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Tokyo, JAPAN: Japan’s Internet service provider Usen President Yasuhide Uno (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, 16 March 2006, while Fuji Television Network Chairman Hisashi Hieda. Japan’s Livedoor said it will team up with Internet service provider Usen in a business alliance, as part of its efforts to stay afloat after being indicted for financial fraud. Usen also confirmed its President Yasuhide Uno would personally acquire a 12.75 percent stake in Livedoor from Fuji Television Network for about 9.5 billion yen (80.6 million USD). AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

Netflix’s biggest rival in Japan was created by a secretive billionaire whose father nearly destroyed the company in a telecom scandal

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So many wealthy Chinese are trying to get their kids out of the country that it’s made an obscure school one of the best-performing stocks in the world

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Representation of cryptocurrencies and Chinese flag are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on September 27, 2021. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

China’s crypto crackdown may end up helping DeFi, says an investor in blockchain-based game Axie Infinity

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Forrest Li, chairman and group chief executive officer of Sea Ltd., poses for a photograph in Singapore on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Demand for Sea’s mobile games and online-shopping platform has surged during the pandemic, and the company is bidding on a Singapore digital-banking license to accelerate its push into financial services. Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg via Getty Images

This tech founder is now Singapore’s richest person

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – MAY 21: BTS attends a press conference for BTS’s new digital single ‘Butter’ at Olympic Hall on May 21, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images)

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K-pop billionaire behind BTS is now worth $3.2 billion after acquiring Bieber firm in April

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Didi’s upcoming IPO may drive its founders’ fortunes further into the billions

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This photo illustration shows a man buying instant noodles made by local instant noodle firm Monde Nissin at a village convenience store in suburban Manila on October 11, 2015. Philippine firms are on an unprecedented global shopping spree, spending billions on everything from vineyards to food manufacturers and casinos, reflecting the nation’s recent economic rise. Monde Nissin is owned by Betty Ang, who started her company 30 years ago and is now the nation’s 19th richest person with a net worth of 900 million USD, according to Forbes. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP via Getty Images)

These two families from Southeast Asia are now worth $3.6 billion after the Philippines’ largest IPO

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Latex gloves are filled with water in a watertight test room at a Top Glove Corp. factory in Setia Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Top Glove, the world’s biggest rubber-glove maker commanding over a quarter of the market, expects to conclude at least one acquisition in the fiscal year through August as the Malaysian company seeks to maintain record earnings momentum. Photographer: Charles Pertwee/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The pandemic produced a new crop of billionaires. Now, their fortunes are fading

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – OCTOBER 25: A Samsung flag flies outside the Samsung office on October 25, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee,, who had transformed Samsung Group into one of the world’s major tech giants from a small trading firm, died at a hospital in Seoul on Sunday at age 78, leaving a thorny succession challenge for his children. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

After Samsung chairman’s death, his heirs are facing a $10 billion tax bill

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Top Glove, The Worlds Biggest Glovemaker, Raises Money as Virus Fuels Demand

Why Malaysia keeps minting billionaires

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SoftBank Masayoshi Son Presents Third-Quarter Results

He turned down Softbank money at 23. Now he’s set to become a billionaire

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Fila Making Strides With 1990s Fashions. Remember Dad Shoes?

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The Real Crazy Rich Asian Palace Is Worth a Cool $3.5 Billion

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