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Private Equity Billionaire Michael Kim Wins Dispute With Korean Prosecutors Over Arrest Warrant

The decision is the latest development in an investigation into fraud in MBK Partners’ handling of the Homeplus bond issue days before the credit downgrade.

January 14, 2026

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Malaysian Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Launches $2.7 Billion Takeover Bid For Builder IJM

Sunway Group, controlled by Malaysian billionaire Jeffrey Cheah, has launched an 11 billion ringgit ($2.7 billion) takeover bid for smaller rival IJM amid a boom in real estate and construction across Southeast

January 13, 2026

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Thai Billionaire Harald Link’s B.Grimm Power Buys $230 Million Stake In U.S. Hydropower Operator

B.Grimm Power, controlled by Thai billionaire Harald Link, has spent 7.24 billion baht ($230 million) to acquire a stake in US hydropower operator New England Reliable Hydropower Holdings, as the group expands

January 12, 2026

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Founder Of Chinese AI Model Developer MiniMax Becomes A Billionaire As Shares Surge On Listing

MiniMax Chairman and CEO Yan Junjie, 36, now has a net worth of $3.2 billion following the AI model developer’s $618 million IPO in Hong Kong.

January 9, 2026

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Chinese OpenAI Challenger Zhipu’s IPO Mints New Billionaire

Zhipu, which operates a ChatGPT-like service called Z.ai, raised $558 million in the IPO and made a fortune for its co-founders despite a somewhat quiet first-day trading.

January 8, 2026

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Chinese OpenAI Challenger Zhipu’s IPO Mints New Billionaire

Zhipu, which operates Z.ai, a ChatGPT-like service, raised $558 million in its IPO. Its chairman, Liu Debing, has amassed a fortune of $2.1 billion from his stake in the Chinese artificial intelligence

January 8, 2026

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Korean Private Equity Billionaire Michael Kim Faces Arrest Warrant In Fraud Case

South Korean prosecutors are investigating whether MBK Partners approved short-term bonds for Homeplus, amid expectations that the credit ratings of its portfolio companies will be downgraded. MBK denies the accusations.

January 7, 2026

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Scam Billionaire Chen Zhi ‘Arrested in Cambodia, Flown to China’

Chen Zhi, the billionaire at the center of the alleged scam who was sanctioned by the United States in October and had a huge $15 billion worth of Bitcoin seized, has been

January 7, 2026

Finance

Thai Billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s Frasers Property To Sell Prime Singapore Residential Block For $326 Million

Singapore’s Frasers Property is selling some of its flagship properties in the Orchard Road shopping district as house prices in the city-state rise to a record high in 2025 and demand for

January 7, 2026

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Philippine Billionaire Tony Tan Caktiong Plans U.S. Listing Of Jollibee’s International Business

Jollibee has been building its international image through overseas expansion and the acquisition of foreign brands such as Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Chinese restaurant chain Tim Ho Wan.

January 6, 2026

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Billionaire Ravi Jaipuria’s Devyani To Merge KFC, Pizza Hut Chains Across India In $931 Million Deal

After the merger is completed, Devyani International, controlled by billionaire Ravi Jaipuria, will operate 3,000 stores in India, Thailand, Nigeria, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

January 2, 2026

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ABS-CBN Partners With Billionaire Manuel Villar As Former Media Giant Seeks Turnaround

Since the Philippine Congress rejected ABS-CBN’s application for franchise renewal in 2020, the company has fallen deeper into the red, with cumulative losses exceeding $765 million over the past five years.

December 31, 2025

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Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Doubling Down On AI Bets With $4 Billion DigitalBridge Deal

SoftBank has been increasing its bets on artificial intelligence, committing $30 billion to OpenAI, and the company is building the massive Stargate data center project in the United States

December 30, 2025

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Billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Enterprises, Warburg Pincus To Buy 49% Stake In Haier India

Haier India is one of India’s top consumer appliance companies, with products including air conditioners, refrigerators, televisions and washing machines.

December 24, 2025

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Meesho Becomes India’s Finest IPO This Year, Mints New Billionaire

Meesho shares climbed 36% to 216.34 rupees ($2.39) at the close of trading in Mumbai on Wednesday, expanding gains given that its listing on December 10 to 95%, making it India’s best-performing

December 17, 2025

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Previous AMD Exec Becomes A Billionaire As Shares Of His AI Chip Manufacturer Soar In Launching

Shares of Shanghai-based MetaX Integrated Circuits rose 693% on Wednesday, bringing the total assets of its owner Chen Weiliang to $6.5 billion.

