(Bloomberg) -- As Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. prepares to report results Wednesday, founder Jack Ma is pulling ahead among the top billionaires in China. Ma, who a year ago ranked second behind Dalian Wanda Group Co.'s Wang Jianlin, eclipsed him in April and now sits upon a fortune of $35.6 billion, helped by this year's 25 percent gain for Alibaba. Trailing them is Ma Huateng, chairman of Tencent Holdings Ltd., who's worth $22.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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