4m in an initial public offering on Nasdaq this month and Hutchison China MediTech, backed by Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong tycoon, said last week it was pressing ahead with plans for a New York listing.
In 1994, the jewelry, property and entertainment tycoon Albert Yeung bought 9 for what was then a record of $1.
Property tycoon Wang Jianlin from the Chinese mainland overtook Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing as the richest man in China, with a personal fortune of about $42.
Apart from the Gates family and Buffett, those who pledged to donate include self-made billionaires such as Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, pharmaceutical tycoon Patrick Soon-Shiong, Oracle founder Larry Ellison and Hollywood director George Lucas.
Its popularity in China can be partially attributed to real estate tycoon Pan Shiyi, according to Beijing Youth Daily.
By May, his trust ranking had plummeted to 3,352, near the rapper Eminem and the Playboy tycoon Hugh Hefner, according to the Marketing Arm, a research firm whose celebrity index is closely watched by media and marketing executives.
Scott Eberle at the Strong museum also saw a model in Charles Foster Kane, whom he described as "the ultimate movie tycoon.
Li Shufu, a self-made automotive tycoon, owns a controlling stake in Geely Auto and separately owns Volvo through his personal holding company.
When chief of global media giant Viacom Sumner Redstone gave a speech in Tsinghua University on his autobiography A Passion to Win, he was asked what made him to restart his career at the age of 60, the 81-year-old media tycoon said: "Firstly, there's a self-driving force in my deep heart, which keeps my passion to succeed and surpass others; secondly, I don't think I'm too old to leave work, actually I love my work very much.
Ma Yun, founder of Alibaba, China's leading e-commerce company Ma Yun, a business tycoon, was unexpectedly a dwarf with his exam.
Eccentric Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao took out a full-page bilingual advertisement in the New York Times, inviting underprivileged Americans to a charity lunch and offering cash handouts.
Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), The Last Tycoon, 1941 You ask me why I do not write something.
