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The Asian business world is home to hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs, and by some estimates, more than 100,000 U.S.-dollar millionaires. The combined net worth of Asiaโs top 100 billionaires is more than U.S. $300 billion. By looking at these top 100 - how they came by their money, how they coped with the dramatic changes to the Asian business scene that followed the regional financial crisis and how they are making the most of opportunities in the new economy - you can get a dramatic overview of the growing Asian economy itself.
Japanese billionaire Toshihiro Maeta of Mobilephone Telecommunications says, "The United States may be the first in Internet usage, but Japan and Europe are leading the technology." Nicholas Negroponte, head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyโs Media Lab, believes that ultimately Chinese will become the dominant language on the Internet because Chinaโs one billion-plus population will outnumber English speakers online.
ISBN:9781857881622
