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Billionaire Bruce Mathieson’s Embattled Star Gets $414 Million Debt Refinancing Offer From Oaktree

Billionaire Bruce Mathieson’s Embattled Star Gets $414 Million Debt Refinancing Offer From Oaktree
17.02.2025 5

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Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway, MRT To Build $578 Million Mixed Use Project Near Singapore-Malaysia Causeway

Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway, MRT To Build $578 Million Mixed Use Project Near Singapore-Malaysia Causeway
14.02.2025 6

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Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani To Donate $686 Million For Two Hospitals

Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani To Donate $686 Million For Two Hospitals
11.02.2025 10

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Billionaire Bruce Mathieson-Backed Star In Talks To Sell Brisbane Casino To Hong Kong Partners

Billionaire Bruce Mathieson-Backed Star In Talks To Sell Brisbane Casino To Hong Kong Partners
10.02.2025 20

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Indonesia Halts Billionaire’s Project With Trump-Branded Golf Course On Environmental Issues

Indonesia Halts Billionaire’s Project With Trump-Branded Golf Course On Environmental Issues
07.02.2025 7

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Indonesia’s GoTo Denies Ride-Hailing Company In Merger Talks With Rival Grab

Indonesia’s GoTo Denies Ride-Hailing Company In Merger Talks With Rival Grab
05.02.2025 10

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Billionaire Charoen’s Asset World Building $475 Million Hotel, Shopping Complex In Bangkok

24.01.2025 10

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Australian Billionaire Bruce Mathieson-Backed Casino Operator May Run Out Of Cash

20.01.2025 10

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Micron To Build $7 Billion Advanced Chip Facility In Singapore Amid AI Boom

Micron's existing facility in Singapore. Micron Technology is investing S$9.5 billion ($7 billion) to build an advanced chip packaging facility in...

08.01.2025 10

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Indonesian Billionaire Mochtar Riady’s OUE REIT To Sell China Property For $264 Million

Once the divestment Lippo Plaza in Shanghai is completed, the entire portfolio of OUE REIT will be ... [ ] located in Singapore, including the...

23.12.2024 20

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Vietnamese Billionaire, Partner To Invest Up To $1.2 Billion To Build EV Charging Stations In Indonesia

VinFast Auto Ltd. electric vehicles charged at the garage of the company's manufacturing complex in ... [ ] Hai Phong, Vietnam, on Monday, June 10,...

12.12.2024 4

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Indian Billionaire Brothers To Buy 40% Stake In Coca-Cola’s Indian Bottler

Bottles of Coca Cola displayed at a grocery store. Jubilant Bhartia Group—controlled by billionaire brothers Shyam and Hari Bhartia—has agreed to...

12.12.2024 7

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Renewable Energy Recharges Wealth Of Indonesian Conglomerate Sinar Mas Family

Franky Widjaja, president commissioner of Dian Swastatika Sentosa. This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Indonesia’s Richest 2024. See the full...

12.12.2024 5

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Indonesian Coal Billionaire Invests In A Green Future

Garibaldi Thohir. This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Indonesia’s Richest 2024. See the full list here . Garibaldi “Boy” Thohir’s coal miner,...

12.12.2024 3

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The Indonesian Tycoon Who’s Betting Big On Nickel

Kiki Barki. This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Indonesia’s Richest 2024. See the full list here . Kiki Barki, whose coal mining riches made...

12.12.2024 4

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Billionaire Widjaja Family, Axiata Merge Indonesian Telecom Business In $6.5 Billion Deal

The Axiata headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Smartfren Telecom—controlled by billionaire Widjaja family’s investment vehicle Sinar Mas—and Malaysia’s...

11.12.2024 4

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Bain Capital To Invest $157 Million In Indonesian Billionaire Tahir-Backed Mayapada Hospital

Mayapada Hospital in Bandung, Indonesia. U.S. private equity firm, Bain Capital, plans to invest $157 million in Sejahteraraya Anugrahjaya, a...

05.12.2024 4

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Billionaire Garibaldi Thohir-Backed Adaro Andalan Jumps 20% In Jakarta Debut

coal handling in a port Shares of Adaro Andalan Indonesia—a coal mining company backed by Indonesian billionaire Garibaldi Thohir—surged 20% on its...

