Wealth-X Releases China's Top 10 Richest Business Women List
SINGAPORE, Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wealth-X, the global UHNW intelligence and wealth due diligence firm, has unveiled its top 10 list of China's richest business women.
With a net worth of US$3.6 billion, Wu Yajun has taken top spot among China's business women. The former journalist and co-founder of Longfor Properties owns more than 75% of the Hong Kong-listed company alongside her husband. Sharing a similar profile is Xiuli Dai Hawken, who takes second spot on the list with a net worth of US$1.6 billion. A former journalist, she co-founded Renhe Commercial Holdings with her brother and currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of the Hong Kong-listed company and is its largest shareholder. The list's third spot is held by He Qiaonu with a net worth of US$1.5 billion. A graduate of Beijing Forestry University, she founded Orient Landscape Service in 1992, currently known as Beijing Orient Landscape. The company designs, develops and maintains environmental landscape projects for golf courses, resort hotels, cities and private real estate properties.
| NAME | NET WORTH (US$) |
| Wu Yajun | 3.6 billion |
| Xiuli Hawken Dai | 1.6 billion |
| He Qiaonu | 1.5 billion |
| Chen Lihua | 1.1 billion |
| Zhang Xin | 1 billion |
| Chen Jinxia | 1 billion |
| HUANG XI | 1 billion |
| Lei Jufang | 890 million |
| Li Tan | 880 million |
| Fan Zhaoxia | 350 million |
Reflective of current economic trends in China, five of the top 10 rank holders either own companies in the real estate sector or operate in related industries. Two of the ladies are in the medical or pharmaceutical arena and all except one co-founded or played a pivotal role in the companies that have made them ultra wealthy.
Mykolas D. Rambus, CEO of Wealth-X, commented on the insight provided by the list, "The list reflects the entrepreneurial spirit of Chinese business women and the wealth generating potential of the Chinese property sector, particularly in view of the 11,500 ultra wealthy individuals resident in China as revealed by the Wealth-X World Ultra Wealth Report 2011-2012."
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