Entrepreneurs

Gu Haohao (September 1973-), female, Han nationality, from Wenzhou, Zhejiang, a person in the literary and art circles of the People's Republic of China. In 1986, he was admitted to Shanghai Opera School from Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Currently, he is the party secretary and president of Shanghai Opera Art Center, director of Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, and chairman of Shanghai Dramatists Association. Full-time vice chairman of Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault, KBE, (French: Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault, French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒɑ etjɛn aʁno]; March 5, 1949 -) was born in Roubaix, a French businessman, the chairman and CEO of the top luxury goods company LVMH Group and holds 51% of the shares. In December 2011, he transferred 31% of his personal holdings in Groupe Arnault to his company Pilinvest in Belgium. These shares are worth a total of 5.5 billion pounds (about 67 billion Hong Kong dollars). Arnault Group is the holding company of LV. On the same day, 48.5% of the usufruct rights of the Arnault Group, held by his five children, was transferred to the Belgian company Pilinvest. As of December 2025, Arnault's net worth reached US$200 billion, making him one of the richest people in the world.

Jared Corey Kushner (English: Jared Corey Kushner, January 10, 1981 -), American businessman, investor, and politician. His spouse is Ivanka Trump, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th President of the United States.

Jawed Karim (Bengali: জাওয়েদ করিম, Romanized: Jawed Karim, October 28, 1979 -) is an American software engineer of Bangladeshi and German descent. He is one of the founders of the video-sharing website YouTube and the first person to upload videos to the website. Karim was also one of the earliest engineers at PayPal, designing and implementing many core parts of PayPal, including the real-time anti-fraud system.

Shin Kyuk-ho (Korean: Shin Gyeok-ho/Singhao, Romanized: Shin Kyuk-ho, (November 3, 1921 - January 19, 2020), Japanese name Shigemitsu Takeo (Japanese: Shigemitsu Takeo/Shigemitsu Takeo, Romanized: Shigemitsu Takeo is a Korean-Japanese entrepreneur, founder and honorary president of South Korea's LOTTE Group. He graduated from the Chemistry Department of Waseda Industrial School and Waseda College of Technology (now Waseda University).

Dustin Moskovitz (English: Dustin Moskovitz, May 22, 1984 -) is an American Jewish Internet entrepreneur. In 2004, he founded the social networking site Facebook with his three roommates at Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes. In 2008, he left Facebook and co-founded the web application Asana with Justin Rosenstein. In March 2011, Forbes listed Moskowitz as the world's youngest self-employed billionaire based on his 7.6% stake in Facebook. In the 2019 list of the 400 richest people in the United States, he ranked 40th with assets of US$11.6 billion. Ranked 37th on the Forbes 400 richest Americans list released in September 2020, with assets of US$14.2 billion.

Michael Dell, American Jewish entrepreneur, founder and chairman of the board of directors of Dell, one of the world's largest computer manufacturers.

Shao Xiushan, 1911-1950, was the "King of Matches" in China during the Republic of China. His ancestral home is Zhenhai County, Zhejiang Province, and he was born in Shanghai.

Tommy Zau Yen Chung (English: Tommy Zau Yen Chung, September 11, 1933 - 1996), a Hong Kong electronics tycoon, was once known as the "Electronics King". He was a famous industrialist in Hong Kong's emerging electronics industry in the 1980s and 1990s.

Shao Yuxuan (1866-1920), named Yong, styled Xingyin, and given the name Yuxuan, male, was a large pigment merchant and industrialist in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. The father of film and television tycoon Run Run Shaw.

Zheng Yuanxing (1891-1955), courtesy name Fuming, was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang. A Chinese industrialist, a pioneer in China's refrigeration and egg industries, he was known as the "King of the Egg Industry" in the Republic of China.

Datuk Cheng Yu-tung, Grand Bauhinia Honoror (English: Cheng Yu-tung, August 26, 1925 - September 29, 2016), known as Uncle Tong and Shark Dantong, was born in Lunjiao Town, Shunde, Guangdong Province. He is a Hong Kong businessman, the second chairman of the board of directors and one of the founders of New World Development, and the son-in-law of Zhou Zhiyuan, the founder of Chow Tai Fook Jewelery and Gold Company. Forbes magazine announced that he was the third richest man in Hong Kong in 2016.

