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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

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Hong Jie
May 28, 2021 (WiC 542)

The city of Putian in Fujian province is known for two things: sneakers, because it is where some of the world’s biggest contract manufacturers of branded trainers set up their factories (see WiC540); and healthcare, given the vast majority of ...

Tsai Ming-kai
Sep 4, 2020 (WiC 509)

The Taiwanese press has in the past dubbed him the “bandit phone king”, because Tsai Ming-kai’s company MediaTek traditionally manufactured the chips that powered lower-end mobile phones, mostly made in mainland China. His firm has had a ...

Jiang Rensheng
Aug 21, 2020 (WiC 507)

The coronavirus pandemic has minted a number of billionaires. Take US biotech company Moderna. A front-runner in the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, the quadrupling of its share price has enriched the two professors that created the ...

Eric Yuan
Jun 12, 2020 (WiC 499)

No one could hear what Eric Yuan was saying at the start of an earnings call from his video conferencing app last week. Then someone in his investor relations team reminded him to turn on the mic. As a mishap it wasn’t a major one for the ...

Wu Yiling
May 1, 2020 (WiC 493)

Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2015 because of her contribution to the effective application of artemisinin, a mainstay of anti-malarial drugs. But the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner missed out on billions of ...

Lu Zhengyao
May 24, 2019 (WiC 453)

Two year-old Luckin Coffee is known to have burned through at least Rmb3 billion ($450 million) in funding, fuelling a growth strategy that talks about overtaking Starbucks’ 3,600-store network in China this year (see WiC451). For Charles Lu ...

Sun Xishuang
May 10, 2019 (WiC 451)

After an M&A spree overseas in recent years, Wang Jianlin has become better known to the world’s bankers and dealmakers. But for those who are trying to map Wang’s business connections, Sun Xishuang is another name that shouldn’t be ...

Lee Man-tat
Mar 1, 2019 (WiC 442)

There is an old Chinese saying that “wealth does not last beyond three generations”. But the adage clearly does not apply to the Lee family behind the century-old LKK Group, which controls sauce brand Lee Kum Kee and health supplement giant ...

Li Hua
Dec 14, 2018 (WiC 435)

A self-made man, Li Hua (Li Wa in Cantonese) has moved into the public eye because of rape allegations against one of his close friends. JD.com’s Richard Liu continues to face criminal charges in the US (see WiC424) and Reuters reports that the ...

Zhang Yong
Oct 19, 2018 (WiC 428)

The origins of the Chinese term haidilao can be traced back to an ancient poem about fishing and ‘catching the moon’. It is still used by mahjong players to refer to a rare situation when a player wins with the last tile. Naming ...

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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

Hong Jie May 28, 2021 (WiC 542) The city of Putian in Fujian province is known for two things: sneakers, because it is where some of the world’s biggest contract manufacturers of branded trainers set up their factories (see WiC540); and healthcare, given the vast majority of ...

Tsai Ming-kai Sep 4, 2020 (WiC 509) The Taiwanese press has in the past dubbed him the “bandit phone king”, because Tsai Ming-kai’s company MediaTek traditionally manufactured the chips that powered lower-end mobile phones, mostly made in mainland China. His firm has had a ...

Jiang Rensheng Aug 21, 2020 (WiC 507) The coronavirus pandemic has minted a number of billionaires. Take US biotech company Moderna. A front-runner in the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, the quadrupling of its share price has enriched the two professors that created the ...

Eric Yuan Jun 12, 2020 (WiC 499) No one could hear what Eric Yuan was saying at the start of an earnings call from his video conferencing app last week. Then someone in his investor relations team reminded him to turn on the mic. As a mishap it wasn’t a major one for the ...

Wu Yiling May 1, 2020 (WiC 493) Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2015 because of her contribution to the effective application of artemisinin, a mainstay of anti-malarial drugs. But the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner missed out on billions of ...

Lu Zhengyao May 24, 2019 (WiC 453) Two year-old Luckin Coffee is known to have burned through at least Rmb3 billion ($450 million) in funding, fuelling a growth strategy that talks about overtaking Starbucks’ 3,600-store network in China this year (see WiC451). For Charles Lu ...

Sun Xishuang May 10, 2019 (WiC 451) After an M&A spree overseas in recent years, Wang Jianlin has become better known to the world’s bankers and dealmakers. But for those who are trying to map Wang’s business connections, Sun Xishuang is another name that shouldn’t be ...

Lee Man-tat Mar 1, 2019 (WiC 442) There is an old Chinese saying that “wealth does not last beyond three generations”. But the adage clearly does not apply to the Lee family behind the century-old LKK Group, which controls sauce brand Lee Kum Kee and health supplement giant ...

Li Hua Dec 14, 2018 (WiC 435) A self-made man, Li Hua (Li Wa in Cantonese) has moved into the public eye because of rape allegations against one of his close friends. JD.com’s Richard Liu continues to face criminal charges in the US (see WiC424) and Reuters reports that the ...

Zhang Yong Oct 19, 2018 (WiC 428) The origins of the Chinese term haidilao can be traced back to an ancient poem about fishing and ‘catching the moon’. It is still used by mahjong players to refer to a rare situation when a player wins with the last tile. Naming ...