1. Wang Jianlin

•  Net Worth: $14.1 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: real estate
•  Citizen: China
•  Age:59

Dalian Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin, long one of the most powerful forces in China's real estate industry, takes over the top spot on the Forbes China Rich List for the first time amid a rebound in property prices in China and a big push into the entertainment industry at home and abroad. Wanda Group owns 71 Wanda shopping plazas and 40 five-star hotels. Wang flew in celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio and John Travolta to help launch an $8 billion mini-Hollywood in the coastal city of Qingdao in September. AMC, the U.S. movie-theater group that Wanda Group purchased in 2012 for $2.6 billion, filed to go public in the U.S. in August.