Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong, Chairman of Vingroup Corporation, has just risen to the top 3 billionaires in Southeast Asia according to Forbes. Graphics: Minh Huy
Billionaire Prajogo Pangestu
Forbes updated billionaire Prajogo Pangestu's assets at 44.4 billion USD, continuing to increase by 1.2 billion USD, equivalent to 3.02% compared to the previous update. He is currently ranked No. 1 in the list of richest people in Southeast Asia. In the list of world billionaires, Mr. Prajogo Pangestu is ranked 41.
He operates mainly in the petrochemical and energy sectors, through companies such as Barito Pacific, Barito Renewables Energy. Prajogo Pangestu first appeared on the Forbes billionaires list in 2017, with assets of about 1.8 billion USD.
Billionaire Low Tuck Kwong
Billionaire Low Tuck Kwong is currently ranked 92nd in the world with a net worth of about 24.5 billion USD.
He is the founder of Bayan Resources, a major coal miner in Indonesia. He also runs Metis Energy, a Singapore-based renewable energy company, and holds stakes in The Farrer Park Company and Samindo Resources.
Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong
According to Forbes, the net worth of billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, Chairman of Vingroup, continues to increase to 22.6 billion USD, equivalent to an increase of 400 million USD compared to the previous update. He is currently ranked 101st in the list of billionaires in the world. In Southeast Asia, billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong is ranked 3rd in the top 5 richest people, just behind billionaire Prajogo Pangestu and billionaire Low Tuck Kwong.
Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong is the first USD billionaire in Vietnam with assets of over 22 billion USD, and is also the first Vietnamese person to be in the group of 100 richest people in the world. Compared to the beginning of 2025, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong's assets have increased 3 times.
Billionaire R. Budi Hartono and billionaire Michael Hartono
According to Forbes, billionaire R. Budi Hartono owns assets worth 21.3 billion USD. He is ranked 112th in the world's richest people list. Billionaire Michael Hartono owns assets worth 20.5 billion USD and is ranked 120th in the world.
The bulk of their wealth comes from their investment in Bank Central Asia (BCA), which they acquired after the 1997–1998 Asian financial crisis. The Hartono family started out in the tobacco industry and remains one of Indonesia's largest cigarette manufacturers.
In 2022, the brothers took their company Global Digital Niaga, owner of e-commerce platform Blibli, public, raising $510 million in Indonesia's second-largest IPO.
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