Australia/New Zealand

Daniel Petre, 49
Executive chairman of technology investment firm Netus.

Stephen Tindall, 57
Founded the Warehouse group of bargain variety stores.

George Lewin, 59
Invented the Triton workbench in 1975.

Greg Poche, 67
Founded freight company Star Track Express in 1972

China

Chen Guangbiao, 40
Made fortune in the recycling business.

Yang Huiyan, 27 and Yeung Kwok Keung, 54
Daughter owns a majority stake in property developer country garden, run by her father.

Huang Rulan, 57
Founder of real estate and hotel investor Golden Resources Group.

Cho Tak Wong, 63
Started auto parts maker Fuyao Glass.

Hong Kong

Ronnie Chan, 59
Chairs property developer Hang Lung Group.

Li Ka-Shing, 80
Chairs Hutchison Whampoa and Cheong Kong Holdings.

Eric Hotung, 82
Real estate tycoon and descendant of prominent merchant family during British rule.

Yu Pang Lin, 87
Chairman of Shenzhen Panglin Hotel.

India

Rohini Nilekani, 49
Wife of Infosys Technologies co-founder Nandan Nilekani.

Sunil Mittal, 51
Chairman and group chief executive of Bharti Enterprises.

Anil Agarwal, 55
Chairman of mining outfit Vedanta Resources.

Shiv Nadar, 63
Chairman and chief strategy officer, HCL Technologies.

Indonesia

Cherie Nursalim, 41
Executive director of GITI group.

James Riady, 51
Chairman of Lippo Group.

George Tahija, 49 and Sjakon Tahija, 54
Sons of late tycoon Julius Tahija control privately held Austindo Nusantara Jaya, with businesses in health care and financial services.

Putera Sampoerna, 61
Sold the family's cigarette business in 2005.

Japan

Yoshitaka Kitao, 58
Chief executive of SBI Holdings.

Kagemasa Kozuki, 68
Former jukebox repairman founded videogame maker Konami, known for titles such as Metal Gear Solid.

Kazuo Inamori, 77
Founder of Kyocera, Japan's leading maker of ceramic components.

Shoji Uehara, 81
Former chairman of Taisho Pharmaceutical, Japan's leading vendor of over-the-counter drugs.

Malaysia

Raya Erom, 46
Inherited much of her money from her father-in-law, who was head of the state of Sabah, and invested in the property development, timber and travel sectors.

Ahmadshah Abdullah, 62
Governor of Sabah state and a small-scale landlord.

Lim Kok Wing, 62
Founded and serves as president of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology.

Jeffrey Cheah, 63
Chairman of the Sunway Group.

The Philippines

Jon Ramon Aboitiz, 61, and family
Chairs Aboitiz Holding Company with investments in energy, construction, logistics, food and banking.

Manuel V. Pangilinan, 62
Chairman of Hong Kong-listed First Pacific and New York-listed Philippine Long-Distance Telephone.

Henry Sy, 84, and family
Built shopping mall empire SM and holds the country's biggest fortune.

Alfonso Yuchengco SR., 85
Chairman of the Yuchengco Group, a conglomerate anchored by insurance and banking interests.

Singapore

Chew Hua Seng, 54
Founder and CEO of Raffles Education, Asia's largest private education group.

The Kwee family
Patriarch Kwee Liong Tek, 63, is chairman of Pontiac Land, which owns luxury hotels and office towers.

Margaret Lien, 66
One of Singapore's richest women and the head of the Lien Foundation, founded in 1980 by her late husband, banker and hotelier Lien Ying Chow.

Wee Cho Yaw, 80
Chairman of United Overseas Bank.

South Korea

Choi Sin-Won, 56
Chairman and chief executive of chemical company SKC.

Jeff Jones, 56
An attorney for Kim & Chang who arrived in south korea in 1971 and is probably the best-known American in the country.

Park Young-Ju, 68
Chairman and chief executive of Eagon Industrial and Eagon Windows, which produce building materials.

Nam Han-Bong, 70
Chairman of Unix Korea since 1978.

Taiwan

Chien-Ming Wang, 28
New York Yankees pitcher.

Chen Tei-Fu, 60
Founder of direct marketer Sunrider International.

Bruce Cheng, 72
Founder and Chairman of power-device maker Delta Electronics.

Chang Yung-Fa, 81
Chairman of the Evergreen Group, parent of container shipper Evergreen Marine.

Thailand

Rattawadee Bualert, 35
Owner of of Lebua Hotels & Resorts.

Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, 64
Chairman of Thai Bev and TCC group.

Kamala Sukosol, 67
Hotelier and popular jazz and pop music performer; president of Siam City Hotels & Resorts.

Mechai Viraivaidya, 68
Thailand's "condom king".