Yang Huiyan
| Yang Huiyan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 杨惠妍 1981 (age 42–43) Shunde, Guangdong Province, China |
| Alma mater | The Ohio State University |
| Occupation | Major shareholder of Country Garden Holdings |
| Net worth | US$5.1 billion (2015) .[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Chen Chong (2006－) |
| Parent(s) | Yang Guoqiang（father） |
Yang Huiyan (Simplified Chinese: 杨惠妍, Traditional Chinese: 楊惠妍, Pinyin: Yáng Huìyán; born 1981) is the majority shareholder of Country Garden Holdings and the 24th wealthiest person in mainland China.[2] She is currently the youngest female billionaire as well as the richest woman in Asia.[3] She is the 154th wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $8.2 billion USD, according to the Hurun Report Global Rich List, published in February 2014.[4][5]
She is the daughter of Yang Guoqiang, who started his company Biguiyuan in 1997[6] and transferred 70% of Country Garden's shares to her before its IPO in 2007.[7] The wealthiest mainland Chinese in the previous year, 2006, was Huang Guangyu.[8] Country Garden's initial offering raised about $1.6 billion, or as much as Google raised in 2004 in the United States.[9] Yang's net worth was estimated at $16.2 billion USD in October 2007.[10]
Yang is vice chairman of the board's governance committee and helped raise $410 million selling new shares last year, according to Forbes.[3]
Yang is a 2003 graduate of Ohio State University.[11]
Notes
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2015/10/25/chinas-100-richest-2015-wang-jianlin-regains-top-spot/
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2015/10/25/chinas-100-richest-2015-wang-jianlin-regains-top-spot/
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- ↑ Hurun Report Global Rich List. February 2014. Accessed 2014-08-19.
- ↑ The World's Billionaires Yahoo! Finance
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Sorry bachelors - richest Chinese woman married, China Daily, April 29, 2007.
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ Forbes: 26-year-old woman is China's richest person, USA Today, October 7, 2007.
- ↑ Forbes. Yang Huiyan. 2008-03-05. Accessed 2008-03-05.
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