Entrepreneurs

Liu Zhen (1980-), formerly the vice president of Toutiao and the senior vice president of Uber China, is known as the "first sister" of Uber China. She is the niece of Lenovo Group founder Liu Chuanzhi.

Liang Liangsheng (1951-), Han nationality, entrepreneur and politician of the People's Republic of China, Vice Chairman of Hubei Provincial Overseas Chinese Federation, Chairman and CEO of Hong Kong Silk Treasure Group, Chairman of the 9th Hong Kong and Guangdong Federation of Societies, and member of the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 2008, he was elected as a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, representing specially invited persons, and was assigned to the 58th group. In January 2018, he was elected as a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Liang Yaohui (June 1967-), a native of Dongguan, Guangdong, Han nationality, is a Chinese entrepreneur. He is the former chairman of Owais Group (subsidiaries of Owais Prince Hotel and Zhongyuan Petroleum) and a deputy to the 11th and 12th National People's Congress. On April 14, 2014, he was dismissed from his position as a deputy to the National People's Congress due to suspicion of serious violations of the law. On the same day, he was criminally detained by the police for organizing prostitution. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on August 11, 2017.

Rong Mingfang (1972-), now renamed Rong Lifang, is a Hong Kong entrepreneur, the daughter of Rong Zhijian, the former chairman of the board of directors of CITIC Pacific, and the eldest granddaughter of former Chinese Vice Chairman Rong Yiren. He once served as director of the Finance Department of CITIC Pacific, vice chairman of the board of directors of CITIC Pacific Information Technology, and director of the Eastern Submarine Tunnel.

Duan Chuanliang (April 1963-), Chinese private entrepreneur, chairman of China Water Affairs Group, a Hong Kong listed company (HKEx: 855). Duan Chuanliang was born in Luyi County, Henan Province in April 1963. He graduated from the North China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower in 1984 with a major in agriculture. After graduation, he worked for the Ministry of Water Resources of China for 10 years. Later, he started his own business in the 1990s and founded Yinlong Group, investing in the electronics industry, real estate industry, hotels, office buildings and water supply systems, and became a private entrepreneur. In 2003, Duan Chuanliang acquired Yida Xingye (the predecessor of China Water Group (0855.HK)), which was in financial problems, sold all its electronics business and non-core assets, reorganized debt, injected its water investment, and renamed the company China Silver Dragon Group. Subsequently, the company aggressively acquired water companies in Guangdong, Henan, Jiangxi and other places, and officially changed its name to China Water Group in 2005.

Duan Yongping (March 10, 1961 -), Chinese-American entrepreneur and investor, founder and former president of BBK Electronics. Duan Yongping was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. He had Chinese nationality from 1961 to 2001, and later immigrated to the United States and became a naturalized American. As the founder of BBK Electronics, Duan has indirectly become the founder of a series of influential smartphone companies in mainland China and around the world, including OPPO, vivo, OnePlus, realme and iQOO. For this reason, the leading brands are called BBK series by some media.

William Henry Gates III, KBE, often called Bill Gates, is a famous American capitalist, investor, software engineer, and philanthropist. He co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen and served as Microsoft's chairman, CEO and chief software architect. He also held more than 8% of the company's common stock and was the company's largest individual shareholder.

Hanneken, whose full name was Constantin von Hanneken (German: Constantin von Hanneken, January 12, 1854 - March 12, 1925), was a German aristocrat and captain of the German Army. He retired in 1879 and was later hired by the Chinese Minister in Berlin Li Fengbao to come to China to serve as the coach of the Huai Army. After the Tianjin Armed Forces Academy was established, he served as an instructor at the academy.

Jiang Liangtong, 1872-? , a native of Fenghua County, Zhejiang Province, a pioneer in suit-making in China and an early representative figure of the Red Gang tailors. Invented the Chinese word "shirt".

Wang Haibing (September 14, 1980 -), born in Wuwei, Anhui, is the CEO of Shanghai Taomi Network Technology Co., Ltd. and once worked for Tencent. While working at Tencent, he was called the father of QQ Pets because he was responsible for making QQ Pets.

