The newly released list of the New Fortune 500 in 2018 is the richest in Fujian Province
4hw.com.cn: the 2018 New Fortune 500 rich list is newly published. Fujian's rich accounted for 22 seats, including 5 from Xiamen. This year's richest man in Xiamen is still the father and son of Lin Xiucheng and Lin Zhiqiang of San'an group. They rank 44th in the New Fortune 500 list with a wealth of 35.13 billion yuan, up 55 places from last year. Not only that, but also because of the 89.6% wealth growth from last year to this year, they have become the 'fastest growing 50 people in wealth'.
Rich people in IT industry lead the fashion again
Although the threshold of 2018 New Fortune 500 rich list slightly dropped to 6.4 billion yuan from 6.61 billion yuan last year, the total wealth of this year's 500 rich list increased by about 20% year on year, and the total reached 9567.68 billion yuan. At the same time, the number of 10 billion rich people rose from 276 in 2017 to 297 this year.
Among the 500 rich people, the top 10 have reached 1718.15 billion yuan, accounting for 18% of the total wealth on the list.
It's worth mentioning that this year, Ma Huateng, 47, is the richest man in IT industry. He pushed Wang Jianlin and his son from Lianzhuang for two years to become the new richest man in China with 279.44 billion yuan. Ma Yun followed, with a fortune of 260.26 billion yuan. And Xu Jiayin ranks third, with a wealth of 228.51 billion yuan.