5.Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
One of Asia’s richest people is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud.
Net worth: $21.9 billion
Country: Saudi Arabia
Source: Self made, investments
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud is one of the most high-profile investors in the world. He owns a broad swath of stakes in private and public companies in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, mostly through Kingdom Holding Co.
His fortune was estimated by calculating the value of the assets owned by Kingdom Holding.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud bought $300 million worth of Twitter shares and they are now worth $1 billion, so that’s good business right there! He also owns Saudi real estate and other assets outside of Kingdom Holding.
Kingdom Holding invested $125 million in JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce company, and the benefit is estimated to be worth $1.5 billion.