December 17, 2025

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Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong’s VinFast Investing $1 Billion To Increase EV Manufacturing Facility In Indonesia

VinFast has actually been increasing making centers throughout Asia as need for electrical cars booms. In very early December, VinFast revealed strategies to spend $500 million to triple its electrical car production

December 16, 2025

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Philippine Billionaire Enrique Razon’s ICTSI To Spend $175 Million To Broaden Brazil Port

ICTSI lies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Given by ICTSI Philippine port titan ICTSI, managed by billionaire Enrique Razon, Jr., will certainly invest 948 million Brazilian reals ($ 175 million) to update

December 15, 2025

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Billionaire Cheng Household Marketing Alinta Power To Singapore’s Sembcorp For $4.3 Billion

Alinta Wind Ranch, south of Geraldton, Western Australia. AFR Image by ERIN JONASSON (Image credit history: Fairfax Media using Getty Images using Getty Images) Fairfax Media (Getty Photos) Chow Tai Fook Enterprises–

December 12, 2025

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Christie’s to Offer Billionaire Costs Koch’s $50 M. Art Collection

Christie’s revealed Thursday that it will certainly market jobs by billionaire Costs Koch in 2 different public auctions on January 20 and January 21. The “Visions of the West” sale will certainly

December 11, 2025

Art Markets

Chinese Opposition To Nvidia Mints A Brand-new Billionaire As Its Supply Rises Over 420% In Trading Launching

Z Moore String Modern technology creator Hang Jianzhong has actually signed up with the rankings of billionaires as the Chinese expert system chipmaker’s shares skyrocketed greater than 420% after its Shanghai listing

December 5, 2025

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Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong’s VinFast Investing $500 Million To Increase EV Manufacturing Facility In India

A VinFast Automobile Ltd. electrical lorry VF 5 design is examined at the setting up store of the business’s factory in Haiphong, Vietnam, Monday, June 10, 2024. Professional Photographer: Linh Pham/Bloomberg ©

December 5, 2025

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India Billionaire Savitri Jindal’s JSW Steel Establishes $3.4 Billion JV With Japan’s JFE

Sight of the Sambalpur steel plant of Bhushan Power and Steel in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. JFE Steel Company JSW Steel Company JSW Team’s steel production device, led by Sajjan

December 4, 2025

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Billionaire Lucio Tan’s Philippine Airlines Orders 5 Jet A320s Well Worth $490 Million

Philippine Airlines A320. Philippine Airlines Philippine Airlines (CHUM)– regulated by cigarette and financial moguls Chen Yongxiong— claimed it had actually purchased 5 extra Jet A320 airplane as a traveling boom increased company

December 4, 2025

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Private Equity Billionaire Michael Kim Wins Dispute With Korean Prosecutors Over Arrest Warrant

Malaysian Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Launches $2.7 Billion Takeover Bid For Builder IJM

Thai Billionaire Harald Link’s B.Grimm Power Buys $230 Million Stake In U.S. Hydropower Operator

Founder Of Chinese AI Model Developer MiniMax Becomes A Billionaire As Shares Surge On Listing

Chinese OpenAI Challenger Zhipu’s IPO Mints New Billionaire

Chinese OpenAI Challenger Zhipu’s IPO Mints New Billionaire

Korean Private Equity Billionaire Michael Kim Faces Arrest Warrant In Fraud Case

Scam Billionaire Chen Zhi ‘Arrested in Cambodia, Flown to China’

Thai Billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s Frasers Property To Sell Prime Singapore Residential Block For $326 Million

Philippine Billionaire Tony Tan Caktiong Plans U.S. Listing Of Jollibee’s International Business

Billionaire Ravi Jaipuria’s Devyani To Merge KFC, Pizza Hut Chains Across India In $931 Million Deal

ABS-CBN Partners With Billionaire Manuel Villar As Former Media Giant Seeks Turnaround

Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Doubling Down On AI Bets With $4 Billion DigitalBridge Deal

Billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Enterprises, Warburg Pincus To Buy 49% Stake In Haier India

Meesho Becomes India’s Finest IPO This Year, Mints New Billionaire

Previous AMD Exec Becomes A Billionaire As Shares Of His AI Chip Manufacturer Soar In Launching

Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong’s VinFast Investing $1 Billion To Increase EV Manufacturing Facility In Indonesia

Philippine Billionaire Enrique Razon’s ICTSI To Spend $175 Million To Broaden Brazil Port

Billionaire Cheng Household Marketing Alinta Power To Singapore’s Sembcorp For $4.3 Billion

Christie’s to Offer Billionaire Costs Koch’s $50 M. Art Collection

Chinese Opposition To Nvidia Mints A Brand-new Billionaire As Its Supply Rises Over 420% In Trading Launching

Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong’s VinFast Investing $500 Million To Increase EV Manufacturing Facility In India

India Billionaire Savitri Jindal’s JSW Steel Establishes $3.4 Billion JV With Japan’s JFE

Billionaire Lucio Tan’s Philippine Airlines Orders 5 Jet A320s Well Worth $490 Million

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