Jan
30
Eight Asian Billionaires Aged Over 90 Control $125 Billion
ByIt’s been a mournful start to 2019 for two of Asia’s richest families.
Eka Tjipta Widjaja, who began as a coconut and palm-oil trader at age 15 before building a multibillion-dollar empire in Indonesia, died Saturday at 98. A week earlier, Henry Sy, a shoe salesman who became the wealthiest man in the Philippines, died at 94. Their combined fortunes exceeded $16.5 billion…