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Malaysian Energy Tycoon Lim Hang Weng In Talks To Take Yinson Holdings Private In $1.7 Billion Deal

Malaysian Energy Tycoon Lim Hang Weng In Talks To Take Yinson Holdings Private In $1.7 Billion Deal

Energy tycoon Lim Hang Weng and his family are in talks with Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund and shipping firm MISC to buy the rest of Kuala...

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Philippines’ Ayala Land To Sell Up To $492 Million Worth Of Properties To Its REIT

Ayala Land—controlled by tycoon Jaime Zobel de Ayala and his family—plans to sell up to 30 billion pesos ($492 million) of assets to its real...

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Philippine Billionaire Ramon Ang Buys Stake In Lopez Family’s Energy, Media Group

Billionaire Ramon Ang—the controlling shareholder of Philippine infrastructure and brewery giant San Miguel—has in his personal capacity acquired...

10.08.2026 10

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How The Philippines’ Largest Online Gaming Operator Wagered All And Won

The pandemic forced DigiPlus Interactive chairman Eusebio Tanco to place his chips on offering bingo online. Now with rivals circling, he’s upping...

05.08.2026 10

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Philippine Fast Food Giant Jollibee Eyes Overseas Listing For International Operations

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Philippines’ Richest 2026. See the full list here. Restaurant tycoon Tony Tan Caktiong is cooking up a...

05.08.2026 10

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Record Sales At Hypermarket Chain Puregold Price Club Lands Cofounders Lucio And Susan Co Among The Philippines’ Top Five Richest

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Philippines’ Richest 2026. See the full list here. Lucio and Susan Co, the billionaire cofounders of...

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Philippine Tycoon Andrew Tan’s Megaworld Selling $437 Million Of Properties To REIT Unit

Megaworld Corp.—controlled by billionaire Andrew Tan—is selling 27 billion pesos ($437 million) worth of properties to its unit MREIT in its...

27.07.2026 30

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Indonesian Billionaire Pangestu Prajogo Offers $5 Billion To Buy Philippine Geothermal Company

Barito Renewables Energy—controlled by Indonesian billionaire Prajogo Pangestu—is seeking to buy Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in a deal valuing...

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Thai Tycoon Revamps Property Business To Unleash Growth

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Thailand’s Richest 2026. See the full list here. Panote Sirivadhanabhakdi, son of liquor tycoon Charoen...

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Billionaire Lucio Tan’s Philippine Airlines Raises $300 Million In First Bond Sale Post Bankruptcy

Philippine Airlines (PAL)—controlled by tobacco and banking tycoon Lucio Tan—has raised $300 million through the sale of five-year bonds,...

08.07.2026 10

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Jollibee Tycoon-Backed Hotel101 Plans To Invest $200 Million In Thailand Push

Hotel101 Global—a unit of DoubleDragon, the joint venture of tycoon Tony Tan Caktiong (founder of Philippine fastfood giant Jollibee Foods) and real...

06.07.2026 20

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Fintech Unicorn GCash To Raise $1.5 Billion In What Could Be The Philippines’ Biggest IPO

The IPO of Mynt—operator of e-wallet GCash and backed by Jaime Zobel de Ayala and his family’s Ayala Corp.—is raising 92.3 billion pesos ($1.5...

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Philippine Tycoon Lance Gokongwei Bets On Online Gaming With PhilWeb Deal

Airline-to-property tycoon Lance Gokongwei is investing into online gaming operator and infrastructure provider, PhilWeb, amid a boom in electronic...

25.06.2026 20

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Philippine Tycoon Federico Lopez-Led First Gen To Invest $407 Million In Geothermal Project

Energy Development Corp. (EDC)—the renewable energy unit of tycoon Federico Lopez and his family’s First Gen Corp.—is deepening its investments...

05.06.2026 30

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Thai Billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s Frasers Property Sells European Properties To REIT For $343 Million

Singapore-listed Frasers Property—controlled by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi—is selling four of its logistics properties in Europe...

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Billionaire Gautam Adani’s Airport Arm, IHG To Build Five Hotels Across India

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Australian Billionaires’ Chemist Warehouse Drugstore Chain Expanding In The U.K.

Sigma Healthcare—which counts Australian billionaire brothers Jack and Sam Gance and their business partner Mario Verrochi its biggest...

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Billionaire Lin Chen-Hai Buys Hotel, Retail Complex In Australia For $250 Million

03.05.2026 20

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Indian Billionaire Dilip Shanghvi’s Sun Pharma To Buy Organon In Deal Valued At $11.8 Billion

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries—controlled by Indian billionaire Dilip Shanghvi—has agreed to buy Organon & Co. in a transaction valuing the New...

