L I San Yim

Chairman of construction equipment manufacturer Lonking has thrived amid China's building boom. Rival of the quartet of billionaires to make the list this year from China's Sany Heavy Industry -- Liang Wengen, Tang Xiuguo, Mao Zhongwu and Xiang Wenbo. Active in business groups: Member of the executive committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and vice chairman of the Fujian Province Federation of Industry and Commerce. Holds an executive MBA from Fudan University in Shanghai. Also a director at Weichai Power Co. Shares fortune with wife Ngai Ngan Ying.