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Wu Yajun, co-founder of Longfor Properties.
- Wu Yajun went from making $16 a month in a factory to being one of the world's richest self-made women.
- Wu is worth $8.38 billion, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.
- The Chinese billionaire made her fortune after cofounding real estate development company Longfor Properties in the early 1990s with her then-husband.
- She stepped down as chairperson of her company in November 2018 and handed her shares over to her daughter.
Wu Yajun once worked in a factory for $16 per month. Now, she's worth $8.34 billion.
The Chinese billionaire, one the world's wealthiest self-made women, spent six years working as a journalist before co-founding Longfor Properties in the early 1990s, a real estate development company that brought in $10.7 billion in revenue in 2017, according to Bloomberg.
Wu recently stepped down as Longfor chairperson and transferred her shares to her daughter, Forbes reported.
Here's how Wu went from working as a factory technician to amassing an $8.34 billion real estate empire.