27.04.2026 40

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Philippines’ Ayala Land Halts Sales Of Luxury Residential Tower As Costs Surge Amid Iran War

Ayala Land—controlled by tycoon Jaime Zobel de Ayala and his family’s Ayala Corp.—has paused the construction and marketing one of the...

21.04.2026 40

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Thai Billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s Frasers Property, Partner Offer Top Bid Of $479 Million For Singapore Residential Site

Frasers Property—controlled by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi—and its joint venture partner Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate submitted the...

08.04.2026 30

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Jollibee Founder-Backed Hotel101 To Raise $300 Million To Bankroll Global Expansion

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Philippine Gokongwei Family To Buyout Robinsons Retail In Deal Valuing Company At $850 Million

Philippine tycoon Lance Gokongwei and his family has offered to buyout the minority investors in Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI) in a deal...

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Grab Buys Foodpanda Operations In Taiwan For $600 Million

23.03.2026 30

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Hongkong Land Buys $422 Million Stake In Suntec REIT, Betting On Singapore Property Boom

Hongkong Land Holdings—controlled by the Keswick family’s Jardine Matheson Holdings—has bought a 10.8% in Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust,...

20.03.2026 60

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Malaysian Billionaire Syed Mokthar Albukhary-Backed $765 Million LNG Facility Approved

18.03.2026 30

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Philippine SEC Approves Listing Of Tycoon Lucio Tan’s PNB Property Arm At $944 Million Valuation

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the proposed listing of PNB Holdings—the property arm of tycoon Lucio Tan’s Philippine...

17.03.2026 30

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Billionaire Enrique Razon Accelerates Energy Push With Colombia, Philippine Deals

Prime Infrastructure Capital—controlled by ports-to-casino billionaire Enrique Razon Jr—is stepping up investments in the energy sector with the...

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Philippine Tycoon Tony Tan Caktiong’s Jollibee-Backed Highlands Coffee Mulls Vietnam IPO

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Billionaire Cousins’ Group Offers Top Bid Of $513.5 Million For Singapore Residential Plot

03.03.2026 30

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Grab Buys Investment App Stash At $425 Million Valuation After Posting First Full-Year Profit

12.02.2026 40

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Philippine Billionaire Manuel Villar Rejects Insider Trading, Market Manipulation Allegations

03.02.2026 30

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Philippine Billionaire Manuel Villar Faces Market Manipulation, Insider Trading Charges

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Billionaire Chua Thian Poh’s Ho Bee Land Deepens Australian Investments With $220 Million Queensland Plot Purchase

26.01.2026 60

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Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Proceeding With $2.7 Billion IJM Takeover Despite Money-Laundering Probe

22.01.2026 50

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Philippine Tycoon Federico Lopez-Led First Gen’s Renewable Arm Plans $1.7 Billion Geothermal Expansion

13.01.2026 30

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Blackrock’s GIP To Buy 40% Stake In Philippines’ Aboitiz InfraCapital For $233 Million

26.12.2025 40

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Tycoon Federico Lopez-Led Rockwell Land Takes Over Manila Suburban Mall For $368 Million

22.12.2025 40

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Blackstone-Backed AirTrunk Earmarks $8 Billion To Expand Data Center Footprint In Japan

17.12.2025 40

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Philippine Tycoon Andrew Tan’s Megaworld To Inject $255 Million Of Office, Retail Assets Into REIT

08.12.2025 30

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Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong’s VinFast Spending $500 Million To Expand EV Factory In India

05.12.2025 50

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Billionaire Lucio Tan’s Philippine Airlines Orders Five Airbus A320s Worth $490 Million

04.12.2025 50

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Billionaire Andrew Tan’s Megaworld Rebrands Philippines’ Biggest Hotel As Mövenpick

28.11.2025 40

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Grindr Ends Buyout Talks With Majority Owners Led By Billionaire Raymond Zage

25.11.2025 30

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Warburg Pincus-Backed Princeton Digital Enters South Korea With $700 Million Data Center Project

17.11.2025 30

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Philippine Billionaire Manuel Villar’s Fortune Drops $3 Billion After 99% Cut In Property Value

13.11.2025 30

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Malaysian Media, Lumber Tycoon Tiong Hiew King Dies At 91

12.11.2025 30

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Maynilad Water Trades Flat In Market Debut As Company Tips Potential Acquisition

07.11.2025 40

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WiseTech Stock Rout Erases Over $1 Billion From Tycoon Richard White’s Net Worth

28.10.2025 40

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Billionaire Prajogo Pangestu’s Chandra Asri To Buy ExxonMobil’s Fuel Stations In Singapore

24.10.2025 40

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