John Paul Joy Alukkas among Asia’s wealthiest

NEW DELHI: Indian-origin John Paul Joy Alukkas has made it to the list of Asia's top 10 wealthiest millennials, with a personal fortune of $820 million, areport has said.

The 29-year-old Alukkas, Executive Director Joyalukkas group and son of its Chairman Joy Alukkas has been ranked 8th wealthiest on the Wealth-X list of millennials — defined as those born from 1981 to 1997, as per the global wealth intelligence and prospecting company.

The Chinese ultra wealthy individuals dominated the list claiming nine of the 10 spots. Interestingly, three of the 10 spots on the list are occupied by female Asian millennials. "The combined net worth of these three women is nearly $10 billion, accounting for 44 per cent of the total combined wealth of the entire list," Wealth-X report said.

The list was topped by the 34-yearold Yang Huiyan — Vice Chairman of Country Garden Holdings — whose personal fortune totalled to $6.1 billion.