Yang Huiyan (; born 1981) is a Chinese-born Cypriot billionaire businesswoman and property developer. She is the majority shareholder of

Country Garden Holdings Country Garden () is a property development company based in Guangdong, China, owned by Yang Guoqiang's family. In 2020, it is ranked 147th in Fortune Global 500 List. Country Garden features a market capitalization of over US$29.84 billi ...

, a stake largely transferred to her by her father Yang Guoqiang in 2007. She was previously the richest woman in Asia. Her father Yang Guoqiang started the real estate company

Country Garden Country Garden () is a property development company based in Guangdong, China, owned by Yang Guoqiang's family. In 2020, it is ranked 147th in Fortune Global 500 List. Country Garden features a market capitalization of over US$29.84 billio ...

in 1997 and transferred 70% of Country Garden's shares to her before its

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in 2007. Country Garden's initial offering raised about $1.6 billion, or as much as

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raised in 2004 in the United States. As of August 2021, Yang had a net worth of US$27.3 billion. Yang is vice chairman of the board's governance committee and helped raise $410 million selling new shares in 2014, according to ''

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''. Yang is a 2003 graduate of Bachelor of Arts/Science,

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where she was a member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS). According to leaked documents dubbed as " The Cyprus Papers", Yang obtained Cypriot citizenship in 2018, though China does not recognize

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. As of October 2020, Yang's passport status remains uncertain, following the Cyprus governments suspension of the passport scheme. In June 2022, she was recognized by the International Hospitality Institute on the Global 100 in Hospitality, a list featuring the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality. She lost more than half of her net worth during the 2020–2022 Chinese property sector crisis.

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