06-04-2023, 02:31 PM
There was a piece of similar news (centred mainly on the richest fellow in Singapore) posted here on 2 Apr but that piece of news is really limited in info overall as it was mainly on one person in the list. So here's a piece of news that has more info on the others on the list.
Angela Tan
Senior Correspondent
UPDATED 7 HOURS AGO
SINGAPORE - Mr Li Xiting, founder and chairman of Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics, a global provider of medical devices based in China, has again topped Forbes’ list of billionaires in Singapore.
Mr Li was among 35 billionaires from the Republic – up from 26 in 2022. Their collective net worth came to US$118.9 billion (S$157.6 billion), compared with US$106.7 billion in 2022.
This year saw several additions to the rarefied list, including Mr Kwek Leng Keow (with US$1.4 billion) of Hong Realty, the private property company within the Hong Leong Group in Singapore; hotel tycoon Michael Kum (with US$1 billion), whose properties include brands such as Hilton and Hyatt; and Dr Loo Choon Yong (with US$1 billion), co-founder of Raffles Medical Group.
Mr Li’s net worth stood at US$16.3 billion, making him the 103rd richest billionaire in the world, according to Forbes’ annual ranking.
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Forbes ...... 37th edition of the list showed the number of billionaires around the globe has fallen for the second straight year
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The total number of billionaires fell to 2,640, down from 2,668 in 2022. The planet’s richest are now worth US$12.2 trillion, a drop of US$500 billion from US$12.7 trillion in March 2022.
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/si...chest-list
Angela Tan
Senior Correspondent
UPDATED 7 HOURS AGO
SINGAPORE - Mr Li Xiting, founder and chairman of Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics, a global provider of medical devices based in China, has again topped Forbes’ list of billionaires in Singapore.
Mr Li was among 35 billionaires from the Republic – up from 26 in 2022. Their collective net worth came to US$118.9 billion (S$157.6 billion), compared with US$106.7 billion in 2022.
This year saw several additions to the rarefied list, including Mr Kwek Leng Keow (with US$1.4 billion) of Hong Realty, the private property company within the Hong Leong Group in Singapore; hotel tycoon Michael Kum (with US$1 billion), whose properties include brands such as Hilton and Hyatt; and Dr Loo Choon Yong (with US$1 billion), co-founder of Raffles Medical Group.
Mr Li’s net worth stood at US$16.3 billion, making him the 103rd richest billionaire in the world, according to Forbes’ annual ranking.
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Forbes ...... 37th edition of the list showed the number of billionaires around the globe has fallen for the second straight year
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The total number of billionaires fell to 2,640, down from 2,668 in 2022. The planet’s richest are now worth US$12.2 trillion, a drop of US$500 billion from US$12.7 trillion in March 2022.
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/si...chest-list