- Source of Wealth: Business (Real Estate)
- Age: 39
- Birth Place: Shunde, Guangdong Province, PRC
- Marital Status: Married (Chen Chong)
- Full Name: Yang Huiyan
- Nationality: Chinese
- Date of Birth: 20 July 1981
- Ethnicity: Chinese
- Occupation: Businesswoman
- Education: Ohio State University
Yang Huiyan was once considered as one of the richest billionaires in Mainland China. In fact, she was claimed to worth $20.4 billion in 2007 and her net fortune significantly dropped as years pass by. Yang Huiyan saw the drastic drop of her fortune from $16.2 billion to $4.7 billion in 2012. In 2009, her fortune dropped to $3.9 billion which makes her wealthier this year. Yang Huiyan currently has an estimated net worth of $23.6 billion.
Yang Huiyan is the largest shareholder of Country Garden Holdings. In 1997, his father Yang Guoquian founded the Biguiyuan company. Before the stocks were offered to the public for sale in 2007, Yang Guoquian has already transferred 70% of the Country Garden’s share to his daughter Yang Huiyan. She is held in charge of the Country Garden’s development strategies.