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Run Run Shaw

Chairman, Television Broadcasts
AGE: 100

The legendary TV tycoon is slowing down, going into the office just a few days a week. But TVB, which he founded 31 years ago and still controls through Shaw Brothers, remains Hong Kong's preeminent broadcaster. His wife, Mona Fong, is continuing the Shaw family's hands-on style of management. The one major cloud on the horizon: A real estate developer from mainland China is looking to take over the entertainment empire that Shaw built.

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