Our inaugural list of the 40 wealthiest businesspeople in Southeast Asia extends our coverage beyond the region's 18 billionaires.
List members hail from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. A minimum net worth of $210 million was a prerequisite. And, unlike our annual list of the world's billionaires, this regional list broadens to include heads of state and family fortunes. As a result, Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Indonesia's Putera Sampoerna, who shares his wealth with his family, made our list.
The Top Ten Asia:
