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Billionaire Wang’s Fortune Surges on Pending Wanda IPO

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China’s Wang Jianlin became Asia’s third-richest person as he prepares to sell shares of the country’s biggest mall developer in an initial public offering.

The real estate mogul’s fortune jumped 63 percent to $24.8 billion, overtaking India’s Mukesh Ambani, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.