Yang Huiyan
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Yang Huiyan is the majority shareholder of Country Garden Holdings and one of the wealthiest people in Mainland China
, with an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion USD as of March 2009. She is the daughter of Yang Guoqiang
, who started his company Biguiyuan in 1997 http://mrwavetheory.blogspot.com/2007/10/yang-huiyan-is-26-and-shes-got-16.html and transferred 70% of Country Garden's shares to her before its IPO
in 2007. The wealthiest mainland Chinese in the previous year, 2006, was Huang Guangyu. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008769205 Country Garden's initial offering raised about $1.6 billion, or as much as Google raised in 2004 in the United States. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/23/content_857041.htm Yang's net worth was estimated at $16.2 billion USD in October 2007.
Yang is a 2003 graduate of The Ohio State University.
Mainland China
Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...
, with an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion USD as of March 2009. She is the daughter of Yang Guoqiang
Yang Guoqiang
Yang Guoqiang , is a Chinese entrepreneur, the founder and chairman of Country Garden Group, one of the largest real estate developers in Guangdong Province, Mainland China....
, who started his company Biguiyuan in 1997 http://mrwavetheory.blogspot.com/2007/10/yang-huiyan-is-26-and-shes-got-16.html and transferred 70% of Country Garden's shares to her before its IPO
Initial public offering
An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...
in 2007. The wealthiest mainland Chinese in the previous year, 2006, was Huang Guangyu. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008769205 Country Garden's initial offering raised about $1.6 billion, or as much as Google raised in 2004 in the United States. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/23/content_857041.htm Yang's net worth was estimated at $16.2 billion USD in October 2007.
Yang is a 2003 graduate of The Ohio State University.
See also
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, ranked below Yang Huiyan by wealth