The annual selection recognizes entrepreneurs, executives and next-generation family business leaders across industries who are helping reshape Asia’s economy despite global uncertainty, Forbes said.

Ana Maria Aboitiz Delgado - Philippines

Ana Maria Aboitiz Delgado, president and CEO of UnionBank of the Philippines. Photo from the company's website

Ana Maria Aboitiz Delgado is the president and CEO of Manila-based lender Union Bank of the Philippines, having held the top post since January 2025.

A fifth-generation member of the wealthy Aboitiz family and the daughter of the late business leader and philanthropist Roberto Eduardo Aboitiz, Delgado holds a bachelor's degree in Art History/Painting from Boston College and an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business, according to Tatler Asia.

She joined the bank, which is controlled by her family's century-old power and banking conglomerate Aboitiz Equity Ventures, as a management trainee in 2003 before leading its consumer finance and SME banking businesses and spearheading its digital transformation efforts.

Union Bank's net profit fell 17% to PHP10 billion (US$158.9 million) last year, but the lender staged a recovery in the first nine months of 2026, with net profit climbing 53% to PHP9.9 billion.

The Aboitiz family ranked 11th on Forbes' list of the richest people in the Philippines with an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion in August.

Naruechon Dhumrongpiyawut - Thailand

Naruechon Dhumrongpiyawut, CEO of Gunkul Engineering. Photo from Naruechon Dhumrongpiyawut's Instagram

Naruechon Dhumrongpiyawut in March 2025 took the helm at Gunkul Engineering, which started as an electrical equipment supplier founded by her father Gunkul Dhumrongpiyawut in 1982 and has since grown into one of the top players in Thailand's power and renewable energy sector.

Naruechon earned an undergraduate degree in engineering from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, followed by a master's degree in management from Harvard University and an MBA from Boston University before coming home to work at investment bank Country Group.

She joined Gunkul full-time in 2012 and later led the company's expansion at home and abroad, including its foray into Japan in 2014.

Gunkul has installed 1,629 megawatts of wind and solar power generation capacity across four countries and plans to invest 40-50 billion baht (US$1.2-1.5 billion) by 2030, she says.

Nerine Tan Sheik Ping - Malaysia

Nerine Tan Sheik Ping, CEO of Berjaya Corporation. Photo from the company's website

Nerine Tan Sheik Ping earlier this year became the sole CEO of Berjaya Corp, the Malaysian conglomerate founded by her tycoon father Vincent Tan, after previously serving as its co-CEO.

She joined the group in 1999 after earning a B.Sc. in management from the London School of Economics. Over the years, she held roles across several divisions as she built up experience in sales, operations and corporate strategy.

She is leading Berjaya through a restructuring to lower debt after it recorded net losses for the last two fiscal years, weighed down by its retail and property development businesses.

As part of the overhaul, Berjaya has been shedding underperforming assets. In July, subsidiary Berjaya Food disposed of its 50% interest in the loss-making Malaysian franchisee of Paris Baguette for a nominal RM1 (US$0.25).

Nerine also serves as CEO of lottery operator Sports Toto and holds directorships at several other businesses within the Berjaya group.

Thapanee Techajareonvikul - Thailand

Thapanee Techajareonvikul, CEO and president of Berli Jucker. Photo from the company's website

Thapanee Techajareonvikul, the youngest daughter of Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, is the first woman to lead the 144-year-old Berli Jucker conglomerate, whose portfolio includes Big C, Thailand’s second-largest hypermarket chain, according to CNBC.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University graduate took on the role of CEO and president in 2023, two decades after she joined the firm as an executive director.

Retail generated almost 70% of Berli Jucker's 2025 revenue of 166.6 billion baht, driven by a network of around 2,000 Big C hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores mostly in Thailand and also in Laos, Cambodia and Hong Kong.

Thapanee is looking to push the firm's global expansion, aiming to boost overseas markets' contribution to total revenue to 30% by 2030 from 10% last year, with neighboring Vietnam a particular focus.

Berli Jucker is part of TCC Group, the sprawling beer and property conglomerate founded by her father, who is one of the country's individuals with an estimated real-time net worth of $11.8 billion.