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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

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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 ...

Zhang Zhirong
Mar 5, 2010 (WiC 51)

Born in Jiangsu province in 1972, Zhang Zhirong moved to Shanghai when he was three years-old. He started his own business at the age of 19, having saved Rmb30,000 from earlier jobs. Big break At the age of 22 – when ...

Lu Zhiqiang
Feb 19, 2010 (WiC 50)

Born in Shandong province in 1951, Lu graduated from Fudan University. His first job was as a technician with the Shandong Weifang Diesel Engine Factory. Big Break Lu left the state sector to become an entrepreneur and set ...

Duan Yongping
Feb 12, 2010 (WiC 49)

Getting started Born in Jiangxi province in 1961, Duan Yongping graduated from the Department of Radio Engineering at Zhejiang University. After graduation, he joined the Beijing Electron Tube Factory, but left to get a ...

Feng Jun
Feb 5, 2010 (WiC 48)

Born in 1969, Feng Jun graduated from China’s elite university Tsinghua in 1992. His degree was in civil engineering and on graduation he was assigned to the headquarters of Construction Engineering Corporation. He left on his first day after ...

Zhu Yicai
Jan 29, 2010 (WiC 47)

Born in 1967 to a poor farming family, Zhu Yicai grew up in Tongcheng in Anhui province. Two of his siblings starved to death during the famine induced by Mao’s Great Leap Forward, and according to Money Week, his impoverished background is an ...

Liang Wengen
Jan 22, 2010 (WiC 46)

Getting started Liang Wengen was born in 1956 in rural Hunan. In 1983 he graduated with an engineering degree and founded Lianyuan Welding Material Factory. After several years of modest returns he decided to look for a more ...

He Xiangjian
Jan 15, 2010 (WiC 45)

Getting started He Xiangjian was born in 1942 in Shunde in Guangdong – an area now well known for its electrical appliance factories. He worked as a farmer, before becoming an apprentice in a factory. In May 1968 he and 23 ...

Zhou Chengjian
Jan 8, 2010 (WiC 44)

Getting started Zhou Chengjian is another classic example of a high school dropout becoming a business billionaire. He’s from Wenzhou, arguably China’s capital city of capitalism. Born in 1966, he opened a clothing factory in 1982 but went ...

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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

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 ...

Zhang Zhirong Mar 5, 2010 (WiC 51) Born in Jiangsu province in 1972, Zhang Zhirong moved to Shanghai when he was three years-old. He started his own business at the age of 19, having saved Rmb30,000 from earlier jobs. Big break At the age of 22 – when ...

Lu Zhiqiang Feb 19, 2010 (WiC 50) Born in Shandong province in 1951, Lu graduated from Fudan University. His first job was as a technician with the Shandong Weifang Diesel Engine Factory. Big Break Lu left the state sector to become an entrepreneur and set ...

Duan Yongping Feb 12, 2010 (WiC 49) Getting started Born in Jiangxi province in 1961, Duan Yongping graduated from the Department of Radio Engineering at Zhejiang University. After graduation, he joined the Beijing Electron Tube Factory, but left to get a ...

Feng Jun Feb 5, 2010 (WiC 48) Born in 1969, Feng Jun graduated from China’s elite university Tsinghua in 1992. His degree was in civil engineering and on graduation he was assigned to the headquarters of Construction Engineering Corporation. He left on his first day after ...

Zhu Yicai Jan 29, 2010 (WiC 47) Born in 1967 to a poor farming family, Zhu Yicai grew up in Tongcheng in Anhui province. Two of his siblings starved to death during the famine induced by Mao’s Great Leap Forward, and according to Money Week, his impoverished background is an ...

Liang Wengen Jan 22, 2010 (WiC 46) Getting started Liang Wengen was born in 1956 in rural Hunan. In 1983 he graduated with an engineering degree and founded Lianyuan Welding Material Factory. After several years of modest returns he decided to look for a more ...

He Xiangjian Jan 15, 2010 (WiC 45) Getting started He Xiangjian was born in 1942 in Shunde in Guangdong – an area now well known for its electrical appliance factories. He worked as a farmer, before becoming an apprentice in a factory. In May 1968 he and 23 ...

Zhou Chengjian Jan 8, 2010 (WiC 44) Getting started Zhou Chengjian is another classic example of a high school dropout becoming a business billionaire. He’s from Wenzhou, arguably China’s capital city of capitalism. Born in 1966, he opened a clothing factory in 1982 but went ...