Yang Huiyan

Yang Huiyan’s story reads like a Shakespearean tragedy. Once celebrated as Asia’s wealthiest woman, she’s seen a staggering decline in her fortune due to turbulence in China’s property sector. As the chair of Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd (OTC:CTRYF) she's watched her...

India’s business tycoon Savitri Jindal overtook Chinese billionaire Yang Huiyan atop the wealth rankings as China’s real-estate developers reel from a mortgage boycott. What Happened: Jindal’s net worth surpassed Huiyan on global rankings and stood at $11.3 billion, according...