Chinese businesswoman Yan Cheung has an estimated net worth of $1.1 billion as of March 2013 according to Forbes. Yan Cheung is known to be the current Chairman of Nine Dragons Paper which is considered as one of the largest manufacturers and producers of paper products in Asia. By June 2014, the company expects its manufacturing capacity to increase by around 21%. In the last 12 months to June, the company's sales increased by 11% to $4.4 billion. However, due to higher financing costs, the company's net profit is reduced by almost 25% to $226 million. Currently, the company has over 18,000 full-time staff.

Currently based in China, Yan Cheung is married to Liu Ming Chung and has two children. Of Brazilian nationality, Liu Ming Chung also made it to this year's billionaire's list.