal families or politicians are not included in the list. Russia's richest individuals are also not present in the list and are instead included in the List of Europeans by net worth.

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Individuals who are from Asia, but don't reside in the continent (such as Changpeng Zhao) are omitted from the list.

Annual Rankings

2022

RankName Net worth (USD): [1] AgeCountrySource(s) of wealth
1 Mukesh Ambani 108 billion65Flag of India.svg  India Reliance Industries
2 Gautam Adani 97 billion59Flag of India.svg  India Adani Group
3 Zhong Shanshan 61.3 billion67Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Nongfu Spring
4 Zhang Yiming 50.0 billion38Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China ByteDance
5 Robin Zeng 44.8 billion53Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong CATL
6 Ma Huateng 37.2 billion50Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Tencent
7 Li Ka-shing 33.7 billion93Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong diversified
8 Lee Shau-kee 32.6 billion94Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Henderson Land Development
9 Shiv Nadar 31.0 billion76Flag of India.svg  India HCL Technologies
10 He Xiangjian 28.3 billion78Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Midea Group
11 Tadashi Yanai 26.1 billion73Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Fast Retailing
12 Ding Lei 25.2 billion50Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China NetEase
13 Cyrus Poonawala 24.3 billion80Flag of India.svg  India Serum Institute of India
14 Wang Wei 24.3 billion51Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China SF Express
15 Qin Yinglin 24.1 billion56Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Muyuan Foods
16 Takemitsu Takizaki 23.9 billion75Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Keyence
17 Li Shufu 23.7 billion58Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Geely
18 Robert Budi Hartono 23.2 billion81Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Djarum
19 Jack Ma 22.8 billion57Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Alibaba Group
20 Michael Hartono 22.3 billion82Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Djarum
21 Masayoshi Son 21.3 billion64Flag of Japan.svg  Japan SoftBank Group
22 Huang Shilin 20.3 billion55Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China CATL
23 Radhakishan Damani 20.0 billion67Flag of India.svg  India DMart
24 Pang Kang 19.6 billion66Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Foshan Haitian Flavouring
25 Wang Chuanfu 19.5 billion56Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China BYD
26 Yang Huiyan 18.7 billion40Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Country Garden
27 Fan Hongwei 18.2 billion55Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Hengli Petrochemical
28 Lakshmi Mittal 17.9 billion71Flag of India.svg  India ArcelorMittal
29 Jiang Rensheng 17.7 billion69Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Anhui Zhifei Longcom
29 Savitri Jindal 17.7 billion72Flag of India.svg  India Jindal Steel and Power
29 Wang Wenyin 17.7 billion54Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Amer International Group

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