The family that owns Samsung, surnamed Lee, lost a position in the ranking of the richest in Asia, according to a list by Forbes. With a fortune valued at US$ 40,8 billion, the owners of Samsung are second only to the Indian family Ambani.
The Indian family's wealth is valued at US$44,8 billion, that is, US$19 billion more than it was valued in 2016. The growth recorded is greater than the US$11,2 billion accumulated by the Lee family in recent years. 12 months.
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The Koo family, which owns LG, is another clan with a strong presence in the mobile phone market, with a fortune valued at US$ 8,7 billion, and appears in the list at 28th position. The current list considers families that add up to wealth and still do business for at least three generations.
According to Forbes, many Asian families that are actually among the richest in the world ended up being left out of the list. Most of them are of Chinese origin, but their businesses still appear in the first or second generation of executives.
Indian families dominate the list with the 50 richest in Asia, with 18 representatives. In total, the value between all of them amounts to about US$ 699 billion, an increase of US$ 200 billion over the previous year.
