33 years old -Yang Huiyan, $4.7 Billion

 

After her father, Yeung Kwok Keung transferred his holding of the company he founded,  Country Garden Holdings, to her in 2007, Yang Huiyan became one of the world’s youngest billionaires and richest women in China. She sits on the board’s governance committee and is vice chairman of Country Garden. The real estate developer broke into the Australian market in 2014, buying a $65 million site in Sydney. The same year, they sold new shares raising $410 million. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in marketing and logistics from Ohio State University. In 2008, she was also awarded the “China Charity Award Special Contribution Award”.