List of Southeast Asian people by net worth
2019
Table:
Rank

Name

Age

Country

Worth (USD)

Residence

1

Robert Budi Hartono

78

Indonesia

18.6 Billion

Indonesia

2

Michael Hartono

79

Indonesia

18.5 billion

Indonesia

3

Dhanin Chearavanont & Family

80

Thailand

15.2 billion

Thailand

4

Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi

75

Thailand

14.5 billion

Thailand

5

Robert Kuok

95

Malaysia

12.8 billion

Hong Kong

6

Robert Ng & Philip Ng

-

Singapore

12.0 billion

Singapore

7

Quek Leng Chan

77

Malaysia

9.4 billion

Malaysia

8

Sri Prakash Lohia

66

Indonesia

7.3 billion

Indonesia

9

Goh Cheng Liang

92

Singapore

7.3 billion

Singapore

10

Zhang Yong

49

Singapore

6.8 billion

Singapore

11

Teh Hong Piow

89

Malaysia

6.7 billion

Malaysia

12

Phạm Nhật Vượng

50

Vietnam

6.6 billion

Vietnam

13

Ananda Krishnan

81

Malaysia

6.2 billion

Malaysia

14

Wee Cho Yaw

90

Singapore

6.1 billion

Singapore

15

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha

34

Thailand

5.9 billion

Thailand

16

Kwee brothers

-

Singapore

5.6 billion

Singapore

17

Manuel Villar

69

Philippines

5.5 billion

Philippines

18

Lee Shin Cheng

80

Malaysia

5.4 billion

Malaysia

19

John Gokongwei

92

Philippines

5.1 billion

Philippines

20

Chen Lip Keong

72

Malaysia

5.0 billion

Malaysia

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Robert Budi Hartono ( traditional Chinese : 黃惠忠 ; simplified Chinese : 黄惠忠 ; pinyin : Huáng Huìzhōng ; Hokkien : Oei Hwie Tjhong ; born in 1940 ) is a Chinese Indonesian tobacco billionaire with a 2018 net worth of US $ 12.6 billion . He owns and runs the privately held Djarum , the world 's third largest maker of clove cigarettes . Djarum has reportedly recently grabbed shares from the number two cigarette firm , Sampoerna . Budi Hartono also has a stake with his brother , Michael Bambang Hartono in one of Indonesia 's biggest banks , Bank Central Asia , formerly controlled by billionaire Liem Sioe Liong . In 2019 , Budi Hartono 's net worth reportedly reached US $ 18.6 billion and he was nominated as the richest Indonesian and 54th richest person in the world .
Indonesia ( /ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/ ( listen ) IN-də-NEE-zhə ) , officially the Republic of Indonesia ( Indonesian : Republik Indonesia [ reˈpublik ɪndoˈnesia ] ( listen ) ) , [ a ] is a country in Southeast Asia , between the Indian and Pacific oceans . It is the world 's largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands , and at 1,904,569 square kilometres ( 735,358 square miles ) , the 14th largest by land area and 7th in the combined sea and land area . With over 267 million people , it is the world 's 4th most populous country as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country . Java , the world 's most populous island , is home to more than half of the country 's population . The country 's capital , Jakarta , is the second-most populous urban area in the world . The sovereign state is a presidential , constitutional republic with an elected legislature . It has 34 provinces , of which five have special status . The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea , East Timor , and the eastern part of Malaysia . Other neighbouring countries include Singapore , Vietnam , the Philippines , Australia , Palau , and India 's Andaman and Nicobar Islands . Despite its large population and densely populated regions , Indonesia has vast areas of wilderness that support a high level of biodiversity . The country has abundant natural resources like oil and natural gas , coal , tin , copper , gold , and nickel , while agriculture mainly produces rice , palm oil , tea , coffee , cacao , medicinal plants , spices , and rubber . China , the United States , Japan , Singapore , and India are Indonesia 's major trading partners .
Michael Bambang Hartono ( born 2 October 1939 in Kudus , Central Java ) , also known as Oei Hwie Siong , is a Chinese Indonesian billionaire heir and businessman . Michael and his brother Robert Budi are the owners of kretek ( clove cigarette ) manufacturer Djarum , which they inherited from their father Oei Wie Gwan upon his death in 1963 . Growing the business to a large conglomerate including Bank Central Asia , electronics , plantations and various properties , they became the richest in the country with Michael himself having a net worth in excess of $ 10 billion .
Dhanin Chearavanont or Chia Kok Min ( Thai : ธนินท์ เจียรวนนท์ , Chinese : 谢国民 ; pinyin : Xiè Guómín ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Chhía2 Kok1-Mín5 ) ( born 1939 ) is a Thai-Chinese billionaire businessman , based in Bangkok . He is the senior chairman of CP Group , Thailand 's largest private company . Dhanin is head of the Chearavanont family , which was ranked by Forbes Asia in 2017 as Asia 's fourth-wealthiest family with a net worth of US $ 36.6 billion .
