Macau gambling tycoon Lui Che-woo named Asia's richest man Wealth...Macau gambling tycoon Lui Che-woo, right, has replaced Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing as Asia's richest man, according to Bloomberg. MACAU gambling tycoon Lui Che-woo has replaced Hong Kong multi-billionaire Li Ka-shing as Asia's richest man, according to Bloomberg. Mr Lui, the head of Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment, saw his fortune rise $US3.5 billion this month to $US29.6 billion, about $US100 million ahead of Mr Li, whose fortune stood at $US29.5 billion on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Thursday. Mr Lui's family fled war-torn China for Hong Kong in 1934 where he reportedly made money selling food on the streets of the former British colony at the age of 13. He made his first fortune after World War II when he imported construction equipment, left by US forces in Okinawa, to the city. The 84-year-old made entered the Macau gambling market with Galaxy after it opened up in 2002, after a four-decade monopoly held by Hong Kong gambling mogul Stanley Ho ended. Galaxy, which saw its shares rise more than 100 per cent in 2013, is one of six firms licensed to operate casinos in Macau, the world's biggest gaming hub, which was handed back to Beijing in 1999 and remains the only Chinese city where casino gambling is allowed. Macau's gambling revenue jumped 18.6 per cent to a record $US45 billion in 2013, official figures showed earlier in the month. Online retailer...Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com, is ranked as the world's second-richest person with a net worth of $US35.7 billion. According to Forbes magazine's 2014 Hong Kong rich list, Mr Lui is still behind Mr Li, however. Released this month, the Forbes list places Mr Lui's net worth at $US21 billion behind Mr Li's $US32 billion. Li Ka-shing started out in business as a plastic flower-maker but now commands a vast empire through Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa, with global assets in property, telecoms, utilities, ports and retail. The 85-year-old was Asia's richest man starting April 2012 after he surpassed Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, according to the index. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index lists American Jim Walton, founder of retailer Wal-Mart, as the richest in the world, with a fortune of $US36.5 billion. Mr Walton was followed by Amazon's Jeff Bezos with a net worth of $US35.7 billion. The index, which ranks Mr Lui at 21 and Mr Li at 22, is a daily ranking of the world's richest people.