| Rank | Change | Name | Country | 2024 Net Worth, USD billion | Company | Related JAKOTA Stock |
| 1 | – | Tadashi Yanai & family | Japan | 42.8 | Fast Retailing | 9983.TSE |
| 2 | +1 | Masayoshi Son | Japan | 32.7 | SoftBank SoftBank Group | 9434.TSE 9984.TSE |
| 3 | -1 | Takemitsu Takizaki | Japan | 23.1 | Keyence | 6861.TSE |
| 4 | +3 | Jay Y. Lee | Korea | 11.5 | Samsung | 005930.KO |
| 5 | +10 | Barry Lam | Taiwan | 11.0 | Quanta Computer | 2382.TW |
| 6 | -1 | Daniel & Richard Tsai | Taiwan | 10.5 | Fubon Financial | 2881.TW |
| 7 | +3 | Zhang Congyuan | Taiwan | 8.6 | Huali Industrial | |
| 8 | +1 | Tsai Hong-tu & Cheng-ta & family | Taiwan | 7.9 | Cathay Financial Holding | 2882.TW |
| 9 | +3 | Terry Gou | Taiwan | 7.5 | Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) | 2317.TW |
| 10 | -4 | Wei Ing-Chou, Ying-Chiao, Yin-Chun & Ying-Chiao | Taiwan | 7.3 | Tingyi | |
| 11 | +3 | Seo Jung-jin | Korea | 7.3 | Celltrion Celltrion Pharm | 068270.KO 068760.KQ |
| 12 | -1 | Takahisa Takahara | Japan | 6.4 | Unicharm | 8113.TSE |
| 13 | +20 | Cho Jung-ho | Korea | 6.3 | Meritz Financial Group | 138040.KO |
| 14 | +2 | Pierre Chen | Taiwan | 5.9 | Yageo | 2327.TW |
| 15 | -2 | Tsai Eng-meng | Taiwan | 5.8 | Want Want China | |
| 16 | -8 | Lin Shu-hong | Taiwan | 5.7 | Chang Chun Group | |
| 17 | +4 | Andre Koo, Sr. | Taiwan | 5.2 | Chailease Holding | 5871.TW |
| 18 | +6 | Mong-Koo Chung | Korea | 4.9 | Hyundai Motor | 005380.KO |
| 19 | -1 | Kim Beom-su | Korea | 4.6 | Kakao | 035720.KO |
| 20 | +6 | Akio Nitori | Japan | 4.6 | Nitori Holdings | 9843.TSE |
| 21 | +9 | Yasumitsu Shigeta | Japan | 4.6 | Hikari Tsushin | 9435.TSE |
| 22 | -2 | Hong Ra-hee | Korea | 4.3 | Samsung | 005930.KO |
| 23 | – | Samuel Yin | Taiwan | 4.2 | Ruentex Industries Ruentex Development Ruentex Engineering & Construction | 2915.TW 9945.TW 2597.TW |
| 24 | +10 | Takao Yasuda | Japan | 4.1 | Pan Pacific | 7532.TSE |
| 25 | +10 | Lee Boo-jin | Korea | 4.0 | Hotel Shilla | 008770.KO |
| 26 | +1 | Masahiro Noda | Japan | 3.8 | OBIC | 4684.TSE |
| 27 | +1 | Masahiro Miki | Japan | 3.8 | ABC-Mart | 2670.TSE |
| 28 | +3 | Hiroshi Mikitani | Japan | 3.8 | Rakuten | 4755.TSE |
| 29 | +14 | Euisun Chung | Korea | 3.7 | Hyundai Motor | 005380.KO |
| 30 | +17 | Akira Mori & family | Japan | 3.7 | Mori Trust | |
| 31 | +20 | Tsai Ming-kai | Taiwan | 3.7 | MediaTek | 2454.TW |
| 32 | +10 | Lee Seo-hyun | Korea | 3.6 | Samsung | 005930.KO |
| 33 | -16 | Kwon Hyuk-bin | Korea | 3.5 | Smilegate | |
| 34 | +14 | Lin Chen-hai | Taiwan | 3.5 | Far Eastern Department Stores Pau Jar Group | 2903.TW |
| 35 | +3 | Yuji Otsuka & family | Japan | 3.4 | Otsuka Holdings | 4578.TSE |
| 36 | +18 | Morris Chang | Taiwan | 3.4 | Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) | 2330.TW |
| 37 | -8 | Shigenobu Nagamori | Japan | 2.9 | Nidec | 6594.TSE |
| 38 | n/a | Kwak Dong Shin | Korea | 2.9 | Hanmi Semiconductor | 042700.KO |