Wang Tao (1980-), a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, is an engineer in the People's Republic of China and the founder of the drone company DJI Innovations.

Wang Qunbin (October 1969-), entrepreneur of the People's Republic of China, executive director and co-chairman of Fosun Group.

Warren Edward Buffett, born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, is an American investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is famous for his long-term value investment and simple life, and is known as the "Oracle of Omaha". Buffett is Berkshire Hathaway's largest shareholder and served as chief executive from 1970 to 2025.

Walter Percy Chrysler (English: Walter Percy Chrysler, April 2, 1875 - August 18, 1940) was a pioneer in the American automobile industry and the president and founder of the automobile manufacturer Chrysler Motors.

Shen Nanpeng (December 16, 1967 -), male, Chinese entrepreneur, investor, founding and executive partner of Sequoia China, and founder of Ctrip and Home Inns.

Desmond Shum (English: Desmond Shum, born in 1968) is a Chinese businessman who currently lives in the UK. He is a former member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an honorary director of Tsinghua University, and the author of "Red Roulette". Shen Dong’s ex-wife is Duan Weihong, a wealthy Chinese woman known as the white glove of the Wen Jiabao family.

Shen Zhusan (1877-1941), formerly known as Zhuo Shan, was a native of Shen Fengshui Village, Yin County, Ningbo Prefecture in the Qing Dynasty (now Jiangshan Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province). He was an entrepreneur in Hankou and the founder of Han Xiesheng Construction Factory. He presided over the construction of a large number of buildings such as the Hankou HSBC Bank Building and the Jingming Yangxing Building in Hankou. He suffered a loss when presiding over the construction of Wuhan University and had to sell off his property to finance the construction of the school. He died in Hankou at the age of 64.

Hong Jibi (February 1941-), male, from Xiamen, Fujian. Graduated from Tsinghua University. He once served as the chairman and general manager of Panzhihua New Steel and Vanadium Co., Ltd. Retired in 2006. In 2004, he won the title of "Entrepreneur with Outstanding Contribution of Sichuan Province".

Shibusawa Eiichi (Japanese: Eiichi Shibusawa [Zeze EIichi]／Shibusawa Eiichi, Romanized: Shibusawa Eiichi (March 16, 1840 - November 11, 1931), also known as Seibuchi, was an active samurai (shogunate), bureaucrat, and industrialist from the late Edo period to the early Taisho period in Japan.

Qu Benqiao (1862-1919), formerly known as Benqiao and courtesy name Chunan, was born in Qixian County, Shanxi Province. Chinese industrialist and official.

Pan Yihe (1929-2022), born in Xiqiao Town, Nanhai, Guangdong, is the founder, chairman and CEO of Huachang Bantou Co., Ltd. and Huachang Silk Development Co., Ltd. It is worth noting that it is one of the earliest mainland investment companies.

Eduardo Saverin (Portuguese: Eduardo Saverin, born March 19, 1982) is a Singaporean entrepreneur. He co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg and others. As of March 31, 2021, he owned 1.88% of the shares (53,463,100 shares), a stake worth $16.6 billion.

Wang Jianlin (October 24, 1954 -), formerly known as Wang Jianlin, is a native of Cangxi, Sichuan. He is an entrepreneur of the People's Republic of China, a member of the Communist Party of China, the former richest man in mainland China, chairman of Dalian Wanda Group, an alumnus of Liaoning University, a representative of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a vice chairman of the 10th All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. In addition, Wang Jianlin also serves as the vice president of the China Private Chamber of Commerce, the vice president of the China Enterprise Confederation, the vice president of the China Entrepreneurs Association, the vice president of the China Business Federation and the vice president of the China Charity Federation.

Wang Chuanfu (February 15, 1966 -), born in Wuwei, Anhui Province, is an entrepreneur in the People's Republic of China, the founder, former chairman and president of BYD Co., Ltd., and is a deputy to the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.