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Zinnia Lee

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Japanese Restaurant Billionaire Takaya Awata’s Toridoll Plans To Take Noodle Chain Tam Jai Private

Japanese Restaurant Billionaire Takaya Awata’s Toridoll Plans To Take Noodle Chain Tam Jai Private
18.02.2025 7

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Hong Kong Crypto Unicorn Hashkey Secures $30 Million From Early PDD Investor Gaorong

Hong Kong Crypto Unicorn Hashkey Secures $30 Million From Early PDD Investor Gaorong
17.02.2025 4

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Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures Co-Leads $112 Million Round In Australian AI Diagnostics Startup Harrison.ai

Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures Co-Leads $112 Million Round In Australian AI Diagnostics Startup Harrison.ai
12.02.2025 10

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Hong Kong Property Investor Gaw Capital Buys Prime Tokyo Mall For Over $1 Billion

Hong Kong Property Investor Gaw Capital Buys Prime Tokyo Mall For Over $1 Billion
10.02.2025 9

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MBK Partners-Led Consortium Acquires Japanese Semiconductor Company FICT In $660 Million Deal

MBK Partners-Led Consortium Acquires Japanese Semiconductor Company FICT In $660 Million Deal
07.02.2025 5

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PUBG Developer Krafton Co-Leads $53 Million Funding Round In India’s Payments Startup Cashfree

PUBG Developer Krafton Co-Leads $53 Million Funding Round In India’s Payments Startup Cashfree
05.02.2025 7

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Flying High: Hong Kong Biofuel Startup Hits Unicorn Status By Helping Airlines Combat Climate Change

Flying High: Hong Kong Biofuel Startup Hits Unicorn Status By Helping Airlines Combat Climate Change
05.02.2025 6

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Korea’s Kakao Teams Up With OpenAI To Develop AI Products

Korea’s Kakao Teams Up With OpenAI To Develop AI Products
04.02.2025 8

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This Chinese MIT Physicist Uses AI To Find New Drugs. Next Up: Solar Panels And EV Batteries

28.01.2025 20

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Taiwanese Tech Giant HTC To Sell Part Of XR Unit To Google For $250 Million

24.01.2025 20

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Hong Kong-Listed ESR Group Forms Joint Venture With CloudHQ On $2 Billion Data Center In Japan

16.01.2025 20

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Nvidia Joins $4 Million Seed Round In Taiwan’s AI-Powered Simulation Startup MetAI

15.01.2025 8

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Hyundai Motor Plans Record $16.7 Billion Investment In South Korea This Year

10.01.2025 20

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Billionaire Damen Family’s Superyacht Builder Wants To Ride The Wave Of Asian Wealth

One thing Rose Damen learned while working in high finance before joining her family’s superyacht builder is that if one wants high returns, then...

19.12.2024 6

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Taiwan’s Travel Superapp KKday Receives $70 Million Investment To Fund Asia Expansion

Ming Chen, cofounder and CEO of KKday. Taipei-based KKday, which operates a travel superapp, said Thursday it has received about $70 million from...

05.12.2024 7

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Hong Kong-Listed Property Manager ESR Group Gets $7 Billion Take-Private Offer

ESR Group owns and manages 50 million square meters of properties across 28 countries. ESR Group, Asia’s largest real estate fund manager by asset...

05.12.2024 10

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Private Equity Maven Jing Hong Reveals Her Next Winning Bet

Gaocheng Capital is the “last man standing” among investors still backing Chinese enterprise software companies, said its founding partner Jing...

03.12.2024 8

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New World CEO Replaced After Just Two Months On The Job, Succeeded By Chinese Subsidiary Boss Echo Huang

The unexpected departure of Eric Ma cast a shadow over New World’s efforts to turn around its struggling business amid property downturns. Eric Ma,...

29.11.2024 5

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K-Pop Superstars NewJeans Breaks Up With Korean Entertainment Agency Hybe

NewJeans made its debut in 2022 and has quickly grown to become one of the world’s most popular K-pop groups. K-pop sensation NewJeans said late on...

29.11.2024 10

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Amid Price War, Bottled Water Billionaire Zhong Shanshan Remains China’s Richest Person

VCG/Getty Images This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of China’s Richest 2024. See the full list here . Nongfu Spring, which says it is China’s...

07.11.2024 10

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Shui On Land’s Stephanie Lo Says Company Is Well-Placed For Upturn Amid Mainland Property Slump

Courtesy of Shui On This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Asia’s Power Business Women 2024. See the full list here. Stephanie Lo in May assumed...

