{
  "id": 18394275,
  "title": "4 Southeast Asian tycoons’ daughters join Forbes Asia’s Power Businesswomen list",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/4-southeast-asian-tycoons-daughters-join-forbes-asias-power",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T23:08:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "VnExpress Business",
    "slug": "vnexpress-business",
    "url": "https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/companies/4-southeast-asian-tycoons-daughters-join-forbes-asia-s-power-businesswomen-list-5141098.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Four Southeast Asian tycoon daughters have been named among Forbes Asia's Power Businesswomen list for 2026. Ana Maria Aboitiz Delgado, president and CEO of Manila-based Union Bank of the Philippines, is the youngest at 39. Delgado, fifth-generation member of the Aboitiz family, holds an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business and has led the bank's consumer finance and digital transformation efforts since January. The Aboitiz family is ranked 11th on Forbes' list of richest Filipinos, with an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion. Naruechon Dhumrongpiyawut, 40, leads Gunkul Engineering, a Thai power and renewable energy company. She holds MBAs from Harvard and BU and has overseen the company's 1,629 megawatts of wind and solar capacity across four countries. Nerine Tan Sheik Ping, 47, became sole CEO of Berjaya Corp, a Malaysian conglomerate founded by her father Vincent Tan, after serving as co-CEO. She led the restructuring to reduce debt and is now CEO of Sports Toto, a lottery operator. Thapanee Techajareonvikul, 44, is the youngest at 44 and the first woman to lead 144-year-old Berli Jucker conglomerate, which includes Thailand's second-largest hypermarket chain, Big C. She aims to increase Berli Jucker's overseas market contribution to 30% by 2030.",
  "summary": "The daughters of four business tycoons from Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand have been selected among the 20 women on this year’s Forbes Asia Power Businesswomen list.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/prime-infras-ceo-says-the-paris-1-5-degree-goal-is-feasible-for",
        "published": "2026-11-05T07:11:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "e27",
        "title": "Malaysia carried Southeast Asia’s IPO market in 2026. The rest of the region went quiet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/malaysia-carried-southeast-asias-ipo-market-in-2026-the-rest-of-the",
        "published": "2026-11-06T03:41:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}