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Yoshisuke Ayukawa
Entrepreneurs · Japan
Ayukawa Yoshisuke (Japanese: Ayukawa Yoshisuke/Aikawa Yoshisuke/Ayukawa Yoshisuke, Romanized: Aikawa Yoshisuke/Ayukawa Yoshisuke; November 6, 1880 - February 13, 1967), a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman and politician. Ayukawa was the founder and first president of Nissan Corporation (1931-1945). In addition, Ayukawa has also served as the president of Manchuria Heavy Industries Development Co., Ltd., a member of the House of Lords, the president of Imperial Oil Co., Ltd., the president of Petroleum Resources Development Co., Ltd., and a member of the Senate. Together with Hideki Tojo, Naoki Hoshino, Nobusuke Kishi, and Yosuke Matsuoka, they are known as the "Five Giants of Manchuria".
Rupert Murdoch
Entrepreneurs · United States
Rupert Murdoch (English: Rupert Murdoch, March 11, 1931 -), born in Melbourne, Australia, now lives in the United States. He is the world's leading news media tycoon. He currently holds 14% of News Corporation's shares and 39.4% of the voting rights and is the chairman and largest shareholder of Fox Corporation. His family ranked 52nd on Forbes' 2019 list of the world's billionaires, with assets of US$19.4 billion. In September 2023, Murdoch announced that he would officially retire as chairman of News Corporation and Fox Corporation in November. Many of Murdoch's newspapers and television stations have been accused of biased and misleading reporting in order to support his business interests and political allies and influence major political developments in Britain, the United States and Australia.
Taro Aso
Entrepreneurs · Japan
Taro Aso (Japanese: Taro Aso/Let's go tomorrow Taro, Romanized: Asō Tarō, born September 20, 1940, is a politician and industrialist from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. He is currently the vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party and the leader of the Aso faction. He has served as Prime Minister of Japan (Prime Minister; 92nd), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Minister of Finance (the second, third, and fourth Abe cabinets and Yoshihide Suga cabinets), He has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of General Affairs, Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy, Director of the Economic Planning Agency, President of the Liberal Democratic Party, Supreme Advisor of the Liberal Democratic Party, Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Government Affairs Investigation. He has been elected to the House of Representatives for 16 terms since 1979 and is the longest-serving deputy prime minister in Japanese history. Taro Aso was born into a celebrity. His maternal ancestors had many high-ranking officials, his paternal side was a famous chaebol, and his sister Nobuko was married to the royal family. Before entering politics, Aso served as the president of Aso Co., Ltd., a family business, and successfully guided the transformation of the company. Entering politics in 1979, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in his hometown of Fukuoka, and gradually grew into a powerful figure within the Liberal Democratic Party. He has successively served as director of the Economic Planning Agency, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, minister of general affairs, minister of foreign affairs, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's political affairs investigation, and secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party. One of the factions within the party is the Guild (Aso Club). In 2008, he became the 23rd president of the Liberal Democratic Party and the 92nd prime minister of the cabinet. However, he failed to reverse the weak situation of the Liberal Democratic Party during his term. In the 45th general election of Japanese House of Representatives members held in 2009, he was defeated by the opposition Democratic Party. The Liberal Democratic Party lost its ruling position again since 1993-1994. In December 2012, the Liberal Democratic Party regained power in the 46th general election of Japanese House of Representatives members. As an important ally of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Taro Aso has served as the deputy prime minister, minister of finance, and minister of finance since the second Abe cabinet. He is another former prime minister who has returned to the cabinet after Miyazawa Kiichi and Hashimoto Ryutaro. He is also the other person who first served as prime minister and then deputy prime minister after Hatahara Kishiro.
H Huang Shizai Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationalityHuang Shizai, a native of Huilai, Guangdong, is a Chinese entrepreneur, vice chairman of Hong Kong listed companies Greater China Real Estate and Macau China Satellite TV, chairman of the board of directors of Shenzhen Greater China Group, and the eldest brother of Huang Maoru, chairman of Maoye Group.
Huang Yafu
Entrepreneurs · Malaysia
Huang Yafu, SMJ, is a famous port owner and entrepreneur in Johor, Malaysia. His ancestral home is Songbao Optical Village, Duhu Town, Taishan City, Guangdong Province, China. His courtesy name is Yanting and his nickname is Futian. His original name was Huang Fuji, and he was commonly known as Huang Fu or Huang Yafu in Nanyang. He immigrated to Singapore in 1854. He was originally a carpenter and later developed into a rubber plantation owner and builder, and became the main construction contractor of the Johor State Government. He had a good relationship with Sultan Abu Bakar and Queen Fatimah (Huang Yajiao), and he was responsible for the construction of many historical buildings in Johor Bahru, including the Grand Palace of Johor and the Johor Bahru Prison. He was awarded the Johor Royal Loyalty Medal by the Sultan for contracting the Johor Sultan's palace project. Founded Rousheng Company, Rousheng Rating Company and Qianyuan Company in Johor Bahru.
