Entrepreneurs

Wang Xing (February 18, 1979 -), male, from Longyan, Fujian, serial entrepreneur, CEO of Meituan.

Wang Wei (1970-), whose English name is Dick, is originally from Shunde, Guangdong. He was born in Shanghai and grew up in Hong Kong. He is a Chinese entrepreneur, major shareholder and founder of SF Express Holdings, chairman of Kerry Logistics, and executive vice chairman of Shenzhen Tongxin Foundation.

Wang Qiyu (1883-1965), courtesy name Zhizheng, was a famous textile industrialist and philanthropist in modern times. Pioneer of Hong Kong's cotton textile industry and founder of the Wang Tongyuan family.

Wang Zhidong (June 28, 1967 -), male, native of Dongguan, Guangdong, is a pioneer entrepreneur of the Chinese Internet and one of the founders of Sina. He graduated from Peking University.

Wang Yongqing (vernacular: Ông Éng-khèng, January 18, 1917 - October 15, 2008) was a Taiwanese entrepreneur. He was a native of Zhitanzhuang, Wenshanbao, Taipei during the Japanese colonial period. He and his brother Wang Yongzai were the founders of Formosa Plastics Group. Under his leadership, Formosa Plastics Group has developed into one of Taiwan's largest private enterprises, and is therefore known as Taiwan's "God of Management."

Wang Jiangmin (October 7, 1951 - April 4, 2010), a native of Shanghai, China, originally from Yantai, Shandong Province, was an anti-virus software developer and the producer of Jiangmin anti-virus software.

Wang Binghua (October 1954-), a native of Shanghe, Shandong, is a politician of the People's Republic of China and a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He started working in February 1974. He is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a master's degree in power systems and automation from the School of Electrical Engineering of Wuhan University (formerly Wuhan Institute of Hydraulic and Electric Power). He is also the chairman and party secretary of China State Power Investment Corporation.

Wang Shi (January 23, 1951 -), male, Jinzhai, Anhui, born in Liuzhou, Guangxi, entrepreneur of the People's Republic of China, founder and honorary chairman of the board of directors of Vanke Enterprise Co., Ltd., currently founder and chairman of the board of directors of Shenzhen Stone Acquisition Enterprise Co., Ltd., concurrently serving as executive director of the China Real Estate Association, deputy director of the Urban Residential Development Committee of the China Real Estate Association, vice president of the Shenzhen Real Estate Association, vice president of the Shenzhen General Chamber of Commerce, etc.

Wang Ji (1953-) was born in Yancheng, Jiangsu. He is currently the Chairman and Party Secretary of China Dongfang Electric Group Co., Ltd. Before being appointed to the management of China Dongfang Electric Group Co., Ltd. in 2004, he was appointed to work at China Second Heavy Machinery Group Corporation in 1971 until he was promoted to CEO in 1996. In 2001, he was appointed CEO of China First Heavy Machinery Group Corporation. He graduated from Erzhong Workers' University in 1970.

Mary Teresa Barra (English: Mary Teresa Barra; December 24, 1961 -) is an American entrepreneur who has served as the CEO of General Motors since January 14, 2014. Not only is she the first female CEO of General Motors, she is also the first woman to hold this position among major international automakers. Barra previously served as the company's deputy chief executive of global merchandise development, procurement and supply chain. When former chief executive Daniel Ackerson announced his resignation, the company nominated her as the new chief executive of General Motors on December 10, 2013.

