{"id":17888,"date":"2021-08-12T09:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T09:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=17888"},"modified":"2021-08-12T09:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T09:59:11","slug":"singapores-richest-tycoons-ranked-by-forbes-see-fortunes-rise-25-per-cent-in-a-year-as-coronavirus-boosts-tech-start-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=17888","title":{"rendered":"Singapore\u2019s richest tycoons ranked by Forbes see fortunes rise 25 per cent in a year as coronavirus boosts tech start-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostSingapore\u2019s wealthiest tycoons saw their combined fortunes surge 25 per cent in the last year as the Covid-19 pandemic proved a boon for technology companies, according to Forbes Asia.The founder of ventilator maker Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics, Li Xiting, rode a wave of surging demand for medical equipment, to be crowned the richest person in the city state.The combined net worth of Singapore\u2019s 50 richest people jumped to US$208 billion as of July 26, up from US$167 billion a year\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/money\/wealth\/article\/3144821\/singapores-richest-tycoons-ranked-forbes-see-fortunes-rise-25?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostSingapore\u2019s wealthiest tycoons saw their combined fortunes surge 25 per cent in the last year as the Covid-19 pandemic proved a boon for technology&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17888"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}