2.Li Ka-shing
And the runner up on our list of the richest people in Asia is Li Ka-shing.
Net worth: $33.6 billion
Country: Hong Kong
Source: Self made
A drop-out billionaire, Li Ka-shing most definitely doesn’t regret not going to college. He quit school at 12 and started working as an apprentice in a watch-strap factory.
The billionaire started his own business, the Cheung Kong company, making plastic toys and random everyday items, later on focusing on plastic flowers.
He is one of the world’s great empire builders, and he invested in Facebook as a high-stakes hobby and made no money from it. I guess you didn’t expect that, right?
Ka-shing bet on Facebook, on Spotify, Siri, and the Bitcoin payment service provider, BitPay, but these bets don’t benefit him, but the foundation.
Ka-shing’s stakes in Hutchinson Whampoa, Cheung Kong and Husky Energy earned him a great amount of money.
