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Tata Sons Reappoints Chairman, Eyes Listing Despite Opposition From Largest Shareholder

Tata Sons Reappoints Chairman, Eyes Listing Despite Opposition From Largest Shareholder

The turmoil at Tata Sons, the holding company of India’s $180 billion (revenue) Tata group, took a curious turn today when its board approved a...

17.09.2026 10

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Malaysian Tycoon Francis Yeoh’s YTL Developing 5.2 Gigawatts Of Gas-Fired Power Plants Amid AI Boom

Malaysian Tycoon Francis Yeoh’s YTL Developing 5.2 Gigawatts Of Gas-Fired Power Plants Amid AI Boom

YTL Power International—controlled by tycoon Francis Yeoh and his siblings—is developing more than 5.2 gigawatts of gas-fired power plants in...

15.09.2026 10

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KKR Sells $410 Million Stake In Philippines’ First Gen After Failing To Buy More Shares

KKR Sells $410 Million Stake In Philippines’ First Gen After Failing To Buy More Shares

New York-based private equity giant KKR has sold its entire stake in Philippine power producer First Gen Corp., led by tycoon Federico Lopez and his...

15.09.2026 10

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Hong Kong Billionaire Peter Woo’s Wharf Sells Singapore Shopping Mall For $245 Million To Royal Holdings, RB Capital

Royal Holdings and RB Capital—controlled by property tycoon Raj Kumar and his son Kishin RK—are jointly buying Scotts Square for S$310 million...

09.09.2026 6

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India’s Adani Airport To Raise $1 Billion By Selling Shares To Temasek, BlackRock

Adani Airport Holdings—controlled by ports-to-energy billionaire Gautam Adani—is raising 98.3 billion rupees ($1 billion) by selling part of the...

09.09.2026 20

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Philippine Billionaire Manuel Villar’s Vista Land Mulls Asset Sales To Repay Maturing Debts

Vista Land & Lifescapes—the real estate firm controlled by billionaire and former politician Manuel Villar—is exploring selling some of its...

08.09.2026 50

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Tata’s Jaguar Land Rover To Generate $2.3 Billion Cost Savings Over Two Years From Job Cuts

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive (JLR)—controlled by Tata Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates—announced that it will cut 4,000 jobs or...

08.09.2026 30

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Indonesian Billionaire Buying Stake In Changi Airport’s Jet Fuel Supplier In Singapore Push

Aster—controlled by Indonesian billionaire Prajogo Pangestu’s Chandra Asri Pacific—has agreed to acquire a stake in Changi Airport Fuel Hydrant...

28.08.2026 30

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Indonesian Billionaire’s Chandra Asri To Buy Jardine Cycle & Carriage’s Auto Dealership In Malaysia, Singapore

Chandra Asri Pacific—controlled by Indonesian tycoon Prajogo Pangestu—has agreed to buy Jardine Cycle & Carriage’s car dealership business...

20.08.2026 20

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Tycoon Francis Yeoh’s YTL Power Doubling Data Center Capacity To 2.4 Gigawatts By 2032

YTL Power International—controlled by Malaysian tycoon Francis Yeoh and his siblings—plans to double its data center capacity to 2.4 gigawatts by...

19.08.2026 10

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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance, Rolls-Royce To Develop Fighter Jet Engines In India

Reliance Industries—controlled by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani—will partner with UK-based Rolls-Royce Holdings to develop fighter jet engines...

14.08.2026 10

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Billionaire Lim Kok Thay’s Genting Building New Hotel, Arena In $5.5 Billion New York Casino Push

Genting—the energy-to-palm oil conglomerate controlled by Malaysian billionaire Lim Kok Thay—is building new hotels and a multi-purpose arena as...

23.07.2026 20

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Billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s Frasers Property-Led Group Offers Top Bid Of $1.6 Billion For Prime Singapore Waterfront Site

A consortium led by Frasers Property—controlled by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi—submitted the top bid of S$2.1 billion ($1.6...

