Yao Hsiao Tung

The quake’s epicenter was in Tibet’s Shigatse region—home to the Panchen Lama one of the top figures in Tibetan Buddhism—located around 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest.

UOB, one of city-state’s oldest lenders, hits sweet spot with youth across the region after buying Citibank’s consumer banking operations and partnering with global superstar Taylor Swift.

Singapore tycoon Ron Sim made his first fortune in massage chairs and once owned U.S. retailer Brookstone. Now he is betting on coffee and tea shops.

“I seize opportunities when everybody is frightened,” declared Kwek Leng Beng, executive chairman of property firm City Developments at a media briefing in August.

A notable generational shift took place in May at Pontiac Land, one of Singapore’s largest family-owned property groups, which began in 1961 as a textile trading business.

Sea’s billionaire cofounders, chairman and CEO Forrest Li and chief operating officer Gang Ye, are among the biggest gainers this year as shares of the New York-listed e-commerce, digital entertainment and fintech company more than doubled from a year ago.

Less than three years after its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, business process outsourcing firm TDCX was taken private in a deal valuing the Singapore-headquartered firm at just over $1 billion.

Two expats-turned-citizens, hotelier Ji Qi and George Raymond Zage III, investor in LGBTQ dating app Grindr, join the list.

Yao Hsiao Tung, executive chairman of Hi-P International, jumped to No. 41 on the Singapore Rich List 2021 after he gained full control over one of Singapore’s largest contract manufacturers of tech gear.

The nation's top 50 richest collectively recorded double-digit gains; their combined wealth is up 11% to close to $116 billion.

In Pictures: Singapore's Richest

Their net worth is $45.7 billion.

The fortunes of this contract manufacturer and its wealthy founder are closely aligned to those of its big-brand customers.

The total wealth of Singapore's 40 richest has jumped 20%.

Singapore's wealthiest are worth a collective $32 billion.

Singapore's wealthiest are worth a collective $32 billion.