Net worth: US$3.25 billion
What she does: Rita Liu is the co-founder with her late husband, Thomas Liu Lit-ching with whom she was highschool sweethearts and chairman of Gale Well Group. The group has a vast Hong Kong property portfolio that includes whole floors in Grand Millennium Plaza, Shun Tak Centre and Lippo Centre, as well as entire buildings such as Austin Plaza and China Insurance Group Building.
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Net worth: US$1.9 billion
What she does: Chan Tan Ching-fen is the wife of the late Hong Kong property tycoon Chan Tseng-His, and she controls the largest shareholding in Hang Lung Group, which is currently run by her eldest son, Ronnie.