05.12.2024 30

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Northstar Group-Backed Delta Dunia Deepens Australia Mining Investments

Molten copper at a copper mill. A unit of Delta Dunia Makmur—an Indonesian miner backed by tycoon tycoon Patrik Walujo private equity firm...

04.12.2024 8

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Malaysian Billionaire Dealmaker Ananda Krishnan Dies At 86

Ananda Krishnan, Chairman & CEO of Usaha Tegas Group Holdings Bhd, arrives for the Allen & Company ... [ ] Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2012...

28.11.2024 4

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Indian Tycoon Shashi Ruia, Cofounder Of Essar Group, Dies At 81

Shashi Ruia, cofounder of Essar Group. Indian tycoon Shashi Ruia—cofounder of the Essar Group, one of the country’s largest conglomerates—passed...

26.11.2024 5

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Billionaire Gautam Adani’s Fortune Shrinks $16 Billion Amid Fallout From Bribery Case

The Adani Group headquarters in Ahmedabad, India. Shares of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate continued to drop on Tuesday amid the...

26.11.2024 4

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Northstar-Backed Delta Dunia Doubles Down In Australia With $455 Million Coal Mine Purchase

Coal and the hands of a miner. A unit of Delta Dunia Makmur—an Indonesian miner backed by tycoon Patrik Walujo private equity firm Northstar...

25.11.2024 10

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Malaysian Billionaire Brothers’ Mr. DIY To Raise $297 Million In Jakarta IPO

A Mr. DIY store in Kuala Lumpur. Mr DIY Group—founded by Malaysian billionaire brothers Tan Yu Yeh and Yu Wei—is raising as much as 4.7 trillion...

25.11.2024 10

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As His Fortune Plummets, Billionaire Gautam Adani Denies Bribery Charge, Vows To Fight Back

Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the ... [ ] company's headquarters in Ahmedabad, Gujarat,...

21.11.2024 3

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Billionaire Jitendra Virwani’s Embassy To Build 150 Hotels Across India In Next 10 Years

The Hilton Embassy Bengalaru, one of the hotels owned by India's Embassy Group. Olive by Embassy—a unit of Indian billionaire Jitendra Virwani’s...

20.11.2024 3

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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance, Disney Complete $8.5 Billion India Merger

Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd., during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in ... [ ] Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, on Wednesday,...

15.11.2024 10

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Indian Cola Tycoon Ravi Jaipuria’s Varun Beverages Expands Pepsi Franchise In Africa

Customers browse soft drinks at a Big Bazaar hypermarket, operated by Future Retail Ltd., in Mumbai, ... [ ] India, on Sunday, April 16, 2017....

13.11.2024 4

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Indonesian Billionaire Garibaldi Thohir’s Adaro Energy To Raise $291 Million From Coal Unit’s IPO

A pile of coaL. Adaro Energy—controlled by Indonesian billionaire Garibaldi Thohir—plans to raise up to 4.59 trillion rupiah ($291 million) through...

12.11.2024 2

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Indian Billionaire Yusuff Ali’s Lulu Retail Raises Size Of Abu Dhabi IPO To $1.7 Billion

Middle East grocery chain Lulu Retail sill start trading on the Abu Dhabi bourse on November 14. Lulu Retail Holdings—a Middle East hypermarket...

05.11.2024 6

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Granite Asia, INA Investing Up To $1.2 Billion To Drive Indonesia’s Digital Transformation

Jenny Lee, Granite Asia senior managing partner. Granite Asia (formerly GGV Capital Asia) has partnered with the sovereign wealth fund Indonesia...

04.11.2024 3

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Tycoon Sunny Verghese’s Olam Jumps After Saudi Arabia Offers To Buy Agribusiness Unit

Sunny Verghese, CEO of Olam Group. Shares of Olam Group—cofounded by Singaporean tycoon Sunny Verghese—surged on Friday after a state-owned Saudi...

01.11.2024 10

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Indian Billionaire Yusuff Ali’s Lulu Retail To Raise $1.4 Billion In U.A.E.’s Biggest IPO This Year

Middle East grocery chain Lulu Retail sill start trading on the Abu Dhabi bourse on November 14. Lulu Retail Holdings—a Middle East hypermarket...

29.10.2024 3

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Billionaire Low Tuck Kwong’s Bayan Resources To Boost Coal Output With $6.8 Billion BUMA Contract

coal handling in a port Indonesia Pratama—a unit of billionaire Low Tuck Kwong’s Bayan Resources—awarded a 107.8 trillion rupiah ($6.8 billion)...

