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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

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Buffett Zhao
Mar 2, 2012 (WiC 140)

Zhao Bingxian was born in Beijing in 1963. Prior to obtaining a Master’s degree in finance from Shanghai’s Jiaotong University in 1991, he’d served briefly in the army, where he met his future wife and business partner Lu Juan. After ...

Queen of dumplings
Dec 9, 2011 (WiC 132)

Born in 1943, Zang Jianhe is a Qingdao native. Her first job was as a nurse in a local hospital, working together with her husband who was a doctor. In 1974 her husband went to Thailand and never came back. Zang took her daughters with her to ...

The Motorcycle diaries
Dec 2, 2011 (WiC 131)

Zuo Zongshen was born in Shanghai in 1952 and grew up in Chongqing. Like many people his age, he was sent to a rural area during the Cultural Revolution. Later he took a job as a kiln worker in a Chongqing porcelain factory. He dabbled in a more ...

Powerful woman
Nov 25, 2011 (WiC 130)

Li Xiaolin was born in 1961 in Beijing. As the daughter of former Prime Minister Li Peng, she grew up in the spotlight. She travelled with her father nationwide from the age of 10, and has vivid memories of him on construction sites wearing a ...

Erstwhile drinks king
Nov 18, 2011 (WiC 129)

Born in 1939, Li Jingwei grew up in a orphanage in Guangzhou. Struggling for a living, the young Li tried his luck as cobbler, a printer and a domestic help, and never spent a day in school. Finally he got a position with the local ...

Wenzhou’s richest man
Nov 11, 2011 (WiC 128)

This year’s Hurun’s Rich List saw Qiu Guanghe beat Zhou Houjian to become the richest man in Wenzhou, with a fortune of Rmb33 billion. But back in 1951 when he was born into a poor family in Ouhai, a small town near Wenzhou, Qiu’s prospects ...

From bureaucrat to banker
Oct 21, 2011 (WiC 126)

Ma Weihua was born in 1949 in Jinzhou, Liaoning province and was one of many students sent to country farms during the Cultural Revolution. Afterwards, Ma was more fortunate, becoming one of the first batch of students permitted to go to ...

Rags to riches
Oct 7, 2011 (WiC 125)

Born in Ningbo, a city near Shanghai, in 1958, Zheng Yonggang retired from the army in 1979 and began work as a driver for a trading company. Over the next four years he learned how the company operated and he then offered himself as the boss of ...

The Chinese Steve Jobs
Sep 30, 2011 (WiC 124)

Born in Xiantao, Hubei province, Lei Jun had an unusual talent. As a student of the computer science department in Wuhan University from 1987 to 1991 he was obsessed by computers, then a total novelty in China. After finishing his academic ...

Barefoot doctor
Sep 16, 2011 (WiC 122)

Born in Yingcheng, Hubei province, Liu Baolin dropped out of school to support his family. At 16 he became a barefoot doctor, working in poor neighbourhoods to deliver basic healthcare. Buoyed by the experience, he decided to change tack. In 1985 ...

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Who’s Hu

China’s tycoons: their stories in two minutes

Buffett Zhao Mar 2, 2012 (WiC 140) Zhao Bingxian was born in Beijing in 1963. Prior to obtaining a Master’s degree in finance from Shanghai’s Jiaotong University in 1991, he’d served briefly in the army, where he met his future wife and business partner Lu Juan. After ...

Queen of dumplings Dec 9, 2011 (WiC 132) Born in 1943, Zang Jianhe is a Qingdao native. Her first job was as a nurse in a local hospital, working together with her husband who was a doctor. In 1974 her husband went to Thailand and never came back. Zang took her daughters with her to ...

The Motorcycle diaries Dec 2, 2011 (WiC 131) Zuo Zongshen was born in Shanghai in 1952 and grew up in Chongqing. Like many people his age, he was sent to a rural area during the Cultural Revolution. Later he took a job as a kiln worker in a Chongqing porcelain factory. He dabbled in a more ...

Powerful woman Nov 25, 2011 (WiC 130) Li Xiaolin was born in 1961 in Beijing. As the daughter of former Prime Minister Li Peng, she grew up in the spotlight. She travelled with her father nationwide from the age of 10, and has vivid memories of him on construction sites wearing a ...

Erstwhile drinks king Nov 18, 2011 (WiC 129) Born in 1939, Li Jingwei grew up in a orphanage in Guangzhou. Struggling for a living, the young Li tried his luck as cobbler, a printer and a domestic help, and never spent a day in school. Finally he got a position with the local ...

Wenzhou’s richest man Nov 11, 2011 (WiC 128) This year’s Hurun’s Rich List saw Qiu Guanghe beat Zhou Houjian to become the richest man in Wenzhou, with a fortune of Rmb33 billion. But back in 1951 when he was born into a poor family in Ouhai, a small town near Wenzhou, Qiu’s prospects ...

From bureaucrat to banker Oct 21, 2011 (WiC 126) Ma Weihua was born in 1949 in Jinzhou, Liaoning province and was one of many students sent to country farms during the Cultural Revolution. Afterwards, Ma was more fortunate, becoming one of the first batch of students permitted to go to ...

Rags to riches Oct 7, 2011 (WiC 125) Born in Ningbo, a city near Shanghai, in 1958, Zheng Yonggang retired from the army in 1979 and began work as a driver for a trading company. Over the next four years he learned how the company operated and he then offered himself as the boss of ...

The Chinese Steve Jobs Sep 30, 2011 (WiC 124) Born in Xiantao, Hubei province, Lei Jun had an unusual talent. As a student of the computer science department in Wuhan University from 1987 to 1991 he was obsessed by computers, then a total novelty in China. After finishing his academic ...

Barefoot doctor Sep 16, 2011 (WiC 122) Born in Yingcheng, Hubei province, Liu Baolin dropped out of school to support his family. At 16 he became a barefoot doctor, working in poor neighbourhoods to deliver basic healthcare. Buoyed by the experience, he decided to change tack. In 1985 ...