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Meet The Secretive 24-Year-Old Woman From Hong Kong Who Is The World's New Youngest Billionaire

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A secretive 24-year old woman from Hong Kong recently took the title of world's youngest billionaire, according to Forbes' latest data, displacing 29-year old Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz.

She's so under-the-radar, Forbes and other publications have failed to find a verifiable photo of her. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But thanks to public business records, they know her name: Perenna Kei.</span>

<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Unlike Moskovitz and many of the other young billionaires on Forbes' list, Kei's wealth was inherited, not self-made.</span>

<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Her father, <span>Ji Haipeng, is the chairman and CEO of Logan Property Holdings, where Kei is currently a non-executive director. </span><span>The company focuses on residential property </span><span>development and owns subsidiaries in mainland China.</span></span>

<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Kei's reported net worth comes out to $1.3 billion, thanks to an 85% stake in her father's company through different companies and a family trust. Her father is still listed as an interested party in her shares. Wealth intelligence firm Wealth-X estimates her liquid assets at $6.5 million, and found her listed as the sole owner of </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Dragon Jubilee Investments, Gao Run Holdings and Thrive Ally, all investment companies based in the British Virgin Islands.</span>

<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Several sources report that Kei graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics and finance from the University of London. Wealth-X puts her graduation date at August 2011, though she had been serving as director of Logan Property Holdings since May 2010. She also reportedly studied for a Diploma in Economics at the Singapore Institute of Management, according to Wealth-X.</span>

<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>Kei's wealth reportedly increased when Logan Property Holdings was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in December 2013. The company made some $190 million in its IPO, according to Wealth-X.</span></span></span>

<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Kei currently resides in Tsim Sha Tsui, a trendy neighborhood in Kowloon, Hong Kong, according to Wealth-X. She</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">is one of 42 new female billionaires to make Forbes' 2014 list.</span>

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