The Rise Of China's Super Rich

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March 03, 2016

Wang Jianlin (center), CEO of Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co Ltd, arrives before the company's IPO at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the Central district of Hong Kong on December 23, 2014. Wang Jianlin rose from local bureaucrat to China's richest man by transforming a debt-laden state-owned housebuilder into the sprawling Wanda Group, and the flotation of one of its subsidiaries on December 23 may propel him back up a rich list now dominated by Internet moguls. (Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images)

From real estate empires to fortunes built on umbrellas and glass smartphone screens, Chinese billionaires control an increasing amount of the world's wealth. Now, with their domestic stock market on shaky ground, some are investing abroad. Kerry Dolan, who edits Forbes' Billionaire List, joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to discuss a few of China's super rich and what their success says about the Chinese economy.

Hurun Report's 2016 Global Rich List

Guest

Kerry Dolan, Forbes' assistant managing editor for wealth. She tweets @KerryDolan.

This segment aired on March 3, 2016.