In Our Careers 2001 Section: • Answers from the Inside: Q&A with a human resources professional. • Snapshots of the Working World: Profiles of 11 different people and 11 different jobs. • The World's Richest Asians: Billionaires, billionaires, and more billionaires. • Washington Journal: My Life, My Work, My Job • Charts: Top ten lists of the jobs that grew the most, and blew the most.

The World's Richest Asians

From the Forbes 2001 list of the world’s 538 billionaires

RANK	NAME	WORTH (billions)	NATION	AGE	INDUSTRY	MAIN SOURCE OF WEALTH	SELF-MADE/ INHERITED	MARRIED?
18	Li Ka-shing	26.0	Hong Kong	73	Energy	Cheung Kong	N/A	widow
25	Kwok bros. (Walter, Thomas, Raymond)	11.5	Hong Kong	N/A	Real Estate	Sun Hung Kai Properties	Inherit	N/A
37	Takei, Yasuo & family	8.3	Japan	71	Finance	Takefuji Corp.	Self made	married
40	Saji, Nobutada & family	7.7	Japan	N/A	Beverage	Suntory	Inherit	N/A
42	Premji, Azim & family	6.9	India	55	Software/IT	Wipro Limited	Self made	married
52	Lee Shau Kee	5.9	Hong Kong	73	Real Estate	Henderson Land Dev.	Self made	married
55	Kinoshita, Kyosuke & family	5.6	Japan	61	Finance	Acom	Inherit	married
55	Son, Masayoshi	5.6	Japan	43	Finance	Softbank Corp.	Self made	married
68	Fukuda, Yoshitaka	5.2	Japan	53	Finance	Aiful Corp.	Self made	married
76	Yanai, Tadashi	4.8	Japan	52	Retail/Apparel	Fast Retailing	Self made	married
82	Ito, Masatoshi	4.5	Japan	77	Retail Chain	Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.	Self made	married
95	Iwasaki, Fukuzo	4.2	Japan	76	Real Estate/ Resorts	Iwasaki Sangyo	Inherited	married
96	Wang, Patrick	4.1	Hong Kong	50	Manufacturing/ Motors	Johnson Electric	Inherited	N/A
104	Tsai Wan-lin & family	3.8	Taiwan	76	Insurance	Cathay Life Insurance	N/A	married
109	Kuok, Robert	3.7	Malaysia	78	Hotel/ Media/ Real Estate	Kuok Group	N/A	married
109	Sidhu, Sanjiv	3.7	Texas, U.S.	44	Technology	i2 Technologies	Self made	married
109	Wang, Nina	3.7	Hong Kong	N/A	Real Estate	N/A	Inherited	married
116	Ng Teng Fong & family	3.5	Singapore	72	Property Development	Sino Land Co.	Self made	married
116	Okada, Kazuo	3.5	Japan	58	Entertainment	Aruze	Self made	married
124	Ambani, Dhirubhai & family	3.4	India	68	Chemicals/IT	Reliance Industries Limited	Self made	married
130	Itoyama, Eitaro	3.3	Japan	59	Real Estate/ Investment	Japan Airlines Company Ltd.	Inherited	married
130	Jinnai, Ryoichi	3.3	Japan	74	Finance	Promise Co Ltd	Self made	married
130	Mori, Akira	3.3	Japan	64	Real Estate	Mori Building Development Co.	Inherited	N/A
151	Khoo Teck Puat	3.0	Singapore	84	Banking/Real Estate	Goodwood Park Hotel Limited	Inherited	married
162	Yamauchi, Hiroshi	2.9	Japan	73	Entertainment	Nintendo Co., Ltd.	N/A	married
167	Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki	2.8	Japan	67	Transportation	Seibu Railway Company Ltd.	Inherited	married
174	Cheng Yu-tung	2.7	Hong Kong	75	Property Developmnet	New World Development	N/A	married
174	Wang, Y.C.	2.7	Taiwan	84	Plastics	Formosa Plastics	N/A	N/A
179	Fujita, Den	2.6	Japan	75	Fast Food	N/A	N/A	married
182	Takizaki, Takemitsu	2.5	Japan	56	Manufacturing/ Equipment	Keyence Corp.	N/A	married
198	Kuo, Terry	2.3	Taiwan	N/A	Technology	Hon Hai Precision	Self made	married
209	Kim, James	2.2	Penn., U.S.	65	Technology/ Marketing	Amkor Technology Inc.	Inherited	married
209	Nadar, Shiv	2.2	India	55	Technology	HCL-Tech	Self made	married
209	Yoshida, Tadahiro	2.2	Japan	54	Manufacturing/ Zippers	YKK Corp	Inherited	N/A
234	Li, Richard	2.0	Hong Kong	34	Technology	N/A	Inherited	single
