Yeung Kin-man
ACTUAL TIME TOTAL ASSETS– since 4/22/17
$ 4.3 B.
Yeung Kin-man as well as his partner, Lam Wai Ying, owe their billions to their glass manufacturer Biel Crystal. The pair has the whole business as well as materials for two-thirds of apples iphone worldwide. They constructed Biel right into among the globe’s biggest manufacturers of glass displays for cellular phones, tablet computers, watches and also optical tools. Besides Apple, it provides Samsung and also Sony. Birthed as well as increased in Hong Kong, Yeung began generating watch crystals in the city in 1986 and also opened up Biel’s initial website, in Shenzhen, 2 years later on. Discovering that the plastic screen of his mobile phone damaged quickly, Yeung attempted utilizing glass rather. The business safeguarded Motorola as its very first significant consumer in 2003 and also changed its emphasis to cellular phone displays. Today it has a 2nd place, in Huizhou, Guangdong, as well as uses greater than 100,000 individuals on the mainland.
Yeung is chairman of Biel Crystal Manufactory, a closely held supplier of mobile phone touch screens. The Hong Kong-based business makes glass covers for smartphones and watches, and supplies Apple, Samsung and other device makers. It has more than 120,000 employees and had revenue of 36 billion yuan ($5.6 billion) in 2016.
Source:
1. Forbes