| 39 | -17 | Tseng Cheng & Sing-ai | Taiwan | 2.8 | Chang Chun Group | |
| 40 | -8 | Kim Jung-min & Jung-youn | Korea | 2.8 | Nexon | 3659.TSE |
| 41 | +20 | Kentaro Ogawa | Japan | 2.7 | Zensho Holdings | 7550.TSE |
| 42 | -3 | Lin Ming-hsiung | Taiwan | 2.6 | PX Mart | |
| 43 | +6 | Xie Weitong | Taiwan | 2.6 | Huayou Cobalt | |
| 44 | +9 | T.Y. Tsai | Taiwan | 2.5 | Cathay Financial Holding | 2882.TW |
| 45 | +5 | Chen Tei-fu | Taiwan | 2.4 | Sunrider | |
| 46 | -10 | Yoo Jung-hyun | Korea | 2.3 | Nexon | 3659.TSE |
| 47 | +8 | Chao Teng-hsiung | Taiwan | 2.3 | Farglory Land | 5522.TW |
| 48 | +11 | Bruce Cheng | Taiwan | 2.3 | Delta Electronics | 2308.TW |
| 49 | +13 | Douglas Hsu | Taiwan | 2.3 | Far Eastern Group Far EasTone U-Ming Marine Transport Asia Cement Oriental Union Chemical | 4904.TW 2606.TW 1102.TW 1710.TW |
| 50 | -4 | Yoichi & Keiko Erikawa | Japan | 2.2 | Koei Tecmo | 3635.TSE |
| 51 | +9 | Katsumi Tada | Japan | 2.1 | Daito Trust Construction | 1878.TSE |
| 52 | +24 | Lee Dong-chae | Korea | 2.1 | Ecopro | 086520.KQ |
| 53 | +35 | Chang Kuo-Hua | Taiwan | 2.1 | Evergreen Marine | 2603.TW |
| 54 | +2 | Masateru Uno & family | Japan | 2.0 | COSMOS Pharmaceutical | 3349.TSE |
| 55 | +16 | Thomas Wu | Taiwan | 2.0 | Taishin Financial Holdings | 2887.TW |
| 56 | +18 | Koo Kwang-mo | Korea | 2.0 | LG Electronics | 066570.KO |
| 57 | +32 | Kim Jun-ki | Korea | 2.0 | DB Insurance DB HiTek | 005830.KO 000990.KO |
| 58 | -6 | Samuel Chen | Taiwan | 1.9 | Digital Mobile Venture | |
| 59 | +20 | Wu Li-gann | Taiwan | 1.9 | WUS Printed Circuit | 2316.TW |
| 60 | n/a | Shunsaku Sagami | Japan | 1.9 | M&A Research Institute | 9552.TSE |
| 61 | +7 | Bang Si-hyuk | Korea | 1.8 | HYBE | 352820.KO |
| 62 | +10 | Wang Chou-hsiong | Taiwan | 1.8 | Feng Tay Enterprises | 9910.TW |
| 63 | +27 | K.C. Liu | Taiwan | 1.8 | Advantech | 2395.TW |
| 64 | +28 | Yoshiko Mori | Japan | 1.8 | Mori Building | |
| 65 | +32 | Kagemasa Kozuki | Japan | 1.8 | Konami Holdings | 9766.TSE |
| 66 | +37 | Scott Lin | Taiwan | 1.7 | Largan Precision | 3008.TW |
| 67 | +54 | Yeh Kuo-I | Taiwan | 1.7 | Inventec | 2356.TW |
| 68 | n/a | Jeffrey Koo | Taiwan | 1.7 | CTBC Financial Holding | 2891.TW |
| 69 | +12 | Chen Yung-tai | Taiwan | 1.6 | Aurora | 2373.TW |
| 70 | +10 | Archie Hwang | Taiwan | 1.6 | Hermes-Epitek | |
| 71 | +14 | Archie Hwang | Taiwan | 1.6 | Hermes-Epitek | |
| 72 | +22 | Lee Ho-jin | Korea | 1.6 | Taekwang Industrial | 003240.KO |
| 73 | +31 | Nobutoshi Shimamura | Japan | 1.6 | SHIMAMURA | 8227.TSE |
| 74 | +31 | Richard Chang | Taiwan | 1.6 | ASE Group | 3711.TW |
| 75 | -11 | Masaaki Arai | Japan | 1.5 | Open House Group | 3288.TSE |
| 76 | -7 | Yasuhiro Fukushima | Japan | 1.5 | Square Enix | 9684.TSE |
| 77 | – | Yusaku Maezawa | Japan | 1.5 | ZOZO | 3092.TSE |
| 78 | +2 | Chey Tae-won | Korea | 1.5 | SK Group | 034730.KO |
| 79 | +33 | Lee Su-jin | Korea | 1.5 | Yanolja | |
| 80 | n/a | Junro Ito | Japan | 1.5 | Seven & I Holding | 3382.TSE |
