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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

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Cheung Chung-kiu
Mar 10, 2017 (WiC 357)

Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing is the largest foreign investor in the UK. He may soon have some competition. Step forward Cheung Chung-kiu (nicknamed “Chongqing’s Li Ka-shing”) who has just smashed the record for the biggest Chinese purchase ...

Ma Jianrong
Nov 11, 2016 (WiC 345)

Is the clothing industry the most fashionable way to wealth? Zara founder Amancio Ortega is the richest man in Europe, while Yanai Tadashi owes his fortune in Japan to his shares in Fast Retailing, known for its Uniqlo clothing brand. Another ...

Chen Dongsheng
Oct 21, 2016 (WiC 343)

Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution saw much of China’s heritage destroyed. His grandson-in-law Chen Dongsheng has shown he’s far keener on antiques. In fact Chen, who is married to Mao’s granddaughter Kong Dongmei, is now the biggest ...

Wang Changtian
Jul 8, 2016 (WiC 332)

TIME magazine was co-founded in 1922 by Henry Luce, who worked as a journalist before launching his media business with his former Yale classmate Briton Haddon. The venture would later merge with Warner Communications to create the entertainment ...

Chen Yuxin
Jun 24, 2016 (WiC 330)

The Hope Group is China’s most successful agribusiness firm, founded by the four Liu brothers from Sichuan. Liu Yonghao, one of the biggest shareholders of China Merchants Bank, is the youngest and best known. But it was Chen Yuxin, brother ...

Chen Hongtian
Jun 17, 2016 (WiC 329)

Last year the record for Hong Kong’s most expensive home was broken when a house in the prestigious Peak district changed hands for HK$1.5 billion ($193 million). Local media reports said the buyer was Jack Ma, one of China’s richest ...

Li Xiangping
Jun 10, 2016 (WiC 328)

Known as ‘teapots’, China’s independent oil refineries have been gaining market share at the expense of state-owned energy majors. Dongming Petrochemical’s Li Xiangping has been tipped by local media as one of the new oil barons to ...

Yu Weijiao
Jun 3, 2016 (WiC 327)

Tonglu is the hometown for many of China’s courier services. Nearly 80% of the more than one million delivery staff across the country work for Tonglu businessmen. YTO Express’ founder Yu Weijiao was not the first Tonglu native to get into ...

Zhou Yahui
May 20, 2016 (WiC 325)

Most Chinese internet firms face a common problem known as the ‘Tencent ceiling’ – or more specifically, the question of what to do if Tencent comes onto their turf and offers direct competition. This is a riddle Renren – once hyped as ...

Shan Xiangshuang
May 6, 2016 (WiC 323)

Steve Schwarzman left Lehman Brothers to start the Blackstone Group in 1985 with $400,000. It took 22 years for Blackstone to go public and the company is now worth $32 billion. Shan Xiangshuang is often as dubbed ‘China’s Schwarzman’, ...

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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

Cheung Chung-kiu Mar 10, 2017 (WiC 357) Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing is the largest foreign investor in the UK. He may soon have some competition. Step forward Cheung Chung-kiu (nicknamed “Chongqing’s Li Ka-shing”) who has just smashed the record for the biggest Chinese purchase ...

Ma Jianrong Nov 11, 2016 (WiC 345) Is the clothing industry the most fashionable way to wealth? Zara founder Amancio Ortega is the richest man in Europe, while Yanai Tadashi owes his fortune in Japan to his shares in Fast Retailing, known for its Uniqlo clothing brand. Another ...

Chen Dongsheng Oct 21, 2016 (WiC 343) Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution saw much of China’s heritage destroyed. His grandson-in-law Chen Dongsheng has shown he’s far keener on antiques. In fact Chen, who is married to Mao’s granddaughter Kong Dongmei, is now the biggest ...

Wang Changtian Jul 8, 2016 (WiC 332) TIME magazine was co-founded in 1922 by Henry Luce, who worked as a journalist before launching his media business with his former Yale classmate Briton Haddon. The venture would later merge with Warner Communications to create the entertainment ...

Chen Yuxin Jun 24, 2016 (WiC 330) The Hope Group is China’s most successful agribusiness firm, founded by the four Liu brothers from Sichuan. Liu Yonghao, one of the biggest shareholders of China Merchants Bank, is the youngest and best known. But it was Chen Yuxin, brother ...

Chen Hongtian Jun 17, 2016 (WiC 329) Last year the record for Hong Kong’s most expensive home was broken when a house in the prestigious Peak district changed hands for HK$1.5 billion ($193 million). Local media reports said the buyer was Jack Ma, one of China’s richest ...

Li Xiangping Jun 10, 2016 (WiC 328) Known as ‘teapots’, China’s independent oil refineries have been gaining market share at the expense of state-owned energy majors. Dongming Petrochemical’s Li Xiangping has been tipped by local media as one of the new oil barons to ...

Yu Weijiao Jun 3, 2016 (WiC 327) Tonglu is the hometown for many of China’s courier services. Nearly 80% of the more than one million delivery staff across the country work for Tonglu businessmen. YTO Express’ founder Yu Weijiao was not the first Tonglu native to get into ...

Zhou Yahui May 20, 2016 (WiC 325) Most Chinese internet firms face a common problem known as the ‘Tencent ceiling’ – or more specifically, the question of what to do if Tencent comes onto their turf and offers direct competition. This is a riddle Renren – once hyped as ...

Shan Xiangshuang May 6, 2016 (WiC 323) Steve Schwarzman left Lehman Brothers to start the Blackstone Group in 1985 with $400,000. It took 22 years for Blackstone to go public and the company is now worth $32 billion. Shan Xiangshuang is often as dubbed ‘China’s Schwarzman’, ...