05.11.2024 4

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Japanese Chip Packaging Giant Kyocera Launches $100 Million Startup Funds

Getty Images Kyocera, one of the world’s largest chip component makers, has unveiled two funds totalling $100 million for startups focused on...

31.10.2024 10

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Ex-Baidu AI Scientist Becomes A Billionaire After Shares Of His Self-Driving Tech Startup Jumps 16%

Yu Kai, chairman and CEO of Horizon Robotics. Yu Kai, an AI scientist who started an autonomous driving project at Baidu, has joined the...

30.10.2024 9

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Former Baidu AI Scientist’s Autonomous-Driving Tech Startup Horizon Robotics Rises In Hong Kong Debut

Yu Kai, chairman and CEO of Horizon Robotics, attends the company's listing ceremony at Hong Kong's stock exchange on October 24, 2024. Horizon...

24.10.2024 3

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Unit Of Li Ka-Shing’s CK Life Sciences To Merge With Nasdaq-Listed Biotech Company In $100 Million Deal

Li Ka-shing, senior advisor of CK Hutchison, which controls CK Life Sciences. CK Life Sciences, the biotech arm of Hong Kong billionaire Li...

08.10.2024 7

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Toyota To Invest $500 Million In U.S. Electric Flying Car Maker Joby Aviation

A pre-production prototype of the Joby Aviation S4 aircraft is displayed during the World Governments Summit in Dubai on February 12, 2024....

03.10.2024 3

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Wife Of Chinese AI Giant SenseTime’s Late Cofounder Becomes A Billionaire

Yang Qiumei is currently a managing director and advisor to the CEO at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. Yang Qiumei, the widow of SenseTime...

02.10.2024 4

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HongShan Joins $7.8 Million Funding Round Of Hong Kong Fintech Startup RD Technologies

Norman Chan, founder and chairman of RD Technologies. RD Technologies, a Hong Kong-based fintech startup founded by the ex-chief executive of the...

30.09.2024 5

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Hillhouse Co-Leads $52 Million Round In Japanese Restaurant Software Startup Dinii

Dinii has acloud-based platform for restaurant operators to manage orders, and analyze sales and customer preferences. Dinii, a Tokyo-based startup...

27.09.2024 4

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Hong Kong Billionaire Cheng Family’s Scion Adrian Steps Down As CEO Of New World Development

Adrian Cheng steps down as CEO of New World Development on Thursday. Adrian Cheng, the third-generation scion of Hong Kong’s billionaire Cheng...

26.09.2024 10

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Samsung’s Battery Arm Sells LCD Materials Business To Chinese Company For $523 Million

Samsung SDI is selling its polarizing film business for about 703 billion won to China’s Wuxi Hengxin Optoelectronic Materials. Samsung SDI, the...

10.09.2024 10

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Hong Kong’s Billionaire Cheng Family’s Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Unveils Major Store Revamp

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group opened a newly designed flagship store in Central, Hong Kong, on September 10, 2024. Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group,...

10.09.2024 30

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Meet The Japanese Noodle Billionaire Taking On McDonald’s And KFC

When Takaya Awata used his meager savings to open a small restaurant in Kakogawa, a coastal city off Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, the then-23-year-old...

09.09.2024 4

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Japan’s Billionaire Ito Family’s 7-Eleven Chain Rejects $39 Billion Bid From Circle K Owner

Seven & i was founded by the late Masatoshi Ito, who grew it from a small family-owned shop into a global retail empire with more than 85,000...

06.09.2024 6

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Nvidia Joins Japanese Startup Sakana AI’s $100 Million Series A Round

getty Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup cofounded by ex-Google researchers, has raised more than $100 million in a funding...

05.09.2024 4

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Tencent-Backed AI Drug Researcher Xtalpi’s Shares Double On Revenue Rise

Left to right: Xtalpi cofounders Ma Jian, Wen Shuhao and Lai Lipeng. Xtalpi, a Shenzhen-based AI drug discovery company, saw its shares soar 108%...

04.09.2024 2

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Hong Kong Billionaire Henry Cheng’s Family Office Names Son Christopher As Co-CEO

Lam Yik/Bloomberg Hong Kong billionaire Henry Cheng has appointed one of his sons, Christopher, as co-CEO of the family’s private investment firm,...

02.09.2024 7

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Casino Magnate Lawrence Ho’s Second SPAC Raises $150 Million, Eyes Merger With AI Company

Lawrence Ho, chairman and CEO of Melco International Development. A special purpose acquisition company backed by casino magnate Lawrence Ho began...

29.08.2024 4

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