28.10.2024 6

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Indian Billionaire Yusuff Ali To List Retail Giant Lulu In What Could Be U.A.E.’s Biggest IPO This Year

Middle East grocery chain Lulu Retail sill start trading on the Abu Dhabi bourse on November 14. Lulu Retail Holdings—a Middle East hypermarket...

23.10.2024 3

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Malaysian Tycoon Lin Yun Ling’s Gamuda, Partners Win $994 Million Taipei MRT Project

Driverless trains pass each other on Taipei's elevated Wenhu line, commonly known as the Brown Line. ... [ ] Gamuda—the Malaysian construction...

22.10.2024 3

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Indian Vaccine Billionaire Scion To Buy Stake In Bollywood Studio

Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India. the world's largest vaccine maker. Serene Productions—led by businessman Adar Poonawalla, son of...

21.10.2024 4

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Amid India’s Infrastructure Buildout, Billionaires Duke It Out For Cement Crown

Kumar Mangalam Birla (left) and Gautam Adani. This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of India’s Richest 2024. See the full list here . Until two...

10.10.2024 4

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Vietnamese Billionaire’s Vietjet Inks $8 Billion Engine Order From CFM

A VietJet Air passenger plane approaches for landing at Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore on ... [ ] June 20, 2022. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN /...

09.10.2024 4

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Oracle Building $6.5 Billion Data Center In Malaysia Amid AI Boom

Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas. Oracle—U.S. tech giant cofounded by billionaire Larry Ellison—plans to invest more than $6.5 billion to...

02.10.2024 3

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Billionaire Salim-Backed Metro Pacific, GIC Complete $1 Billion Indonesian Toll Road Deal

Aerial view of trans-Java Toll Way bridge passing through farmland in Semarang, Indonesia Metro Pacific Tollways—a unit of Manila-based Metro...

01.10.2024 2

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Google Doubles Down On Southeast Asia Investments With $1 Billion Data Center Project In Thailand

Ruth Porat (left), president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google, with Thai Prime ... [ ] Minister Paetongtarn Shinwatra (right)....

01.10.2024 20

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Malaysian Tycoon Koon Poh Keong’s Press Metal Leads Indonesian JV To Build $750 Million Alumina Refinery

Koon Poh Keong, group CEO of Press Metal. Press Metal Alumunium Holdings—controlled by Malaysian tycoon Koon Poh Keong—is forming a joint venture...

19.09.2024 2

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Blackstone, CPP Investments To Buy AirTrunk For $16 Billion Amid AI Boom

Server racks in a data center. Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has agreed to buy AirTrunk in a deal valuing...

04.09.2024 2

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Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani Building $476 Million Powerline Project

Chairperson of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, Gautam Adani addresses a gathering during the ... [ ] inaugural session of Vibrant Gujarat Global...

03.09.2024 2

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Billionaire Salim-Backed PIK 2 Doubles Down On $2.6 Billion Indonesian Tourism Estate Project

The Pantai Indah Kapuk area, a business and residential area resulting from coastal reclamation in ... [ ] North Jakarta. Pantai Indah Kapuk Dua...

30.08.2024 3

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Indian E-Commerce Unicorn Zepto Raises $360 Million, Bumping Valuation To $5 Billion

Aadit Palicha (front) and Kaivalya Vohra Zepto, a Mumbai-based quick commerce company, raised $360 million in a follow-on financing round, boosting...

30.08.2024 2

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Tycoon Lim Chap Huat, Blackstone Sell Singapore Properties To Warburg-Backed JV For $1.2 Billion

Solaris One-North, one of the properties purchased as part of the $1.2 billion deal, is located in ... [ ] the life and sciences and technology...

27.08.2024 2

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IPO Of 7-Eleven Rival In Malaysia Likely To Make Founder The Country’s Newest Billionaire

Retailing champ Lee Thiam Wah is expected to join the elite club with the September listing of 99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings, the country’s largest...

25.08.2024 3

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Indian Billionaire Kumar Birla To Invest $10 Billion In Aluminum, Copper Projects

Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of Aditya Birla Group and Grasim Industries Ltd., during a media ... [ ] event at the Grasim Industries' paint...

25.08.2024 2

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