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9. Yang Huiyan
With a net worth of $23.4 billion at the age of 37, Yang Huiyan is currently the world’s fifth wealthiest female billionaire in the world, and the wealthiest in Asia. Yang Huiyan is a Chinese real estate developer and the majority shareholder for Country Garden Holdings. It is said that her father, Yeung Kwok Keung, transferred all of his shares to her back in 2007, making her the majority shareholder of the company that she now runs and controls. With vast holdings to her names and her hardworking trait, it’s not surprising to hear that she also added $2 billion to her name in just 2 days back in 2018!