No.1 Sheldon Adelson, $39 billion
Macau’s boom has helped the bottom line and fortune of the chairman of Las Vegas Sands through a successful Venetian Macau in the former Portuguese colony and 75% jump in the Hong Kong-traded shares of his Macau operation, Sands China. The stock price of his flagship Las Vegas Sands is up by more than half in the past year.No.2 Lui Che Woo, $21 billion
Shares of Lui’s Galaxy Entertainment have soared in the past year, lifting the 84-year-old to the No. 2 spot on the 2014 Hong Kong Rich List, trailing only perennial No.1 Li Ka-shing at $32 billion. Lui holds the biggest piece of land of the six operations on Macau’s Cotai Strip. Son Francis is heir apparent.No.3 James Packer, $6 billion
Packer leads Crown, which runs casinos in Australia and a joint venture Melco Crown in Macau with No. 7 on this list, Lawrence Ho. Melco Crown’s shares have more than doubled in the past year.No.4 Pansy Ho, $6.8 billion
Hong Kong’s richest woman, coming in at No. 9 on our 2014 Forbes Hong Kong Rich List, is also the world’s richest female casino tycoon. Most of her wealth comes from MGM China, a joint venture with MGM Resorts that went public in 2011.No.5 Kunio Busujima, $5.2 billion
With family, ranked No. 5 on the latest Forbes Japan Rich List. He is the honorary chairman of pachinko gaming-machine maker Daichi Sankyo. The company’s shares are up by nearly half in the past year.
No.6 Kirk Kerkorian, $3.9 billion
Hotel mogul that ranked No. 118 on the Forbes 400 list for the U.S. in September makes the list through a stake in MGM International Resorts. MGM’s reaches into Macau through a partnership with Hong Kong’s richest woman, Pansy Ho.No.7 Lawrence Ho, $3.4 billion
Son of Macau gaming industry legend Stanley Ho debuted on the 2014 Forbes Hong Kong Rich List at No. 12 after a big rise in the share price of Melco International, his main holding company. Melco International invests in Melco Crown Entertainment, a joint venture with James Packer that boasts casino projects in Macau and Manila.No.8 Steven Wynn, $2.9 billion
Ranked No. 184 on the Forbes 400 list in the U.S. in September. Raking it in Macau, via Wynn Macau, a Hong Kong-listed subsidiary whose shares have climbed by two-thirds in the past year. Wynn’s Macau’s complex includes more than 1,000 hotel rooms; vice chairman is Allan Zeman, founder of the popular Hong Kong party district Lan Kwai Fong.
No.9 Angela Leong, $2.85 billion
The “fourth wife” of Stanley Ho ranked No. 19 on the 2014 Forbes Hong Kong Rich list on her holding SJM Holdings, which operates 18 casinos in Macau. The former dance instructor was elected to a third term in Macau’s legislature in September.No. 10 Phillip Ruffin, $2.2 billion
Las Vegas-based Ruffin runs an empire that includes the Treasure Island Resort & Casino and greyhound race tracks.Las Vegas guide
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