Thailand , [ a ] officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam , [ b ] is a country at the centre of the Southeast Asian Indochinese Peninsula composed of 76 provinces . At 513,120 km2 ( 198,120 sq mi ) and over 68 million people , Thailand is the world 's 50th-largest country by total area and the 21st-most-populous country . The capital and largest city is Bangkok , a special administrative area . Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos , to the east by Laos and Cambodia , to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia , and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Myanmar . Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast , and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest . It is a unitary state . Although nominally the country is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy , the most recent coup , in 2014 , established a de facto military dictatorship under a junta . Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century ; the oldest known mention of their presence in the region by the exonym Siamese dates to the 12th century . Various Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon kingdoms , Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region , competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang , Sukhothai , Lan Na and Ayutthaya , which rivaled each other . Documented European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya , now one of the great powers in the region . Ayutthaya reached its peak during cosmopolitan Narai 's reign ( 1656-1688 ) , gradually declining thereafter until being ultimately destroyed in the 1767 Burmese-Siamese War . Taksin ( r. 1767-1782 ) quickly reunified the fragmented territory and established the short-lived Thonburi Kingdom .
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi ( Thai : เจริญ สิริวัฒนภักดี ; RTGS : Charoen Siriwatthanaphakdi ; born 2 May 1944 ) is a Thai billionaire businessman . He is the founder of Thai Beverage , the chairman of conglomerate TCC Group and Fraser and Neave , Ltd ( F & N ) . Sirivadhanabhakdi family is now Thailand 's largest property developer and landlord of 630,000 rai ( 100,800 hectares ) , plus commercial and retail buildings in Singapore . He also owns 50 hotels in Asia , the US , UK , and Australia , including Plaza Athénée in Manhattan and The Okura Prestige Bangkok . In 1988 , King Bhumibol of Thailand granted the family the name Sirivadhanabhakdi .
Robert Kuok Hock Nien ( simplified Chinese : 郭鹤年 ; traditional Chinese : 郭鶴年 ; pinyin : Guō Hènián ; born 6 October 1923 ) , is a Malaysian business magnate and investor . According to Forbes , his net worth is estimated at $ 12.8 billion as of March 2019 , making him the wealthiest person in Malaysia and 104th wealthiest in the world . As of April 2019 , according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index , Kuok has an estimated net worth of $ 18.4 billion , making him the 53rd richest person in the world . Robert Kuok is media-shy ; most of his businesses are privately held by him or his family . Apart from a multitude of businesses in Malaysia , his companies have investments in many countries throughout Asia . His business interests range from sugarcane plantations ( Perlis Plantations Bhd ) , sugar refineries , flour milling , animal feed , oil , mining , finance , hotel ( Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts ) , property , trading , freight and publishing . His biggest source of wealth is a stake in Wilmar International , the world 's largest listed palm oil trader company .
Malaysia ( /məˈleɪziə , -ʒə/ ( listen ) mə-LAY-zee-ə , -⁠zhə ; Malay : [ məlejsiə ] ) is a country in Southeast Asia . The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories , separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions , Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia ( Malaysian Borneo ) . Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore , Vietnam , and Indonesia . East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam . Kuala Lumpur is the national capital and largest city while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government . With a population of over 30 million , Malaysia is the world 's 44th most populous country . The southernmost point of continental Eurasia , Tanjung Piai , is in Malaysia . In the tropics , Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries , home to large numbers of endemic species . Malaysia has its origins in the Malay kingdoms which , from the 18th century , became subject to the British Empire , along with the British Straits Settlements protectorate . Peninsular Malaysia was unified as the Malayan Union in 1946 . Malaya was restructured as the Federation of Malaya in 1948 and achieved independence on 31 August 1957 . Malaya united with North Borneo , Sarawak , and Singapore on 16 September 1963 to become Malaysia .
