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Yang Huiyan
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She is currently the youngest female billionaire as well as the richest woman in Asia. She is the 154th wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated Netto worth of $8.2 billion United States dollar, according to the Hurun Report Global Rich List, published in February 2014. She is the daughter of Yang Guoqiang, who started his company Biguiyuan in 1997 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.
Country Garden"s initial offering raised about $1.6 billion, or as much as Google raised in 2004 in the United States. Yang"s Netto worth was estimated at $16.2 billion United States dollar in October 2007.
Yang is vice chairman of the board"s governance committee and helped raise $410 million selling new shares last year, according to Forbes. Yang is a 2003 graduate of Ohio State University.
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