15.07.2026 20

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Billionaire Kumar Birla To Buy Shell’s Indian Renewable Business In $1.8 Billion Deal

A unit of the Aditya Birla Group—the flagship company of Indian billionaire Kumar Birla—agreed to buy Shell’s renewable energy business in India...

13.07.2026 20

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Billionaire Eduardo Saverin-Backed B Capital Raises $500 Million To Fund Early Stage Startups

B Capital—an investment firm backed by Facebook cofounder, Eduardo Saverin—has raised $500 million for its early stage venture capital fund,...

08.07.2026 20

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Billionaire Gautam Adani, Abu Dhabi’s IHC To Invest $11.3 Billion In Aluminum Project In Odisha

Adani Enterprises—the flagship company of ports-to-power billionaire Gautam Adani—and Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Co. (IHC) are...

03.07.2026 20

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Swiss Shipping Magnate’s MSC Unit To Invest $1.4 Billion In Billionaire Gautam Adani’s Vizhinjam Port

A unit of billionaire Gianluigi Aponte’s Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) is investing $1.4 billion in Adani Vizhinjam Port in southwest India amid...

30.06.2026 20

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Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani Plans Nuclear Power Project In Energy Expansion Drive

24.06.2026 30

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Thai Billionaire Sarath Ratanavadi Raises Stake In Gulf Development As Singtel Sells Shares

24.06.2026 40

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Billionaire Anthoni Salim-Backed PLDT To Raise $396 Million From Philippine Data Center REIT IPO

PLDT—backed by Indonesian billionaire Anthoni Salim’s Hong Kong-listed First Pacific Co.—plans to raise 24.2 billion pesos ($396 million) in...

22.06.2026 30

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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms Files Much-Anticipated Mega IPO

Jio Platforms—controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries—has filed the draft prospectus for the much-anticipated IPO of...

19.06.2026 20

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Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway MCL, Partner Offer Top Bid Of $581 Million For Prime Singapore Site

Sunway MCL—the Singapore-based developer controlled by Malaysian billionaire Jeffrey Cheah—and its partner China’s CSC Land Group placed the...

18.06.2026 20

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Australian Billionaires’ Sigma Healthcare Walks Away From U.K’s. Boots $10 Billion Deal

Sigma Healthcare—which counts Australian billionaire brothers Jack and Sam Gance and their business partner Mario Verrochi as its biggest...

16.06.2026 30

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Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng’s CDL Outbids Rivals With $422 Million Offer For Prime Singapore Site

City Developments Ltd.(CDL)—controlled by billionaire Kwek Leng Beng and his family—and its partner Hong Realty submitted the highest bid for a...

12.06.2026 50

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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance To Build First Data Center For Meta Platforms In India

Reliance Industries—controlled by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani—said Wednesday it will build the first AI-driven data center designed for...

10.06.2026 30

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Australian Billionaires’ Sigma Healthcare In Talks To Buy U.K.’s Boots In Deal Valued At $10 Billion

Sigma Healthcare—which counts Australian billionaire brothers Jack and Sam Gance and their business partner Mario Verrochi as its biggest...

10.06.2026 40

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Billionaire Robin Khuda’s AirTrunk To Invest Over $30 Billion In India Data Center Projects By 2030

AirTrunk—the data center company founded by Australian billionaire Robin Khuda and backed by U.S. private equity firm Blackstone—will invest more...

05.06.2026 20

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Billionaire Robin Khuda’s AirTrunk To Invest $21 Billion In Data Center Project Near Mumbai

AirTrunk—the data center company founded by Australian billionaire Robin Khudaand backed by U.S. private equity firm Blackstone—will develop a...

03.06.2026 20

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Billionaire David Teoh’s $1.1 Billion Singapore Mobile Deal Set To Lapse Amid Regulatory Breach

19.05.2026 70

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Billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Airtel Raising Stake In African Unit Via $2.9 Billion Share Swap

13.05.2026 30

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Singapore’s OCBC Expands Regional Footprint With Acquisition Of HSBC Indonesia’s Wealth And Retail Business

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.—backed by Singapore’s billionaire Lee family—is buying the retail and wealth management business of HSBC in...

