Mainland Chinese, Hongkongers lead way in Forbes powerful women in Asia list
14 mainlanders and Hongkongers feature in Forbes list of top 50 Asian businesswomen
Women from the mainland and Hong Kong again dominated the annual Forbes list of the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia, with 14 top female decision-makers making the grade this year.
For the first time for any company, two of Alibaba's top businesswomen were on the list: Maggie Wu Wei, the e-commerce giant's chief financial officer, and Lucy Peng, a co-founder of the company and chief executive of its fast-growing Ant Financial Services affiliate.
Hong Kong's richest woman Pansy Ho Chiu-king, the managing director of Shun Tak Holdings, chairman of Jetstar Hong Kong and co-chairman of MGM China, with gambling-related projects in Macau, also featured. She is one of 17 children of casino magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun.
Huawei Technologies chairman Sun Yafang and Zhang Xin, co-founder and chief executive of Soho China, were another two business titans to appear.
Also included was Cheng Xue, who heads Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food and was named on Forbes's China Rich List with a net worth of more than US$800 million.
Women from 16 countries and regions were represented on Forbes' fourth annual Asia's Power Businesswomen list, which recognises women driving change across diverse industries.