Meet the 15 richest people in Asia, who are collectively worth more than $500 billion

Even with a net worth of $58.1 billion, Alibaba's Jack Ma is only the second-richest person in Asia.Sean Gallup/Getty Images

• The 15 richest people from Asia in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes Billionaires List are collectively worth more than $500 billion.
• Some of the billionaires occupying the top rank are self-made and built their fortunes through tech empires, like Jack Ma, who founded Alibaba Group, China's largest e-commerce company.
• Others inherited wealth from their families, like Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in Asia who took over his father's oil company, Reliance Industries.
• Read on to learn more about the richest people on the world's largest continent, who range from tech tycoons to real estate giants.

Emmie Martin, Melissa Stanger, and Tanza Loudenback contributed to an earlier version of this post.