Hong Kong's Lee Shau Kee is the world's richest real estate tycoon with an estimated worth of US$24.8 billion ($31.9 billion)
And it has been a particularly good year for Chinese real estate moguls: 10 of the top 20 richest real estate billionaires come from Hong Kong or mainland China, and they also make up the top three.
With an estimated net worth of US$5.4 billion ($6.95 billion), Australian Harry Triguboff is the 22nd richest real estate billionaire in the world.
The vast majority of those billionaires (a whopping 96 out of 157) come from the Asia-Pacific
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Very interesting bit above saying about 61% of billionaires come from the Asia-Pacific region. Is it due to the love affair people in this region have with property?
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