Huang Yizhu
Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationality
Huang Yizhu (1868-1945), a native of Nan'an, Fujian, was a modern Chinese entrepreneur, overseas Chinese leader, and the founder of Zhongnan Bank. Huang Yizhu was born in Louxia Township, Jintao Town, Nan'an, Fujian. My ancestors have been farming for generations. He began to learn the art of barbering at the age of 12, and then went overseas with his countrymen, successively to Singapore and Indonesia, and finally moved to Sanbaolong and ran the sugar industry. On April 5, 1919, Huang Yijia returned to Gulangyu Island to settle down and founded the Xiamen Water Company and took over the Xiamen Telephone Company. In June 1921, he founded the Central South Bank in Shanghai and became the largest shareholder of the bank. He died in Shanghai before Japan surrendered in 1945.
Huang Chubiao
Entrepreneurs · People's Republic of China
Bill Wong Cho-bau (English: Bill Wong Cho-bau, October 1958-), male, native of Chaoyang, Guangdong, Hong Kong resident, Chinese real estate developer, chairman of Donghai Airlines, known as the "King of Shenzhen" and "Shenzhen Li Ka-shing".
H Huang Maoru Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationalityHuang Maoru is the current chairman and founder of the Hong Kong listed company Maoye International (HKEx: 848), a citizen of Belize, a native of Zhoutian, Huilai County, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, the head of the "Maoye Group" and a capital tycoon. . Currently mainly engaged in real estate and department stores, Huang has now successfully created the "Maoye Department" with the development model of "real estate + department stores"
Jen-Hsun Huang
Entrepreneurs · Republic of China
Jen-Hsun Huang is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and electrical engineer who is the co-founder and CEO of graphics chip company NVIDIA.
Huang Shengyi
Entrepreneurs · People's Republic of China
Huang Shengyi (February 11, 1983 -) is a Shanghainese, Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the 01 undergraduate class of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy. She became popular in 2004 with Stephen Chow's movie "Kung Fu". Soon she had a conflict with the company and it took a year and a half to successfully terminate the contract. After that, she cooperated with Yang Zi, vice president and executive president of Juli Group. In addition to co-producing film and television dramas, the two also established Juli Film and Television Company. However, due to repeated suspicions about their relationship, Huang Shengyi established an independent Juli Shengyi Company in 2011 and served as president. In addition to "Kung Fu", his representative works include the TV series "Blood Sword" and "The Fairy Match" broadcast in 2007 and the movie "The Legend of White Snake".
H Huang Zheng Entrepreneurs · People's Republic of ChinaHuang Zheng (born April 16, 1980) is a mainland Chinese entrepreneur, founder, former chairman and CEO of Pinduoduo.
H Huang Zhenshi Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationalityHuang Zhenshi (1899-1982), a legendary figure and industrialist in Shanghai during the Republic of China, was known as the "King of Fisheries". He is also one of the main gang members in Shanghai. At the peak of his career, he served as general manager of Shanghai Fishery Company and chairman and president of China Fisheries Bank. A native of Daxian Township, Yin County, Zhejiang Province (now Tangxi Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City).
Huang Chujiu
Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationality
Huang Chujiu (1872-January 19, 1931), formerly known as Cheng Qian, nicknamed Shujiu, owner of Zhizulu, was a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang, a Shanghai entrepreneur, and a pioneer of China's new pharmaceutical industry. Known as a "Business Wizard" and "Hundred Managers", he was also known as the "King of New Drugs" and "King of the Entertainment Industry" in Shanghai. In his later years, he devoted himself to business speculation, accumulated debts and was involved in lawsuits.
H Huang Zhang Entrepreneurs · People's Republic of ChinaHuang Zhang (February 13, 1976 -), whose real name is Huang Xiuzhang, is a native of Meizhou, Guangdong, and the founder of Zhuhai Meizu Technology.
h huanglutang Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationalityHuang Lutang (?—?), whose place of origin is unknown, is a businessman in the pharmaceutical industry in Guangzhou and the second leader of the Guangzhou business group.
G Gong Hongjia Entrepreneurs · People's Republic of ChinaGong Hongjia (1965-) is an entrepreneur in the People's Republic of China and holds permanent resident status in Hong Kong. He is Hikvision’s second largest shareholder. Ranked fifteenth on Forbes' list of China's richest people. In addition, on the 2018 Forbes Billionaires List announced in March 2018, his net worth ranked 137th on the list with $11.2 billion.