05.05.2026 60

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Indian Tycoons Mittal, Poonawalla To Buy Rajasthan Royals For $1.65 Billion

Two Indian tycoons, steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal and Adar Poonawalla, son of vaccine billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla, have teamed up to buy the Rajasthan...

04.05.2026 30

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Billionaire G.M. Rao To Buy Part Of Groupe ADP’s Stake In India’s GMR Airports In $1 Billion Deal

GMR Group—controlled by billionaire G.M. Rao—has agreed to buy a 7.3% stake in India’s GMR Airports from its French partner, Groupe ADP, in a...

24.04.2026 100

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Billionaire Robin Khuda’s AirTrunk Expands In India With Lumina CloudInfra Deal

AirTrunk—the data center operator founded by Australian billionaire Robin Khuda—is buying Lumina CloudInfra to expand in India, as the world’s...

21.04.2026 50

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Founder Of Malaysia’s Largest Dollar Store Chain Debuts On List Of Country’s Richest

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Malaysia’s Richest 2026. See the full list here. The May 2025 listing of discount store chain Eco-Shop...

15.04.2026 30

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Billionaire Nadir Godrej To Hand Over Reins At Godrej Industries To Nephew, Pirojsha

Mumbai-based Indian billionaire Nadir Godrej said he will step down as chairperson of $6.1 billion revenue Godrej Industries Group when he turns 75...

14.04.2026 40

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Billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Airtel, Partners To Invest $1 Billion In Indian Data Center Projects

31.03.2026 50

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Billionaire Aloke Lohia’s Indorama Ventures, Blackstone-Backed EPL To Merge Indian Packaging Business In $2 Billion Deal

Bangkok-based Indorama Ventures—controlled by petrochemicals billionaire Aloke Lohia—has agreed to merge its Indian packaging unit, Indovida...

30.03.2026 70

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Billionaire Kumar Birla, Blackstone To Buy Royal Challengers For $1.8 Billion Amid Bidding Frenzy For Indian Cricket Teams

Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla and U.S. private equity giant Blackstone teamed up with other investors to buy the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)...

25.03.2026 90

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Malaysian Tycoon Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Healthcare Shares Jump Up To 27% On Market Debut

17.03.2026 30

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Permodalan Nasional Rejects Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah-Backed Sunway’s $2.8 Billion Takeover Bid For IJM

Malaysian state-linked investor Permodalan Nasional Bhd. (PNB) has rejected the 11 billion ringgit ($2.8 billion) bid by Sunway—the flagship company...

17.03.2026 70

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Indian Billionaire Savitri Jindal’s JSW Steel To Develop Coal Mine In Mozambique

JSW Steel—the steel manufacturing unit of the JSW Group led by Sajjan Jindal, son of India’s richest woman, Savitri Jindal—is developing a coal...

15.03.2026 40

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Malaysia’s IJM Board Urges Shareholders To Reject Sunway’s $2.8 Billion Takeover Bid

The board of Kuala Lumpur-based construction company IJM Corp. has urged shareholders to reject the 11 billion ringgit ($2.8 billion) takeover bid...

14.03.2026 60

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Indian Billionaire Mukesh Ambani Backing U.S. Refinery Deal Shows Shifting Global Energy Dynamics

The landmark U.S. oil refinery project announced by President Donald Trump earlier this week marks a fundamental shift in global energy dynamics, with...

12.03.2026 40

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Billionaire Robin Khuda’s AirTrunk Taps $1.2 Billion Loan To Expand Tokyo Data Center

09.03.2026 30

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KKR, Singtel To Buy Stake In Data Center Operator STT GDC For $5.2 Billion Amid AI Boom

04.02.2026 90

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Indonesia Speeding Up Reforms To Restore Investor Confidence After Stock Market Slump

30.01.2026 30

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Billionaire Gautam Adani Partners With Embraer To Assemble Small Commercial Jets In India Amid Travel Boom

27.01.2026 30

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Malaysian Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Launches $2.7 Billion Takeover Bid For Builder IJM

13.01.2026 40

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Thai Billionaire Harald Link’s B.Grimm Power Buys $230 Million Stake In U.S. Hydropower Operator

12.01.2026 30

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