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Chachchon Ratanarak
Chachchon Ratanarak (ชัชชน รัตนรักษ์) is a Thai businessman, only child and heir of media magnate Krit Ratanarak, overseeing the family's Tonson Group and Tonson Property.
Chairul Tanjung
Chairul Tanjung (born 1962 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian billionaire entrepreneur who founded and chairs CT Corp, a conglomerate spanning banking, retail, and media; he briefly served as Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs in 2014.
Chao Kuang Piu
Chao Kuang Piu (曹光彪, also Cao Guangbiao) was a Shanghai-born Hong Kong textile tycoon who founded Novel Enterprises and co-founded Dragonair, Hong Kong's first Chinese-owned airline.
Charles Wong
Charles Wong is a Singaporean businessman who co-founded the women's footwear and accessories brand Charles & Keith in 1996 and serves as the group's chief executive officer.
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi (เจริญ สิริวัฒนภักดี) is a Thai businessman who founded TCC Group and ThaiBev, maker of Chang beer, and took over Singapore's Fraser & Neave in 2013.
Chia Ek Chor
Chia Ek Chor, also known as Xie Yichu, was a Chinese-born merchant from Guangdong whose 1921 seed shop in Bangkok's Chinatown grew into the CP Group conglomerate.
Chia Siew Whooy
Chia Siew Whooy (謝少飛) was a Chinese-born businessman in Bangkok who, with his elder brother Chia Ek Chor, built the 1921 seed shop that grew into CP Group.
Chirathivat family
The Chirathivat family (ตระกูลจิราธิวัฒน์) is the Hainanese-Thai family that owns Central Group, Thailand's biggest mall developer, founded by Tiang Chirathivat, an emigrant from Hainan, who opened his first Bangkok shop in 1927.
Cho Jung-ho
Cho Jung-ho (조정호, born 1958) is a South Korean businessman who chairs Meritz Financial Group, a bank-less insurance-led holding company he built into Korea's second-largest financial group.
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance, commonly Chola Finance, is a Chennai-based Indian non-banking financial company founded in 1978 by the Murugappa Group and one of India's largest vehicle financiers.
Chuchat Patcharachai
Chuchat Patcharachai, also known as Chuchat Petaumpai, was a Thai financier who co-founded Muangthai Capital, the country's largest provider of loans against motorcycles, and chaired its executive committee.
Chung Keng Quee
Chung Keng Quee (郑景贵) was a Hakka tin-mining magnate and Kapitan China of Perak, described as a founder of Taiping and one of the wealthiest men in the Straits Settlements.
CK Birla Group
The CK Birla Group, renamed the CKA Birla Group in 2025, is an Indian multinational conglomerate controlled by CK Birla, operating in technology services, automotive, building products, and healthcare.
Coromandel International
Coromandel International is an Indian agri-inputs company and Murugappa Group flagship, incorporated in 1961, that makes phosphatic fertilizers and crop protection chemicals and runs over 1,200 agri-retail stores.
CT Corp
CT Corp (PT CT Corpora) is a diversified Indonesian business group founded and chaired by Chairul Tanjung in 1987, active in financial services, media, retail, property, and natural resources.
D&L Industries
D&L Industries is a Philippine manufacturer of customized food ingredients, specialty plastics, and oleochemicals, founded by brothers Dean and Leon Lao in 1963 and listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange since 2012.
Dang Khac Vy
Đặng Khắc Vỹ (Dang Khac Vy) is a Vietnamese businessman who co-founded Vietnam International Bank (VIB) and chairs Mareven Food Holdings, a Russian instant-noodle producer.
Daniel Tsai
Daniel Tsai (蔡明忠), born 1956, is a Taiwanese financier who chairs the Fubon Group, Taiwan Mobile, and momo.com, and is vice chairman of Fubon Financial Holding.
Daonapa Patcharachai
Daonapa Patcharachai, earlier romanized as Daonapa Petampai or Petchermpai, is a Thai businesswoman who co-founded Muangthai Capital in 1992 and was named Thailand's wealthiest woman by Forbes in 2026.
Dean Lao
Dean Lao is a Filipino chemical engineer who co-founded D&L Industries with his brother Leon in 1963, led it as Chairman and President from 1971 to 2013, and now serves as Chairman Emeritus.
Deepak Bagla
Deepak Bagla is an Indian investment promotion executive who served as Managing Director and CEO of Invest India, the national investment agency, from 2015 to 2023.
Deepak Parekh
Deepak Parekh is an Indian banker and chartered accountant who joined HDFC in 1978 and chaired it from 1993 until its 2023 merger into HDFC Bank.
Dewi Kam
Dewi Kam is an Indonesian energy investor whose roughly 10 percent stake in Bayan Resources, Indonesia's third-largest coal producer, made her Indonesia's richest woman in 2023 and 2024.
Dhanin Chearavanont
Dhanin Chearavanont (ธนินท์ เจียรวนนท์), born in 1939, is a Thai billionaire businessman who led CP Group for 48 years and is worth an estimated $17.6 billion.
Douglas Hsu
Douglas Hsu, also known as Hsu Hsu-tung (徐旭东), is a Taiwanese business executive who chairs Far Eastern Group, a conglomerate of over 200 companies with assets of about US$104 billion.
Dvārakā Nāth Tāgore
Dvārakā Nāth Tāgore (দ্বারকানাথ ঠাকুর; 1794–1846), known as Prince Dwarkanath, was a Bengali zamindar and entrepreneur of Calcutta who founded Carr, Tagore & Company in 1834 and was the grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore.
Eco-Shop Marketing
Eco-Shop Marketing Berhad is a Malaysian fixed-price discount retailer, the country's largest dollar-store chain, founded by Lee Kar Whatt and listed on Bursa Malaysia in May 2025.
Edgar B. Saavedra
Edgar B. Saavedra is a Filipino civil engineer and construction tycoon who cofounded Megawide Construction with Michael Cosiquien in 1997 and serves as its chairman, president, and CEO.
Edgar J. Sia II
Edgar "Injap" Sia II, born in 1977, is a Filipino businessman who founded the Mang Inasal grilled-chicken chain in Iloilo City and chairs DoubleDragon Corporation.
EID Parry
EID Parry is a Chennai-headquartered sugar, biofuel, and consumer products company founded by Thomas Parry in 1788, which set up India's first sugar plant and operates as part of the Murugappa Group.