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Sys among Asia's 20 richest families - Bloomberg

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 04 03:51 PM

The Sys of the Philippines are among the top 20 richest families in Asia, with a net worth of $19.7 billion or nearly P1 trillion, according to this year's Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Read more »

China's super rich got $1.5 trillion richer during pandemic: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 20 03:30 PM

China now has a total of 878 billionaires. Read more »

Billionaires' riches reach record highs during pandemic

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 08 07:53 AM

By the end of July, the cumulative wealth of billionaires stood at around $10.2 trillion, according to a study conducted by Switzerland's biggest bank UBS and accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read more »

Billionaire wealth reaches new high during COVID-19 pandemic - UBS

Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 10:57 AM

Billionaire wealth reached record high levels amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by UBS and PwC found, as a rally in stock prices and gains in technology and healthcare helped the wealth of the world's richest break the $10 trillion mark.   Read more »

Tesla surge lifts Musk higher on billionaire list

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 14 08:26 AM

Tesla's surging stock value has boosted Elon Musk further up the list of top billionaires as he stands poised for yet another massive payout as soon as this week. Read more »

New Chinese billionaires outpace US by 3 to 1 - Hurun

Reuters
Posted at Feb 26 09:54 PM

China minted three times as many new billionaires than the United States in the past year, with fortunes made in drugs and online entertainment. Read more »

The hidden perk that New York's mega-rich now demand

James Barron, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 25 11:34 AM

“Porte cochère” — pronounced port KO-shair — is a French term that originally described an entrance to a building large enough for a coach to be driven into an interior courtyard. Think palaces. Think Louis XIV. Read more »

Filipino tycoons pass on, signal changing of the guard

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 04:37 PM

Here is a list of Philippine taipans who passed on in the last 2 years.  Read more »

Billionaires' wealth falls for first time since 2015

Angelika Gruber and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi, Reuters
Posted at Nov 09 02:49 AM

ZURICH - The world's richest people became a little less well off last year, according to a report by UBS and PwC, as geopolitical turmoil and volatile equity markets reduced the wealth of billionaires for the first time since 2015. Read more »

Number of China's ultra-wealthy dwindles in 2019

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 10 09:05 PM

The number of ultra-wealthy individuals dipped in China this year, a report said Thursday, as the government seeks to rebalance the economy and tackle high levels of toxic debt.   Read more »

SM leads PH firms in Forbes' 200 Asian companies with sales over $1B

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 04:56 PM

Eight of the country's largest firms landed in Forbes Asia's list of the best 200 listed companies in the Asia Pacific region with sales above $1 billion.  Read more »

INFOGRAPHIC: 17 Pinoys on Forbes' billionaires list

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 12:40 PM

Seventeen of the Philippines' richest persons joined Forbes Magazine's list of the world's top billionaires of 2018. Read more »

Manny Villar is now PH's richest man

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 08:21 AM

Tycoon and former Senate president Manny Villar is now the richest man in the Philippines, Forbes Magazine said Tuesday. Read more »

Amazon's Bezos widens lead in world billionaires' ranking

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 18 08:29 AM

Bezos's net worth topped $150 billion on Monday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him the world's richest person in decades. Read more »

Forbes: Henry Sy is still PH top billionaire; Jeff Bezos is world's richest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 02:55 PM

Shopping mall tycoon Henry Sy is still the country's richest man while Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos seized the top spot for the first time, Forbes Magazine said Tuesday. Read more »