Jan
29

Eight Asia Billionaires Aged Over 90 Control $125 Billion

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It’s been a mournful start to 2019 for two of Asia’s richest families.

Eka Tjipta Widjaja, who began as a coconut and palm-oil trader at age 15 before building a multibillion-dollar empire in Indonesia, died Saturday at 98. A week earlier, Henry Sy, a shoe salesman who became the wealthiest man in the Philippines, died at 94. Their combined fortunes exceeded $16.5 billion…

Eight Asia Billionaires Aged Over 90 Control $125 Billion

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