Single Family Offices of Asian Billionaires and HNWIs

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Asia’s richest billionaire families and their single family offices

Throughout the last years, a high number of family offices – the investment firms of wealthy families – were created in the Asian region. As part of the research work for our unique database of the largest single family offices in the Asia-Pacific region, we compiled an overview of Asian billionaires and their family offices.

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Richest billionaires in Asia:

#1: Mukesh Ambani, $80BN Net Worth

Asias’s richest man – Mukesh Ambani – earned his $80BN fortune through his diversified conglomerate Reliance Industries. Today, Reliance employs almost 195,000 people and has yearly revenues in the amount of $92BN. Ambanis’ family office is mainly investing in the energy and real estate sector.

#2: Zhong Shanshan Family Office, $62BN Net Worth

By founding Nongfu Springs, Zhong Shanshan created an extremely successful but on the other hand also simple beverage company which became China’s largest bottled water producer. Even the Indian government tried to copy his business model but failed.

#3: Ma Huateng Family Office, $61BN Net Worth

Ma Huateng is the founder of one of the most famous technology companies in China: Tencent. Asia’s most valuable company is one of the biggest investment, gaming and entertainment conglomerates in the world. Its founder is an active venture capital and private equity investor who focuses on Internet, information technology, gaming , marketing and software.

#4: Gautam Adani Family Office, $56BN Net Worth

Less known but still one of the richest billionaires in Asia: Gautam Adani. The Indian billionaire industrialist built a multinational conglomerate focused on port development and operations in India which  is also active in energy, resources, logistics, agribusiness, real estate, financial services, defence and aerospace. The Adani Group generates revenues of $13 billion with operations at 70 locations in 50 countries.

#5: Jack Ma Family Office, $49BN Net Worth

China’s most famous internet entrepreneur made it, of course, also to our list. Jack Ma is the co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail and Internet. His single family office focuses on venture capital investments.

#6: Colin Zheng Huang Family Office, $48BN Net Worth

Colin Huang founded the e-commerce company Pinduoduo, which went on to become a leading grocery marketplace in China. The firm developed the largest agriculture-focused technology platform in China. It connects farmers and distributors directly with consumers.

#7: Masayoshi Son Family Office, $42BN Net Worth

The Japanese billionaire and technology entrepreneur Masayoshi Son is the founder and CEO of the holding company SoftBank. The multinational conglomerate holding company owns stakes in many technology, energy, and financial companies and runs Vision Fund, the world’s largest technology-focused venture capital fund.

#8: Tadashi Yanai Family Office, $39BN Net Worth

Tadashi Yanai is a Japanese billionaire businessman and founder and president of the retail holding company Fast Retailing, Japan’s most successful retail firm and the parent company of Uniqlo, a well known Japanese clothing brand. The firm generates $20 billion of revenues and employs 35,000 people.

#9: Zhang Yiming Family Office, $36BN Net Worth

The guy who could keep many youths busy during lockdown with his app TikTok: Zhang Yiming. His mother company, Byte Dance, is valued at $400 billion, making it the most valuable startup in the world.

#10: He Xiangjian Family Office, $35BN Net Worth

He Xiangjian is the co-founder of Midea, one of China’s largest appliance makers. The electrical appliance manufacturer operates 200 subsidiaries and over 60 overseas branches. It employs more than 130,000 workers and generates revenues of $42 billion.

 

Richest billionaires in Singapore:

#1: Goh Cheng Liang Office, $22BN Net Worth

Goh Cheng Liang is a Singaporean billionaire businessman who founded Wuthelam Holdings, which manufactures paint and coatings. He gets the bulk of his wealth from a majority stake in Japan’s Nippon Paint Holdings, the world’s fourth largest paint manufacturer.

#2: Zhang Yong Family Office, $20BN Net Worth

Often also named the master of hot pots: Zhang Yong. The founder of the Haidilao International Holding restaurant group, best known for its Hai Di Lao chain of hot pot restaurants, operates more than 460 direct stores in more than a hundred cities.

 

Richest billionaires in Hong Kong:

#1: Li Ka-shing Family Office, $34BN Net Worth

The richest man of Hong Kong, Li Ka-shing, built an impressive multinational conglomerate consisting of five core businesses: ports, retail, infrastructure, energy and telecommunications. Cheun Kong Holdings is influential in many sectors of the Hong Kong economy and makes up 4% of the aggregate market capitalization of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

#2: Lee Shau-kee Family Office, $32BN Net Worth

Lee Shau-kee is the founder of Henderson Land Development, a property conglomerate with interests in property, hotels, restaurants and internet services. It is the third largest Hong Kong real estate developer by market capitalization. His single family office focuses on real estate and private equity investments.

 

Richest billionaires in India:

#1: Mukesh Ambani Family Office, $80BN Net Worth

Asias’s richest man – Mukesh Ambani – earned his $80BN fortune through his diversified conglomerate Reliance Industries. Today, Reliance employs almost 195,000 people and has yearly revenues in the amount of $92BN. Ambanis’ family office is mainly investing in the energy and real estate sector.

#2: Gautam Adani Family Office, $56BN Net Worth

Less known but still one of the richest billionaires in Asia: Gautam Adani. The Indian billionaire industrialist built a multinational conglomerate focused on port development and operations in India which  is also active in energy, resources, logistics, agribusiness, real estate, financial services, defence and aerospace. The Adani Group generates revenues of $13 billion with operations at 70 locations in 50 countries.

 

Richest billionaires in China:

#1: Zhong Shanshan Family Office, $62BN Net Worth

By founding Nongfu Springs, Zhong Shanshan created an extremely successful but on the other hand also simple beverage company which became China’s largest bottled water producer. Even the Indian government tried to copy his business model but failed.

#2: Ma Huateng Family Office, $61BN Net Worth

Ma Huateng is the founder of one of the most famous technology companies in China: Tencent. Asia’s most valuable company is one of the biggest investment, gaming and entertainment conglomerates in the world. Its founder is an active venture capital and private equity investor who focuses on Internet, information technology, gaming , marketing and software.

 

Richest billionaires in Japan:

#1: Masayoshi Son Family Office, $42BN Net Worth

The Japanese billionaire and technology entrepreneur Masayoshi Son is the founder and CEO of the holding company SoftBank. The multinational conglomerate holding company owns stakes in many technology, energy, and financial companies and runs Vision Fund, the world’s largest technology-focused venture capital fund.

#2: Tadashi Yanai Family Office, $39BN Net Worth

Tadashi Yanai is a Japanese billionaire businessman and founder and president of the retail holding company Fast Retailing, Japan’s most successful retail firm and the parent company of Uniqlo, a well known Japanese clothing brand. The firm generates $20 billion of revenues and employs 35,000 people.

Picture source: Swapnil Bapat