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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

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Zhang Ronming
May 21, 2010 (WiC 61)

Zhang Rongming was born in 1962 in Jiangsu province. He studied metallurgy and on graduation his first business foray involved coated blades, which were sold to locomotive plants in northern China. He did this in partnership with his alma mater, ...

Zhu Linyao
May 14, 2010 (WiC 60)

Getting started Zhu Linyao was born in 1970 in Sichuan province. While studying in Beijing she developed an interest in flavours. On graduating she started a trading business. She discovered that flavours and essences offered a great ...

Li Li
May 7, 2010 (WiC 59)

Born in 1962, Li Li graduated in chemistry from Sichuan University and joined the Chengdu Meat Processing Factory. Pig of a job Sichuan has China’s biggest pig population and Li’s obsession with pigs started early. He ...

Chen Lihua
Apr 30, 2010 (WiC 58)

Born in 1941, Chen Lihua is perhaps unique among tycoons in that she claims to be related to the last Emperor of China, Puyi. Born to a royal clan of the Manchu ethnic minority that ruled China between 1644 and 1912, Chen also spent a few years ...

Chen Yihong
Apr 23, 2010 (WiC 57)

Getting started Chen Yihong was a talented table tennis player in his youth, picked up by a local sports academy in Tianjin. While his love of sport would dictate his career path, he wouldn’t make it as a ping pong player. ...

Jiang Nanchun
Apr 16, 2010 (WiC 56)

Born in 1973 in Shanghai, Jiang Nanchun got an early taste for advertising, working part time at an agency while at East China Normal University. In 1994 he set up his own company, Everease Communications, whose clients were mostly tech ...

Chen Qitai
Apr 1, 2010 (WiC 55)

Born in 1948 in Hong Kong, Chen Qitai moved to Canada, where he went by the name Kenneth Chan. In 1975 he set up a contract manufacturing business, one of whose clients was the fashion firm Ports –with retail outlets in the US and UK. Chen went ...

Shi Zhengrong
Mar 26, 2010 (WiC 54)

The environmental entrepreneur was born in 1963 at a time when China was plagued by three years of natural disasters. His parents were destitute, and while they kept his elder brother, he was given to another family. Hence while he was born a ...

Ding Lei
Mar 19, 2010 (WiC 53)

Born in 1971 in Ningbo, Ding Lei showed so little talent at school that his teacher blamed him for “hindering the whole class”. He blossomed late, and got into a top technical university in Chengdu. However, bored by his course on microwave ...

Pan Shiyi
Mar 12, 2010 (WiC 52)

Born in the western province of Gansu in 1963, Pan was initially disadvantaged by his family background – his father was labelled a ‘rightist’. Things improved in 1977 when his father was rehabilitated after Mao’s death. Pan later ...

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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

Zhang Ronming May 21, 2010 (WiC 61) Zhang Rongming was born in 1962 in Jiangsu province. He studied metallurgy and on graduation his first business foray involved coated blades, which were sold to locomotive plants in northern China. He did this in partnership with his alma mater, ...

Zhu Linyao May 14, 2010 (WiC 60) Getting started Zhu Linyao was born in 1970 in Sichuan province. While studying in Beijing she developed an interest in flavours. On graduating she started a trading business. She discovered that flavours and essences offered a great ...

Li Li May 7, 2010 (WiC 59) Born in 1962, Li Li graduated in chemistry from Sichuan University and joined the Chengdu Meat Processing Factory. Pig of a job Sichuan has China’s biggest pig population and Li’s obsession with pigs started early. He ...

Chen Lihua Apr 30, 2010 (WiC 58) Born in 1941, Chen Lihua is perhaps unique among tycoons in that she claims to be related to the last Emperor of China, Puyi. Born to a royal clan of the Manchu ethnic minority that ruled China between 1644 and 1912, Chen also spent a few years ...

Chen Yihong Apr 23, 2010 (WiC 57) Getting started Chen Yihong was a talented table tennis player in his youth, picked up by a local sports academy in Tianjin. While his love of sport would dictate his career path, he wouldn’t make it as a ping pong player. ...

Jiang Nanchun Apr 16, 2010 (WiC 56) Born in 1973 in Shanghai, Jiang Nanchun got an early taste for advertising, working part time at an agency while at East China Normal University. In 1994 he set up his own company, Everease Communications, whose clients were mostly tech ...

Chen Qitai Apr 1, 2010 (WiC 55) Born in 1948 in Hong Kong, Chen Qitai moved to Canada, where he went by the name Kenneth Chan. In 1975 he set up a contract manufacturing business, one of whose clients was the fashion firm Ports –with retail outlets in the US and UK. Chen went ...

Shi Zhengrong Mar 26, 2010 (WiC 54) The environmental entrepreneur was born in 1963 at a time when China was plagued by three years of natural disasters. His parents were destitute, and while they kept his elder brother, he was given to another family. Hence while he was born a ...

Ding Lei Mar 19, 2010 (WiC 53) Born in 1971 in Ningbo, Ding Lei showed so little talent at school that his teacher blamed him for “hindering the whole class”. He blossomed late, and got into a top technical university in Chengdu. However, bored by his course on microwave ...

Pan Shiyi Mar 12, 2010 (WiC 52) Born in the western province of Gansu in 1963, Pan was initially disadvantaged by his family background – his father was labelled a ‘rightist’. Things improved in 1977 when his father was rehabilitated after Mao’s death. Pan later ...