Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani
Not surprisingly, with a $76.0 billion fortune, the Ambanis of India are the richest business family in Asia. The Ambanis are behind the oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance empire. The Kwok family of Hong Kong ranks No. 2 on our annual ranking of Asia’s wealthiest business families, with a fortune of $33 billion, followed by Chearavanont family of Thailand (31.7 billion), and Hartono family of Indonesia ($31.3 billion).
Rounding out the top five is South Korea’s Lee family, which controls the formidable Samsung empire, with a combined net wealth of $26.6 billion. The Ambani family is now the richest family in Asia. Ambanis alone owns nearly 17% of the total $463 billion fortune that the top 20 richest families in Asia own.
Richest families in Asia
| Rank | Name | Wealth | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ambani | $76.0 billion | India |
| 2 | Kwok | $33.0 billion | Hong Kong |
| 3 | Chearavanont | $31.7 billion | Thailand |
| 4 | Hartono | $31.3 billion | Indonesia |
| 5 | Lee | $26.6 billion | South Korea |
| 6 | Yoovidhya | $24.2 billion | Thailand |
| 7 | Cheng | $22.6 billion | Hong Kong |
| 8 | Mistry | $22.3 billion | India |
| 9 | Pao/Woo | $20.2 billion | Hong Kong |
| 10 | Sy (Henry Sy) | $19.7 billion | Philippines |
| 11 | Tsai | $19.0 billion | Taiwan |
| 12 | Lee | $17.3 billion | Hong Kong |
| 13 | Kwek/Quek | $16.5 billion | Singapore |
| 14 | Torii/Saji | $16.3 billion | Japan |
| 15 | Kadoorie | $16.1 billion | Hong Kong |
| 16 | Hinduja | $15.1 billion | India |
| 17 | Ho (Stanley Ho) | $14.6 billion | Hong Kong |
| 18 | Chung | $14.1 billion | South Korea |
| 19 | Ng | $13.8 billion | Singapore |
| 20 | Chirathivat | $12.9 billion | Thailand |
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