The number of billionaires in Asia surged in 2009 with regions like India, China, Indonesia and Singapore showing huge growth levels. The number of billionaires in India doubled to reach 52 last year and the main guy was Mukesh Ambani who spent a staggering US$ 2 billion on his house alone. His net worth is around US$ 32 billion up 54% from the same time last year and he is ranked 7th in the list for world's richest people. China has also seen numbers going up a a lot, The number of billionaires triped from 24 in 2008 to around 79 in 2009 and the main person here is Wang Chuanfu, chairman of electric carmaker BYD with US$5.8 billion in assets. With the help of Warren Buffet, his assets grew remarkably in one year.Indonesia also saw a steep rise in the net worth of its super-rich. The combined wealth of the 40 richest people in the country totaled $42 billion last year, double the $21 billion of 2008 and Singapore has an amazing statistic of 8.5 millionaires per 100 people which is quite astonishing. These figures show that Asia as a whole did suffer that much from the economic crisis and they were still churning out many millionaires and billionaires.
Source: http://english.chosun.com
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