Asia's Wealth Club

by Geoff Hiscock (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $24.70

  In the booming economies of today's Asia only 100 elite individuals and families qualify for Asia's Wealth Club, where the entrance fee is a minimum net worth of $1 billion. Between them, they have a total net worth of around $300 billion and control businesses with annual revenues many times greater. Some of their names are known in global business circles - men like Robert Kuok of Malaysia, Li Ka-shing of Hong Kong and Dhanin Chearavanont of Thailand have built empires that stretch across teh world. But many of the region's richest and most powerful tycoons are virtually unknown outside Asia - and that's the way they like it. How did these families bacome so seriously rich? What drives them to seek ever greater fortune? What secrets of wealth creation do they hod close in a region where circumstances can change so fast that speed is always of the essence in their business dealings? How important is that elusive commodity know as guanxi - connections - in the Chinese sphere of influence? The author has been researching the emergence and growth of Asia's often-secretive billionaires for many years. Now, in Asia's Wealth Club, he explores these themes as he profiles th

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $4.34

  This volume profiles the 100 richest families in Asia, explaining how they got there, and looking at the next generation that will follow in their parents' footsteps. For anyone interested in understanding the rich networks that operate across Asia, from India through Indochina and the ASEAN states to the Greater China trio of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan and, finally, the North-Asian powerhouses of Japan and Korea, this title should be a useful source of information. Geoff Hiscock is the co-author of Packaged for Japan and A Business Guide to Japan .