Hong Kong ( /ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/ ( listen ) ; Chinese : 香港 , Cantonese : [ hœ́ːŋ.kɔ̌ːŋ ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People 's Republic of China ( HKSAR ) , is a city and special administrative region on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in southern China . With over 7.4 million people of various nationalities [ d ] in a 1,104-square-kilometre ( 426 sq mi ) territory , Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world . Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island at the end of the First Opium War in 1842 . The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War , and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898 . The territory was returned to China in 1997 . As a special administrative region , Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of one country , two systems . Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages , the territory has become one of the world 's most significant financial centres and commercial ports . It is the world 's tenth-largest exporter and ninth-largest importer . As one of the world 's leading international financial centres , Hong Kong has a major capitalist service economy characterised by low taxation and free trade , and the currency , Hong Kong dollar , is the eighth most traded currency in the world . Hong Kong hosts the largest concentration of ultra high-net-worth individuals of any city in the world . Although the city has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world , there is severe income inequality among its residents . Hong Kong is a highly developed territory and ranks fourth on the UN Human Development Index .
Robert Ng Chee Siong ( Chinese : 黃志祥 ; pinyin : Huáng Zhìxiáng ; Jyutping : wong4 zi3 coeng4 ; born 1952 ) is a Singaporean billionaire businessman , and the chairman of Hong Kong property development conglomerate Sino Group since 1981 . He is the eldest son of Ng Teng Fong , a Singaporean real estate billionaire . Forbes listed them together as the 30th richest people in the world in 1997 . As of July 2017 , Robert , along with his brother Philip Ng , has an estimated net worth of $ 9.7 billion .
Singapore ( /ˈsɪŋ ( ɡ ) əpɔːr/ ( listen ) ) , officially the Republic of Singapore , is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia . Singapore is located about one degree ( 137 kilometres or 85 miles ) north of the equator , and is situated off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula , and by extension , the southernmost extremity of continental Asia . The island country shares its southern maritime border with Indonesia 's Riau Islands , its northern , western , and eastern maritime borders with the Johor state of Peninsular Malaysia , and is in the vicinity of Sumatra to its west and Borneo to its east . It is enveloped by the littoral waters of the Johore Strait to its north and the Singapore Strait to its south , and is geographically positioned within the confluence of the Indian and Pacific Oceans , being bounded by the Malacca Strait to its west and the South China Sea to its east . The country 's territory is composed of one main island and 58 smaller islets , the combined area of which has increased by almost 25% since the country 's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects . Although Singapore has been a constituent part of several Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empires and Islamic sultanates throughout its millennia-long history , modern Singapore , then part of the erstwhile Johor Sultanate , was founded in 1819 when Stamford Raffles , a British colonial officer , established a trading post of the East India Company on the island . In 1824 , the island and its satellite islets were fully ceded by the Johor Sultanate , and in 1826 , Singapore was incorporated into the Straits Settlements , a group of East India Company territories in the Malay peninsula . From 1830 to 1858 , the Straits Settlements were administered as a Malayan subdivision of the East India Company 's Bengal Presidency ; following the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , the Presidency and its constituent Settlements were reorganised into the British Raj . In 1867 , Britain 's colonial holdings in the Malay archipelago were separated from British India , and the administration of the Straits Settlements was transferred from Calcutta to London , bringing the Straits Settlements under the direct control of the British Crown as a crown colony . From 1867 to the 1940s , Singapore grew into a successful entrepôt that attracted settlers and sojourners from the region and beyond . During the Second World War , Imperial Japan successfully invaded Singapore , resulting in an interregnum of British rule corresponding with a brief Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945 . Following Japan 's surrender in 1945 , the Straits Settlements were dissolved , with Singapore being returned to British control as a standalone crown colony in 1946 .
Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan ( simplified Chinese : 郭令灿 ; traditional Chinese : 郭令燦 ; pinyin : Guō Lìng Càn ; born 1941 ) is a Malaysian tycoon who co-founded Hong Leong Group Malaysia . He is one of the richest men in Malaysia . In 2018 , Quek Leng Chan ranked # 217 on the Forbes World 's Billionaires list , with wealth listed at US $ 7.2 billion .
Sri Prakash Lohia ( born 11 August 1952 ) is an Indian-born-Indonesian billionaire businessman , and the founder and chairman of Indorama Corporation , a diversified petrochemical and textile company . Lohia hails from India but has spent the majority of his professional life in Indonesia since 1974 . In 2013 , Forbes ranked him as the 6th richest person in Indonesia with a net worth of US $ 3 billion .
Goh Cheng Liang ( simplified Chinese : 吴清亮 ; traditional Chinese : 吳清亮 ; pinyin : Wú Qīng Liàng ; born 1927 ) is a Singaporean billionaire businessman who founded Wuthelam Holdings , which manufactures paint and coatings .
Zhang Yong ( Chinese : 张勇 ; pinyin : Zhāng Yǒng ; born 1969/1970 ) is a Singaporean Chinese billionaire who is the founder of the Haidilao International Holding Ltd restaurant group , best known for its Hai Di Lao chain of hot pot restaurants . At the end of 2018 , Haidilao Hot Pot had 466 direct-operated stores in operation in more than a hundred cities .
Teh Hong Piow ( simplified Chinese : 郑鸿标 ; traditional Chinese : 鄭鴻標 ; pinyin : Zhèng Hóng Biāo ) is the founder and Chairman of Public Bank Berhad in Malaysia . Teh is one of three individuals in Malaysia who are permitted to hold a stake of more than 10% in a domestic financial institution .
Phạm Nhật Vượng is a Vietnamese property developer and Vietnam 's first billionaire .
Vietnam ( Vietnamese : Việt Nam pronounced [ vîət nāːm ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ( Vietnamese : Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam ) , is the easternmost country on the Southeast Asian Indochinese Peninsula . With an estimated 95.5 million inhabitants as of 2018 [ update ] , it is the 15th most populous country in the world . Vietnam shares its land borders with China to the north , and Laos and Cambodia to the west . It shares its maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand , and the Philippines , Indonesia and Malaysia through the South China Sea . [ n 5 ] Its capital city is Hanoi , while its most populous city is Ho Chi Minh City , also known by its former name of Saigon . Archaeological excavations indicate that Vietnam was inhabited as early as the Paleolithic age . The ancient Vietnamese nation was annexed by China in the 2nd century BC , which subsequently made Vietnam a division of China for over a millennium . The first independent monarchy emerged in the 10th century AD . This paved the way for successive imperial dynasties as the nation expanded geographically southward until the Indochinese Peninsula saw French colonisation in the mid-19th century . Modern Vietnam was born upon the Proclamation of Independence from France in 1945 . Following Vietnamese victory against the French in the First Indochina War , which ended in 1954 , the nation was divided into two rival states : communist North and anti-communist South . Conflicts intensified in the Vietnam War , which saw extensive US intervention in support of South Vietnam and ended with North Vietnamese victory in 1975 .
Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan ( Tamil : த . ஆனந்தகிருஷ்ணன் ) ( born 1 April 1938 ) is a Malaysian businessman and philanthropist , the Chairman of Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd and founder of Yu Cai Foundation ( YCF ) . Nicknamed A.K. , currently [ update ] he is estimated to have a net worth of US $ 7.1 billion according to Forbes ' latest annual list of wealthiest people , making him the third-wealthiest in Malaysia and number 217 in the world . Ananda Krishnan shuns public exposure and is known to maintain a low profile for a person of his stature . The Central Bureau of Investigation of India sought arrest warrants for Ananda Krishnan for money laundering and was involved with financing the controversial 1MDB .
Wee Cho Yaw , DUBC ( Chinese : 黃祖耀 ; pinyin : Huáng Zǔyào ) ( born 1929 ) is a Singaporean billionaire businessman , and the chairman of the United Overseas Bank ( UOB ) and United Industrial Corporation ( UIC ) in Singapore . Wee joined the board of directors of the United Chinese Bank ( now the United Overseas Bank ) in 1958 . He was appointed managing director of the bank two years later , and when his father Wee Kheng Chiang , founder of United Chinese Bank , retired in 1974 , Wee succeeded him as chairman . His son Wee Ee Chong succeeded him as chief executive officer of UOB .
