Pursuits
iPhone Screens Made This Hidden Entrepreneur $7 Billion
- Biel Crystal's Yeung Kin-man becomes Hong Kong's 10th richest
- China manufacturer makes glass covers for the iPhone, Galaxy
Yeung Kin-man, right, receives a souvenir during the donation ceremony on Sept. 8.
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Every time you’ve swiped the screen on a new iPhone or entered keystrokes on your Galaxy, you may have helped make Yeung Kin-man very rich.
Yeung is the founder and chief executive of Hong Kong-based Biel Crystal Manufactory (HK) Ltd., one of the biggest suppliers of cover glass to Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s two leading smartphone manufacturers. His control of the closely held business and ability to fend off competitors such as publicly traded Lens Technology Co., has given Yeung a net worth of $7.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.