The Global Desks
Regions
Wealth is built differently in different places. Each desk follows the billionaires, business empires and investment moves of its own region — reported from the markets themselves.
The Africa Desk
Africa
Africa’s largest fortunes are concentrated in cement, telecoms, energy and consumer goods — industries built for fast-growing domestic markets rather than exported to them.
The Asia Desk
Asia
Asia produces more billionaires than any other region, spanning Chinese manufacturing and technology, Indian conglomerates, Japanese retail and Southeast Asian commodities.
Wang Junhong Builds Guotai's Vietnam Bridgehead as Chinese Brokers Look South
Wang Junhong, chairman of Guotai Haitong Securities (Vietnam), shows how Chinese brokerages are using Vietnam as a springboard for Southeast Asian expansion.
HSBC Bets on Abu Dhabi Wealth Boom With New Centre Despite Regional Tensions
Hitachi Energy's Schierenbeck Bets on India as the Keystone of a De-Risked Global Supply Chain
Hong Kong IPO Fraud Crackdown Forces Sponsors to Rework Listings as Deals Are Scaled Back or Cancelled
The Europe Desk
Europe
European wealth skews toward luxury houses, family-held industrial groups and private banking — fortunes that are frequently inherited and measured in generations.
The Middle East Desk
Middle East
Middle Eastern fortunes centre on energy, construction, sovereign-adjacent investment and, increasingly, technology and sport.
MNT-Halan sells 320 million shares in EGX IPO as retail tranche draws 41,500 orders
Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan lists on the EGX under HALN.CA after selling 320 million existing shares, 20% of the company, with retail 43.6 times oversubscribed.
HSBC Bets on Abu Dhabi Wealth Boom With New Centre Despite Regional Tensions
🎂 Happy Birthday, Roman Abramovich! Celebrating the $9.3 Billion Titan Behind Steel, Investments, and a Global Legacy
🎂 Happy Birthday, Roman Abramovich: Celebrating the Billionaire's $9.3B Empire, Chelsea Legacy, and Unyielding Resilience
The North America Desk
North America
North America holds the largest single concentration of extreme wealth, dominated by technology, finance and retail — and more self-made than any other region.
Musk Ties SpaceX Equity to American Birthright, With Oceania Capital Watching
Elon Musk says he will give a SpaceX share to every US child, a pledge that reframes how the world's richest founder treats equity and citizenship.
Deepak Parekh, the Man Who Built HDFC, Is Now Advising Fairfax on India's Biggest Foreign Bank Bet
Hertha Metals Raises $133.65M, With $65M From Washington, to Build High-Purity Iron Plant in Texas
Trade War Escalation: Canada's 50% Retaliation Hits Steel, Cheese, and the Wealth Playbook
The South America Desk
South America
South American fortunes are built on mining, agriculture, banking and brewing — resource and consumer businesses at continental scale.
The Oceania Desk
Oceania
Australian and New Zealand wealth is anchored in mining, property and retail, shaped by decades of resource exports to Asia.
Swipejobs founder Katrina Leslie wins EY Entrepreneur of the Year as AI hiring platform hits $1.3bn revenue
Queensland cattle farmer's daughter Katrina Leslie, founder and chair of Swipejobs, named 2026 EY Entrepreneur of the Year after her AI hiring platform reached $1.3bn revenue.
Ben Brayford, the Perth 'aquarium geek' chasing $4m to build Living Oceans into a billion-dollar venture
Wiluna Mining's Victor Rajasooriar Says He Was 'Not Really' Surprised by Post-Listing Share Price Bloodbath
