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Here are some intriguing stats on this year's crop of young leaders from East Asia

The release of the Gen.T List 2023 is close—going live on June 1—and you can be certain that we are just as hyped as you are. In advance of the big day, we’ve been feeding your anticipation with a selection of sneak peeks behind the curtain of our annual celebration of Asia’s talent, ambition and ingenuity.

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Over the last two weeks, we’ve shared statistics about our overall Asia list and provided a breakdown of our Southeast Asia honourees. Today, we’re dishing out five facts about the Gen.T community from East Asia, including who helped to select them.

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The average age of this year’s honourees who are from, based in or making an impact in the East Asian region.

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Above Terence Hon, a 2022 honouree from Hong Kong

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The number of honourees from East Asia who own their company, with 80 percent of the region’s honourees doing so.

US$379.9 million

The total amount of funding raised by companies run by Gen.T honourees from East Asia between January 2022 and June 2023.

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Above Fu-Tzu Yang is a 2022 honouree from Taiwan
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Above Danny Xiang is a 2022 honouree from mainland China

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The number of members on the Gen.T Tribe, the panel of industry heavyweights who helped to nominate, review and select this year’s honourees from East Asia.

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The number of events we held for the Gen.T community in East Asia between October 2022 and June 2023, counting for almost 39 percent of all Gen.T events held during that period.


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