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Mukesh AmbaniBorn 19 Apr 1957US$99.7bn. Ambani's Reliance career spans the Jamnagar refinery and the expansion into retail and Jio telecommunications. That mix places industrial infrastructure and consumer services inside the same business story.0i - 2
Zhang YimingBorn 1 Apr 1983US$69.3bn. Zhang founded ByteDance, the company behind Toutiao, Douyin and TikTok. His fortune illustrates the scale that recommendation-driven media can achieve, even after a founder steps back from the chief executive role.0i - 3
Zhong ShanshanUS$68.1bn. Zhong founded bottled-water producer Nongfu Spring and is a major owner of vaccine and diagnostic-test maker Wantai. Everyday drinks and healthcare manufacturing provide two distinct foundations for his wealth.0 - 4
Gautam AdaniBorn 24 Jun 1962US$63.8bn. Adani founded a group whose activities include ports and other infrastructure. His position reflects ownership across capital-intensive businesses, where financing and construction matter alongside the demand for services.0i - 5
Pony MaBorn 29 Oct 1971US$53.8bn. Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, co-founded Tencent. Messaging, online games and digital entertainment underpin a technology fortune with a different commercial model from the shopping platforms elsewhere in this list.0i - 6
Robin ZengUS$53.2bn. Zeng founded battery manufacturer CATL. His business sits inside the electric-vehicle supply chain: its customers need battery technology and manufacturing capacity before they can sell a finished car.0i - 7
Masayoshi SonBorn 11 Aug 1957US$51.5bn. Son founded SoftBank and developed it from software distribution into telecommunications and technology investing. His career links an operating business with large ownership bets on other companies.0i - 8
Li Ka-shingBorn 29 Jul 1928US$47bn. Li developed businesses in property, ports, utilities and retail before retiring as chairman of CK Hutchison and CK Asset in 2018. His fortune represents decades of diversification across services and physical infrastructure.0i - 9
Ding LeiBorn 1 Oct 1971US$37.9bn. William Ding is Ding Lei, the founder of NetEase. Online games and internet services are central to his business, making this a digital-entertainment fortune rather than a hardware-manufacturing one.0 - 10
Colin HuangBorn 1 Jan 1980US$36.6bn. Huang founded Pinduoduo and later stepped away from its leadership. His wealth remains associated with ownership in the ecommerce business, illustrating the distinction between being a founder-shareholder and running daily operations.0