Zheng Guanying (July 24, 1842 - June 14, 1921), whose original name was Zhang Ying, was given the official name of Guanying, the courtesy name was Zhengxiang, and his nickname was Taozhai, also known as Juyi, Qi Yousheng, and also nicknamed Dai Heshan or Luofu Heshan. A native of Yongmo, Sanxiang, Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, Guangdong (now Zhongshan City). Modern Chinese writers, thinkers and industrialists. He is a theorist with a complete reform ideological system in modern China, who advocates democracy and scientific thought.

Guo Guangchang (February 16, 1967 -), a native of Dongyang, Zhejiang, is a Chinese entrepreneur. He is currently the chairman of Fosun Group, a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, a member of the Standing Committee of the All-China Youth Federation, and the Honorary President of the Shanghai Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce. His wife is Wang Jinyuan, the anchor of Shanghai TV's "Oriental Noon News", who is his schoolgirl at Fudan University. The two have two daughters and one son. In 2015, Guo Guangchang ranked 49th on the Hurun China Rich List with a net worth of 29 billion yuan. In 2017, Guo Guangchang ranked 33rd on the Forbes Chinese Rich List with a net worth of US$6.3 billion. In 2023, according to the Hurun Global Rich List, Guo Guangchang has a net worth of 44 billion yuan, ranking 432nd on the rich list. Guo Guangchang is enthusiastic about social welfare undertakings and currently serves as the vice chairman of China Guangcai Foundation, the vice chairman of Youcheng Entrepreneur Poverty Alleviation Foundation, and the vice chairman of YBC Youth Entrepreneurship Foundation. During the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China, Mr. Guo Guangchang worked with 15 Chinese private entrepreneurs to build and operate the China Private Enterprise Joint Pavilion, creating a history of China's private economy appearing at the World Expo for a century, and winning international praise and widespread respect for the new look of China's economy.

Guo Biao (January 1868 - January 3, 1932, English: George Kwok Bew) was an Australian overseas Chinese businessman and an early overseas Chinese leader of the Chinese Kuomintang. Guo Biao was born in Xiangshan, Guangdong (now Zhuxiu Garden, Southern District, Zhongshan City). He did business in Sydney, Australia in his early years and as a Chinese business leader in the 1900s, he fought against the White Australia Policy after the founding of Australia. At the same time, he organized societies and published newspapers and periodicals in Australia to support the revolutionary activities of fellow countryman Sun Yat-sen. After his family moved to Shanghai in 1917, he served as chairman of Shanghai Yongan Company and director of the Central Mint.

Guo Quan (1875-April 13, 1966), courtesy name Fenghui, male, was one of the founders of Yongan Department Store. Guo Quan was born in Xiangshan, Guangdong. In 1898, his second brother Guo Le came to Australia and founded "Yongan Fruit Bar". In 1904, he opened "An Tai Company" in Fiji with one thousand pounds. Its business included operating department stores and reclaiming farmland to supply "Yongan Fruit Bar". On August 28, 1907, Kwok Quan founded Wing On Department Store in Hong Kong at 167 Queen's Road Central in Central with a capital of HK$160,000. The location was diagonally opposite to Xianshi Department Store, another department store. Later, in 1917, he opened a branch in Shanghai, which was also adjacent to Xianshi Department Store. After the success of Wing On Department Store, the Kwok brothers' Wing On Company expanded its business in Hong Kong and Shanghai to include real estate, banking, textiles, water and fire insurance, and life insurance. Kwok Quan served as the Prime Minister of Po Leung Kuk and Tung Wah Hospital in Hong Kong. In November 1936, Guo Quan won the first three votes in the primary election to represent the overseas Chinese in Hong Kong at the Constituent National Assembly and became a re-election candidate. On July 21, 1937, he won the re-election and was appointed by the government of the Republic of China as the representative of the overseas Chinese in Hong Kong at the Constituent National Assembly. During the Japanese colonial period in Hong Kong, Guo Quan was appointed as a member of the Chinese People's Association headed by Zhou Shoushen. At that time, Guo Quan was accused of being "rebellious". After the incident, Yang Yuhui, chairman of the Hong Kong Fresh Fish Shops Association, and others sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the National Government, requesting to find out the truth and reinstate the qualifications of Guo Quan, the representative of the overseas Chinese in Hong Kong, as a representative of the National Congress. In 1946, Guo Quan was revoked and his qualifications as a Hong Kong representative to the National Assembly were restored. After the Anti-Japanese War, he lived in Hong Kong until his death.

