Hurun chairman Rupert Hoogewerf said Mr Yao's rise illustrated a shift in China's maturing economy.

胡润百富董事长鲁珀特·胡戈沃特表示，姚先生的崛起说明了日趋成熟的中国经济的转变。

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"Chinese women now lead the world`s richest self-made women, " said Rupert Hoogewerf, who compiles the annual list.

富豪榜制榜人胡润表示：“在全球最具财富的女性白手起家者中，中国女性占了一大半。”

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An additional 825,000 people had personal wealth of more than $1.5 million, said Rupert Hoogewerf, an accountant who has compiled the list since 1998.

胡润说，另外的825，000 个人有超过150 万美元 的个人财富，他是一个会计师，从1998 年就开始做这 个名单。

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To find out, we went to an expert: Rupert Hoogewerf, an accountant and sinologist who spent two years living in Shanghai.

FORBES: Chinese Capitalism Gets a Face

But Rupert Hoogewerf, the founder of the annual Hurun Report on China's richest citizens, reckons that it may already have more billionaires.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

Of China's 50 richest people, about half owe their fortunes in large part to property deals, according to Rupert Hoogewerf, the author of China's first rich list.

ECONOMIST: But only for a select few