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The fruits of the Xiaomi leader's labour are starting to come to fruition. He's already been named one of the 10 richest illustrious people in Asia.

The list

10. Xiaomi CEO

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Net assets: 14,4 billion $
Age: 45
Country:China
Industry: technology
Wealth foundation: self-made; Xiaomi

Like many of his fellow 21st century Chinese billionaires, Xiaomi CEO the tech industry is where it made its $14.4 billion in assets. His smartphone manufacturing company, Xiaomi, became the fourth largest such company in the world and the largest in China, just three years after its founding.
Lei got his first opportunity in the industry shortly after finishing his college studies, when he joined Kingsoft, a Chinese software development company similar to Microsoft, as an engineer. At Kingsoft, Lei was, among other things, chief technology officer, president, CEO and successfully led the company until 2007 before resigning. In 2010, after spending a few years as a venture capitalist, he co-founded Xiaomi with a former Google China executive as a wealthy Chinese entrepreneur. Lei was appointed chairman of Kingsoft in 2011 and has formed a strong partnership between the two companies to provide cloud hosting services for his phones.
Xiaomi, often referred to as "China's Apple", is currently the second most valuable private tech company in the world, with a value of €46 billion $. But as its sales growth slows, experts are examining the applicability of Xiaomi's business model to overseas markets.

About the others, just headlines:

9. Dilip Shanghvi

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Net assets: 16,4 billion $
Age: 60
Country: India
Industry: pharmaceutical industry
Wealth based: self-founded; Sun Pharmaceutical Industries

8. Azim Premji

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Net assets: 16,5 billion $
Age: 70
Country: India
Industry: technology
Wealth base: inheritance / own resources, Wipro

7. Ma Huateng

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Net assets: 17.1 billion $
Age: 44
Country:China
Industry sector: technology
Wealth base: self-founded; Tencent Holdings

6. Lee Shau Kee

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Net assets: 18,5 billion $
Age: 87
Country:Hong Kong
Industry: real estate
Wealth base: own resources; Henderson Land Development

5. Li Ka-Shing

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Net assets: 19,5 billion $
Age: 87
Country:Hong Kong
Industry: various investments
Wealth based: self-funded; CK Hutchison Holdings

4. Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud

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Net assets: 22,5 billion $
Age: 60
Country:Saudi Arabia
Industry: various investments
Wealth base: inheritance / equity; Kingdom Holding Company

3. Mukesh Ambani

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Net assets: 24,8 billion $
Age: 58
Country: India
Industry: petrochemical, oil and gas
Wealth base: inheritance/own wealth; Reliance Industries

2. Jack Ma

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Net assets: 26,5 billion $
Age: 51
Country:China
Industry: technology
Wealth based: self-founded; Alibaba

1. Wang Jianlin

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Net assets: 29,2 billion $
Age: 61
Country:China
Industry price: real estate
Wealth base: self-founded; Dalian Wanda Group

source: http://en.miui.com/thread-222803-1-1.html

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