| 81 | n/a | Yasuhide Uno | Japan | 1.5 | Seven & I Holding | 3382.TSE |
| 82 | n/a | Hisako Yamamoto | Japan | 1.5 | Seven & I Holding | 3382.TSE |
| 83 | n/a | Park Soon-jae | Korea | 1.5 | Alteogen | 196170.KQ |
| 84 | -9 | Eiichi Kuriwada | Japan | 1.4 | SG Holdings | 9143.TSE |
| 85 | -2 | Keiichi Shibahara | Japan | 1.4 | Amvis Holdings | 7071.TSE |
| 86 | – | Yoshiaki Yoshida | Japan | 1.4 | DHC | |
| 87 | +19 | Lee Hae-jin | Korea | 1.4 | Naver | 035420.KO |
| 88 | +63 | Ryu Kwang-ji | Korea | 1.4 | Kumyang | 001570.KO |
| 89 | n/a | Angelo Koo | Taiwan | 1.4 | China Development Financial | 2883.TW |
| 90 | n/a | Toshio Motoya | Japan | 1.4 | APA Group | |
| 91 | -28 | Lin Chang Su-O | Taiwan | 1.3 | Union Enterprise Construction | |
| 92 | -26 | Suh Kyung-bae | Korea | 1.3 | Amorepacific AMOREPACIFIC Group | 090430.KO 002790.KO |
| 93 | +14 | “Nobutada Saji” | Japan | 1.3 | Suntory | 2587.TSE |
| 94 | +16 | Shirley Kao | Taiwan | 1.3 | Uni-President Enterprises | 1216.TW |
| 95 | +18 | Wu Chung-yi | Taiwan | 1.3 | Fine Blanking & Tool | |
| 96 | +27 | Fumio Kaneko | Japan | 1.3 | Daiei Kankyo | 9336.TSE |
| 97 | +30 | Shigefumi Wada | Japan | 1.3 | OBIC Business Consultants | 4733.TSE |
| 98 | -11 | Kim Jae-young | Korea | 1.2 | Lionheart Studio | |
| 99 | – | Tadako Nakatani | Japan | 1.2 | Sysmex | 6869.TSE |
| 100 | +8 | Wang Shih-Chung | Taiwan | 1.2 | AirTAC International | 1590.TW |
| 101 | +13 | Kenzo Tsujimoto | Japan | 1.2 | Capcom | 9697.TSE |
| 102 | +13 | Chung Yong-jin | Korea | 1.2 | Samsung Electronics Shinsegae | 005930.KO 004170.KO |
| 103 | +14 | Hiroshi Ishibashi | Japan | 1.2 | Bridgestone | 5108.TSE |
| 104 | +14 | Tsao Ter-fung | Taiwan | 1.2 | Standard Foods | 1227.TW |
| 105 | +19 | Tony Chen | Taiwan | 1.2 | Largan Precision | 3008.TW |
| 106 | +27 | Koo Bon-neung | Korea | 1.2 | LG Electronics | 066570.KO |
| 107 | +34 | Chung Mong-joon | Korea | 1.2 | Hd Hyundai Heavy Industries | 329180.KO |
| 108 | n/a | Takaya Awata | Japan | 1.2 | TORIDOLL Holdings | 3397.TSE |
| 109 | n/a | Yasuhide Uno | Japan | 1.2 | USEN-NEXT HOLDINGS | 9418.TSE |
| 110 | n/a | Park Soon-jae | Korea | 1.2 | Alteogen | 196170.KQ |
| 111 | -20 | Kazuo Okada | Japan | 1.1 | Universal Entertainment | 6425.TSE |
| 112 | -12 | Kim Taek-jin | Korea | 1.1 | NCsoft | 036570.KO |
| 113 | +3 | Eugene Wu | Taiwan | 1.1 | Shin Kong Financial Holding | 2888.TW |
| 114 | +14 | Koo Bon-sik | Korea | 1.1 | LG Electronics | 066570.KO |
| 115 | +18 | Kim Jung-woong | Korea | 1.1 | GP Club | |
| 116 | +18 | Chang Kuo-Ming | Taiwan | 1.1 | Evergreen Marine | 2603.TW |
| 117 | n/a | Shin Chang-Jae | Korea | 1.1 | Kyobo Life Insurance | |
| 118 | -17 | Chin Jong Hwa | Taiwan | 1.0 | Minth | |
| 119 | +12 | Hong Seok-joh | Korea | 1.0 | BGF Retail | 282330.KO |
| 120 | +17 | Chang Pyung-soon | Korea | 1.0 | Kyowon Group | |
| 121 | +17 | Lee Sang-ryul | Korea | 0.98 | Chunbo | 278280.KQ |
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