- 36-year old Country Garden Holdings Vice-Chair Yang Huiyan’s wealth rose $2.1 billion to $25.6 billion last week.
- Country Garden is China’s largest developer and major beneficiary from the company’s property boom.
- Yang’s father, Yang Guoqiang, co-founded Country Garden (1992) and gave her his controlling stake in 2005.
- Yang is China’s wealthiest woman and youngest billionaire.
- Shares rallied after it reported 2017 contracted sales of 551 billion yuan ($85 billion).