Robert Kuok Hock Nien (English: Robert Kuok Hock Nien, October 6, 1923 -), a Malaysian entrepreneur, was born in Guozhai Village, Gaishan Town, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China. He was born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. He started his business in the sugar industry and is known as the "Asian Sugar King". The founder of the Kuok Group is listed by Forbes as the richest man in Malaysia and the fourth richest Chinese. Most of his assets are in Hong Kong, including a large number of Hong Kong luxury homes, shopping malls, hotels, offices, Shangri-La Hotel Group, etc. Robert Kuok ranks 40th among the world's richest people. He has lived in Hong Kong and actively expanded his business in mainland China. In May 2018, after the first rotation of political parties in Malaysia, he was invited by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to serve as a cabinet advisor and became one of the five members of the Senior Council.

Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr. (English: Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr., October 8, 1960 -), American entrepreneur, founder, president and chairman of the board of directors of Netflix.

Jin Liqiu (1883-1957), formerly known as Jin Jian, male, was born in Lu County, Sichuan. A revolutionary in the Revolution of 1911, an industrialist who saved the country through industry, a pioneer in women's education, and a pioneer in shipping on the Sichuan River.

Jin Runxiang (xiáng) (1890-June 1961), courtesy name Shenyou, was born in Zhenhai, Zhejiang, and graduated from Shanghai Shenzhou Law School. Together with Zhu Meixian, he is a pioneer in China's modern tobacco industry. At the beginning of the 20th century, China's cigarettes were strongly dependent on foreign imports. Jin and Zhu began to trial-produce domestic cigarette paper and build a production line. They also introduced advanced foreign technology and hired foreign experts with large sums of money. The products it produced quickly became successful and popular in the market. Played a role in developing national industry. China's national papermaking industry is quite weak, while foreign-funded companies are strong, occupying a large market share and earning huge profits every year. In order to change this bad situation and resist foreign investment, Jin, Zhu and others actively united with Chinese-owned paper manufacturers to establish the "Domestic Paperboard Joint Sales Office", which improved the overall strength of the national paper industry.

Zhong Sui (shǎn) Sui (shǎn) (December 1954-), male, Han nationality, native of Zhuji, Zhejiang, Chinese entrepreneur. Currently, he is the chairman and general manager of Nongfu Spring and the chairman of Yangshengtang.

Qian Fenglei (November 16, 1976 -), entrepreneur and philanthropist, is known for his mysterious behavior. A native of Lincun, Hengjie Town, Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, with Hong Kong identity, he is currently the chairman of Global International Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.

John Yuen (English: John Yuen, 1902-November 8, 1989), Hong Kong industrialist, social activist, philanthropist, and founder of China's can-making industry. The main founder of the famous overseas Chinese community in Hong Kong, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Association (today’s Hong Kong Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Association) and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Primary School. A native of Cixi, Zhejiang.

Amancio Ortega Gaona (Spanish: Amancio Ortega Gaona, born March 28, 1936), the richest man in Spain, a giant in the Spanish clothing industry, the third richest man in the world and the richest man in Europe in the global rich list, the founder and current major shareholder of Zara and Inditex. In 1966, he married Rosalia Mera. The pair made women's clothing for sale in their apartment. In 1975, the two of them opened their first store called Zara. In 2015, Forbes magazine named him the second richest person in the world with a net worth of $70 billion, second only to Bill Gates with a net worth of $87.6 billion. Amancio Ortega ranked sixth on Forbes' 2019 billionaire list, with assets of $62.7 billion. In April 2020, in the global rich list released by Forbes, Amancio Ortega Gaona ranked sixth with a net worth of US$55.1 billion.