251	Morita, Masao & family	1.9	Japan	46	Entertainment	Sony Corp	Inherited	N/A
251	Nambu, Yasuyuki	1.9	Japan	49	Employment	Persona Softbank	N/A	married
251	Otsuka, Akihiko & family	1.9	Japan	63	Pharmaceuticals	N/A	Inherited	N/A
272	Mabuchi, Kenichi & family	1.8	Japan	68	Manufacturing/ Motors	Mabuchi Motor Co Ltd	Self made	N/A
272	Mittal, Lakshmi	1.8	U.K.	51	Steel	Ispat International N.V.	Inherited	married
292	Birla, Kumar Mangalam	1.7	India	34	Finance	Hindalco Industrusies	Inherited	married
292	Halim, Rachman & family	1.7	Indonesia	53	Manufacturing/ Tobacco	Gudang Garam	Inherited	marriedz
312	Chen Din Hwa	1.6	Hong Kong	78	Manufacturing/ Real Estate	Nan Fung Textiles Consolidated	Self made	N/A
312	Funai, Tetsuro	1.6	Japan	74	Electronics	Funai Electric Co.	Self made	N/A
312	Kwek Leng Beng	1.6	Singapore	60	Property Development	City Developments Limited	Inherited	married
312	Lee Kun Hee & family	1.6	South Korea	59	Electronics	Samsung Electronics	Inherited	married
336	Tiong Hiew King	1.5	Malaysia	65	Logging	N/A	N/A	married
336	Yuen, Henry C.	1.5	Calif., U.S.	53	Electronics	Gemstar International Group	Self made	divorced
363	Fukutake, Soichiro	1.4	Japan	55	Education	Benesse Corporation	Inherited	N/A
363	Koo Chen-fu & family	1.4	Taiwan	67	Banking/Finance	Chinatrust Commercial Bank	Inherited	married
387	Rong Yiren & family	1.3	China	N/A	Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A
387	Sampoerna, Putera	1.3	Indonesia	53	Manufacturing/ Tobacco	N/A	N/A	married
387	Sy, Henry & family	1.3	Philippines	76	Property Development	N/A	N/A	married
421	Busujima, Kunio	1.2	Japan	62	Manufacturing/ Pachinko	Sankyo Company Ltd	N/A	married
421	Lee Seng Wee and family	1.2	Singapore	76	Banking	N/A	Inherited	N/A
421	Shinawatra, Thaksin	1.2	Thailand	51	Telecommuni-cations	N/A	Self made	married
421	Tan, Lucio	1.2	Philippines	66	Manufacturing/ Tobacco	N/A	Self made	married
421	Zobel de Ayala, Jamie & family	1.2	Philippines	42	Real Estate/ Banking	N/A	Inherited	married
452	Fok, Henry	1.1	Hong Kong	78	Real Estate	N/A	N/A	married
452	Fung, Victor	1.1	Hong Kong	56	Merchandiser/ Retail	Li & Fung	N/A	N/A
452	Fung, William	1.1	Hong Kong	53	Merchandiser/ Retail	Li & Fung	N/A	N/A
452	Ho, Stanley	1.1	Hong Kong	79	Entertainment	Shun Tak Holdings	Self made	married
452	Kozuki, Kagemasa	1.1	Japan	60	Entertainment	Konami	Self made	N/A
452	Lam, Barry	1.1	Taiwan	52	Manufacturing/ Technology	N/A	Self made	married
452	Nakajima, Kenkichi	1.1	Japan	80	Manufacturing/ Pachinko	Heiwa Corporation	Self made	N/A
452	Ogihara, Ikuo	1.1	Japan	47	Pharmaceuticals	Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co.	Inherited	N/A
452	Quek Leng Chan	1.1	Malaysia	60	Investment	Hong Leong Industries	Inherited	married
452	Woo, Peter & family	1.1	Hong Kong	55	Shipping/ Real Estate	N/A	N/A	N/A
490	Chey TaeWon	1.0	South Korea	41	Investment	N/A	Inherited	married
490	Khosla, Vinod	1.0	Calif., U.S.	46	Technology/ Investment	N/A	Self made	married
490	Lee-Chin, Michael	1.0	Canada	50	Investment	N/A	Self made	married
490	Lee Hon Chiu	1.0	Hong Kong	73	Real Estate	N/A	N/A	N/A
490	Lien, George Ying Chow	1.0	Singapore	95	Banking	N/A	Self made	married
490	Takenaka, Toichi	1.0	Japan	58	Construction	N/A	Inherited	married
490	Uehara, Shoji	1.0	Japan	73	Pharmaceuticals	Taisho Pharmaceutical Co.	Inherited	N/A
490	Wee Cho Yaw	1.0	Singapore	72	Banking/ Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A
490	Yang, Jerry	1.0	Calif., U.S.	32	Technology	Yahoo! Inc.	Self made	married