Aiyawatt 'Top ' Srivaddhanaprabha ( Thai : อัยยวัฒน์ ศรีวัฒนประภา ) , ( born Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn , 26 July 1985 ) is a Thai businessman , the CEO and the Chairman of King Power , and the chairman of Leicester City Football Club and OH Leuven .
The Kwee family is a Singaporean family that owns the Pontiac Land Group , a privately held luxury real estate developer and hotel owner based in Singapore . The Kwee brothers Kwee Liong Keng , Kwee Liong Tek , Kwee Liong Seen and Kwee Liong Phing collectively run the group .
Manuel Manny Bamba Villar Jr. ( Tagalog pronunciation : [ biljɑːr ] , born December 13 , 1949 ) is a Filipino billionaire businessman . He has been a Philippine Senator and the president of the Nacionalista Party . Villar was born to a middle class family in Tondo , an impoverished and densely populated district of Manila . After graduating from the University of the Philippines , he worked as an accountant and financial analyst , then launched a highly successful business in real estate . Villar 's companies have built over 200,000 homes , and his business career made him the wealthiest person in the Philippines . Villar entered politics in 1992 when he was elected congressman representing the district of Las Piñas-Muntinlupa , and later became Speaker of the House of Representatives . As Speaker , he presided over the impeachment of President Joseph Estrada by the House of Representatives in 2000 . In 2001 he was elected Senator , and served as Senate President from 2006 to 2008 . He was the candidate of the Nacionalista Party in the 2010 presidential election , which was won by Benigno Aquino III .
The Philippines ( /ˈfɪləpiːnz/ ( listen ) ; Filipino : Pilipinas [ ˌpɪlɪˈpinɐs ] or Filipinas [ ˌfɪlɪˈpinɐs ] ) , officially the Republic of the Philippines ( Filipino : Republika ng Pilipinas ) , [ a ] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia . Situated in the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of about 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south : Luzon , Visayas and Mindanao . The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City , both part of Metro Manila . Bounded by the South China Sea on the west , the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest , the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north , Japan to the northeast , Vietnam to the west , Palau to the east , and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south . The Philippines ' location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons , but also endows it with abundant natural resources and some of the world 's greatest biodiversity . The Philippines is the world 's 5th largest island country with an area of 300,000 km2 ( 120,000 sq mi ) . As of 2015 , it had a population of at least 100 million . As of January 2018 [ update ] , it is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world . Approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas , comprising one of the world 's largest diasporas . Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands . In prehistoric times , Negritos were some of the archipelago 's earliest inhabitants . They were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples .
Lee Shin Cheng ( 3 June 1939 - 1 June 2019 ) was a Malaysian business magnate , investor , and philanthropist . Lee Shin Cheng heads IOI Corporation Berhad , better known as IOI Group , as its executive chairman . IOI , which is listed on the Malaysian Stock Exchange or Bursa Malaysia , is a conglomerate managing oil palm plantations , producing specialty fats and oleochemicals , and developing property in Malaysia , Indonesia , the United States , and Europe . The IOI refinery in Rotterdam , Netherlands is the largest palm oil refinery in Europe . IOI 's oil palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia produce palm oil and palm kernel oil . These oils are made into specialty oils , metallic stearates and fats that are used in soaps , detergents , cosmetics and food additives . IOI Group is a leading real estate developer in Malaysia . Projects include townships , shopping malls , condominiums , office towers , and resorts .
John Lim Gokongwei Jr. ( traditional Chinese : 吳奕輝 ; simplified Chinese : 吴奕辉 ; pinyin : Wú Yìhuī ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Gô͘ E̍k-hui ; 11 August 1926 - 9 November 2019 ) was a Filipino billionaire businessman and philanthropist . He had holdings in telecommunications , financial services , petrochemicals , power generation , aviation , food , beverage , and livestock farming .
Tan Sri Dr. Chen Lip Keong ( 曾立强 ) is an ethnic Chinese Malaysian businessman who is currently the 6th most richest person in the whole country of Malaysia .