Forbes Asia - October 2018

Philippines’ Richest: Real Estate Tycoons Post Gains Amid Declines for Most Others

The 24-Year-Old Female Entrepreneur Behind China’s First Blockchain Social Network

The $4 Billion Crypto Billionaire No One Has Heard of

Philippine Billionaires Making Headlines

Crazy Rich Asians and the World That’s Their Oyster

How Kr Space Is Going to Beat WeWork in China

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READERS SAY

THE INTEREST GRAPH

The Philippines and the crypto/blockchain phenomenon grabbed our readers this time:

“Even his

LinkedIn profi le

is stark, listing

only ‘CEO at

Bitmain.’ ”

“Oi ce

sharing is a

very localized

business.”

“I enjoy

winning more

than making

money. I want to

build something

that lasts.”

60,319 page views

12,

12,

10,

20,

8,

OUR STORY about the i erce

competition in the co-working,

oi ce-space market in China,

featuring Chinese startup Kr

Space versus WeWork (“Seats,

h en Services,” September, p. 18),

provoked speculation on Twitter

from @gordonorr: “Will WeWork

suf er the same fate as Uber in

China? Intense price-based local

competition driving them out?

Or will their market segment cre-

ate a large enough group willing

to pay a premium for the WeWork

solution?” Volatility roiled our an-

nual roster of the Philippines’ 50

Richest (p. 84), prompting Malaya

Business Insight Online to crypti-

cally quip “Crazy rich Filipinos”

on Facebook, in honor of a recent

smash-hit movie. h e workout regimen of triathlete Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Jr.

(No. 38 on the Philippine 50 List) earned this healthy tweet from @SWIMBIK-

ERUNph: “IRONMAN Triathlon in the Philippines is in good hands.”

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