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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

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Yao Zhenhua
Apr 15, 2016 (WiC 320)

Vanke’s founder Wang Shi famously sold shares in his start-up company at a wet market in 1988. And the low-profile tycoon who has been trying to take over Vanke in recent months, Yao Zhenhua of Baoneng Group, also has links to the vegetable ...

Wu Xiaohui
Apr 1, 2016 (WiC 318)

In Chinese the term for crony capitalism translates literally as ‘skirt-band capitalism’. And tying the knot with the right woman, according to the media, appears to be integral to the business success of Anbang’s chairman Wu ...

Yeung Kwok-keung
Mar 18, 2016 (WiC 317)

Both Forbes and Hurun have ranked Country Garden’s controlling shareholder Yang Huiyan as China’s richest woman. But it is her father, Yeung Kwok-keung, who has guided the family-run property firm to its huge success (he is pictured bottom ...

Kam Yuen
Feb 5, 2016 (WiC 312)

Das Kapital isn’t much read in China these days. Yet among the country’s many tycoons Kam Yuen comes closest to resembling the “vampire-like” capitalists of Karl Marx’s description. That’s because his business success has ...

Sun Piaoyang
Oct 9, 2015 (WiC 299)

Sun Piaoyang is one of the richest tycoons in Liangyungang, an R&D and production hub of China’s pharmaceutical industry. Getting started Born in 1958, the Jiangsu native was the top student at the China ...

Pan Sutong
Oct 2, 2015 (WiC 298)

The title of China’s tallest building changes hands quite frequently these days. But according to the People’s Daily, Tianjin’s Goldin Finance 117 took top spot last month. At 597 metres of structural height, Tianjin’s new giant claims to ...

Wei Shaojun
Sep 4, 2015 (WiC 294)

Baoding roughly translates as “stable protection” in Chinese. Traditionally a military city, its economic history has been less storied. Now Xi Jinping plans to integrate Baoding with the Chinese capital and its surrounding area. One ...

Zhang Lei
Aug 28, 2015 (WiC 293)

In issue 188 we reported how Richard Li, son of Li Ka-shing, invested $1.1 million for 20% stake in Tencent in 1999 and walked away with a profit of $10 million two years later. (The stake would be worth $33 billion if he sold it this ...

Liang Yunchao
Jul 24, 2015 (WiC 291)

Microsoft went public on NASDAQ in 1986 in a move that helped Bill Gates become the world’s richest man for decades. Liang Yunchao may hope to repeat history. The healthcare tycoon was once the wealthiest man produced by the Growth Enterprise ...

Cai Dongqing
Jun 5, 2015 (WiC 284)

Walt Disney began as a cartoonist in 1923 by producing a series known as the Alice Comedies (remakes of Alice in Wonderland). The company he founded would go on to become one of the world’s biggest merchandisers of toy products. In Guangdong a ...

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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

Yao Zhenhua Apr 15, 2016 (WiC 320) Vanke’s founder Wang Shi famously sold shares in his start-up company at a wet market in 1988. And the low-profile tycoon who has been trying to take over Vanke in recent months, Yao Zhenhua of Baoneng Group, also has links to the vegetable ...

Wu Xiaohui Apr 1, 2016 (WiC 318) In Chinese the term for crony capitalism translates literally as ‘skirt-band capitalism’. And tying the knot with the right woman, according to the media, appears to be integral to the business success of Anbang’s chairman Wu ...

Yeung Kwok-keung Mar 18, 2016 (WiC 317) Both Forbes and Hurun have ranked Country Garden’s controlling shareholder Yang Huiyan as China’s richest woman. But it is her father, Yeung Kwok-keung, who has guided the family-run property firm to its huge success (he is pictured bottom ...

Kam Yuen Feb 5, 2016 (WiC 312) Das Kapital isn’t much read in China these days. Yet among the country’s many tycoons Kam Yuen comes closest to resembling the “vampire-like” capitalists of Karl Marx’s description. That’s because his business success has ...

Sun Piaoyang Oct 9, 2015 (WiC 299) Sun Piaoyang is one of the richest tycoons in Liangyungang, an R&D and production hub of China’s pharmaceutical industry. Getting started Born in 1958, the Jiangsu native was the top student at the China ...

Pan Sutong Oct 2, 2015 (WiC 298) The title of China’s tallest building changes hands quite frequently these days. But according to the People’s Daily, Tianjin’s Goldin Finance 117 took top spot last month. At 597 metres of structural height, Tianjin’s new giant claims to ...

Wei Shaojun Sep 4, 2015 (WiC 294) Baoding roughly translates as “stable protection” in Chinese. Traditionally a military city, its economic history has been less storied. Now Xi Jinping plans to integrate Baoding with the Chinese capital and its surrounding area. One ...

Zhang Lei Aug 28, 2015 (WiC 293) In issue 188 we reported how Richard Li, son of Li Ka-shing, invested $1.1 million for 20% stake in Tencent in 1999 and walked away with a profit of $10 million two years later. (The stake would be worth $33 billion if he sold it this ...

Liang Yunchao Jul 24, 2015 (WiC 291) Microsoft went public on NASDAQ in 1986 in a move that helped Bill Gates become the world’s richest man for decades. Liang Yunchao may hope to repeat history. The healthcare tycoon was once the wealthiest man produced by the Growth Enterprise ...

Cai Dongqing Jun 5, 2015 (WiC 284) Walt Disney began as a cartoonist in 1923 by producing a series known as the Alice Comedies (remakes of Alice in Wonderland). The company he founded would go on to become one of the world’s biggest merchandisers of toy products. In Guangdong a ...