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Eileen Gu, Emma Raducanu, Naomi Osaka among Forbes’ highest-paid female athletes in 2023
Eileen Gu, Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka are among Forbes’ five highest-paid female athletes in 2023, maintaining a collective record from l...
Bryan Ke
Business
Energy tycoon Li Hejun, once China’s richest man, arrested
Chinese authorities have detained Li Hejun, the billionaire founder of thin-film solar panel firm Hanergy, local media reported on Wednesday...
Ryan General
Asia’s richest man regrets not completing college: ‘My abilities may have been faster’
Before you read: Indian college dropout becomes world’s third richest man While sitting on Forbes’ list as Asia’s richest man, Indian entrep...
Carl Samson
More immigrants than ever have become billionaires in the US
Forbes’ recently unveiled World’s Billionaire list for 2022 revealed that a record-number 92 American billionaires are immigrants. Topping...
William Yuk
Forbes highlights Kamala Harris, May Lee, more AAPI women in first-ever ’50 Over 50′ list
Forbes released their first “50 Over 50” list of women who have made an impact, including AAPI women such as Kamala Harris, Miam...
Thy Nguyen
Vietnamese Woman Who Earned $3.4 Million With Pho Restaurant Makes Forbes Under 30 Slovakia List
A Vietnamese woman landed a spot in Forbes Slovakia’s 30 Under 30 list of 2020 for her successful establishment of a pho restaurant business...
BTS Made $57 Million in a Year, Making Them the Highest-Paid Boy Band in the World
South Korean boy band and international sensation BTS has come in at #43 on the Forbes celebrity earnings list for 2019, tied with Bradley C...
Jin Hyun
Entertainment
The Highest Paid YouTuber is Still this Little Boy Now Making $22 Million a Year
An Asian American YouTuber who was reported last year to be making $11 million a year is now making double that amount, according to Forbes....
Kimberly Nguyen
Chinese-Korean Star Earns $15.5 Million in 2017 Playing Video Games on YouTube
YouTube star Evan Fong, the mastermind behind the gaming channel VanossGaming, is the second highest-earning YouTuber of 2017, based on Forb...
Asia
Jack Ma is No Longer the Richest Man in China
Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma has been unseated from his throne as China’s richest man, based on Forbes’ real time ranking of the riche...
Jackie Chan to Be Awarded a Lifetime Achievement Oscar
Jackie Chan has never won an Oscar, but he will be receiving a lifetime achievement Oscar for his extraordinary work in film. Chan, 62, is ...
Editorial Staff
Jackie Chan is Now the Second Highest-Paid Actor in the World
Jackie Chan is named the world’s second highest-paid actor after raking in $61 million this year. Forbes recently listed the Hong Kon...
Asians Are Among Tech Industry’s Richest People, New List Reveals
Forbes’ new list of the 100 Richest Tech Billionaires for 2016 has been revealed and 33 individuals are from Asia. While little over half o...
Interviews
Meet the 25-Year-Old USC Alumni Who Started the First Female-Led Millenial Venture Capital Firm
One 25-year-old is paving the way as a pioneering women in venture capital and entrepreneurship in the U.S. and Asia. Pocket (Yiqing) Sun ha...
Laura Dang
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