The October issue of Forbes lists 400 richest people in America. Among them, Chinese listed include Victor Fung, 2.9 billion; Kao Min, 4.7 billion; Patrick Seon-Shiong, 3 billion; David Sun, 2.5 billion; John Tu,2.5 billion; Roger Wang,1.3 billion, and Jerry Yang. 1.9 billion.
Victor Fung with brother William heads Li & Fung, a global outsourcing firm, that supplies clothes and accessories to retailers. Victor earned engineering degrees from MIT and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard.
Min Kao head Garmin.
Patrick Seop-shiong founded American Pharmaceutical Partners; invented cancer treatment Abraxane. Company was renamed Abraxis BioSciences.
David Sun and John Tu co-founded Kingston Technology in 1987, now the largest privately held computer memory outfit.
Roger Wang is chairman of the Golden Eagle Retail Group, operator and developer of 8 high-end retail stores in China.
Jerry Yang is co-founder of Yahoo.