Martha Helen Stewart (English: Martha Helen Stewart, August 3, 1941 -), formerly known as Kostyra, is an American wealthy businessman, famous columnist and television personality. Born in New Jersey to a Polish family. As the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, which specializes in the home and hospitality industries, she has found success through a variety of business endeavors, including publishing, broadcasting, merchandising and e-commerce. She has written many best-selling books, is the publisher of Martha Living magazine, and hosted two syndicated television shows: Living with Martha, which aired from 1993 to 2004, and The Martha Stewart Show, which aired from 2005 to 2012. In 2002, Martha Stewart was investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for selling shares in the biotechnology company ImClone, and was suspected of involving insider trading. After trial, the criminal jury in 2004 found Martha Stewart guilty of four counts, including obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and making false statements to federal investigators. She was sentenced to five months in a federal correctional facility, two years of supervised release (including five months of electronic monitoring), and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine. In the civil part, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settlement with Martha Stewart in 2006, which mainly involved her stock trading practices. Under the settlement, Martha Stewart agreed to refrain from serving as a director, chief executive officer, chief financial officer (or other officer role in which she was responsible for preparing, auditing or disclosing financial results) of any public company for five years. She also agreed to pay a $195,000 penalty, which represents the loss she avoided by selling her ImClone stock, plus interest of $58,062, plus an additional treble penalty (three times the loss) of $137,019. After being released from prison, Martha mainly devoted herself to directing and hosting the TV show "Martha Life" and publishing the magazine of the same name.

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is a British billionaire and entrepreneur, chairman of the Virgin Group, and an active advocate for the abolition of the death penalty.

Raymond Thomas Dalio (English: Raymond Thomas Dalio, August 8, 1949 -) was born in New York and currently lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut. He is an American hedge fund manager and philanthropist. Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, which was listed as the world's largest hedge fund company in 2013. Dalio published his book "Principles" on business management and financial economics in 2017. According to Bloomberg, as of January 2019, he was the 79th among the 100 richest people in the world.

Margaret Heafield Hamilton (English: Margaret Heafield Hamilton, August 17, 1936 - September 30, 2026) was an American computer scientist, systems engineer, and entrepreneur. She served as the Director of the Software Engineering Department of the MIT Instrument Laboratory, helping the laboratory develop the flight software for the spacecraft in the Apollo program. The programs she wrote were designed to prevent crashes to the greatest extent, thus preventing the Apollo 11 moon landing program from aborting. In 1986, she founded Hamilton Technologies, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and served as CEO. The company develops systems and software engineering around a common systems language, a concept based on Hamilton's "Development Before the Fact" design principles. To date, Hamilton has published more than 130 papers, conference proceedings and reports, covering more than 60 projects and 6 major topics in which she participated. She coined the term "software engineering," noting that "I began to use the term 'software engineering' to distinguish it from hardware and other types of engineering, but to view each type of engineering as part of the overall systems engineering process." On November 22, 2016, Hamilton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama for his contribution in developing airborne flight software for NASA's Apollo lunar missions.

Tian Fanjiang (January 1974-) is a Chinese entrepreneur.

Dana White (English: Dana White, July 28, 1969 -), Chinese name is Dana White, American businessman, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In 2001, when White learned that UFC's parent company, Semaphore Entertainment Group, was preparing to sell UFC, he contacted his old friend Lorenzo Fertitta. In the end, Fertitta and his brother purchased UFC and established the parent company Zuffa, with Dana White as president. At the same time, Dana White holds 9% of the company's shares. Under his leadership, UFC has gradually developed into the world's top mixed martial arts event organization, and has enabled mixed martial arts to develop rapidly around the world. In July 2016, WME-IMG fully acquired UFC for US$4 billion, and Dana White continued to serve as president. On January 7, 2025, Dana White was appointed as a non-executive director of the group by Meta Platforms.

Takashi Masuda (November 12, 1848-December 28, 1938) was the number one Japanese businessman.

Morita Akio, KBE (Japanese: Morita Akio/Morita Akio, Romanized: Morita Akio, January 26, 1921 - October 3, 1999) was a famous Japanese entrepreneur, co-founder of Sony Corporation, and has served as president and honorary president. Born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. Graduated from the old Aichi Daiichi Junior High School (currently: Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka High School), the 8th High School (currently: Nagoya University Faculty of Education), and Osaka Imperial University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. In 1992, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire and an honorary knighthood by the United Kingdom. He died of pneumonia at 10:25 a.m. on October 3, 1999 at the Tokyo Keseikai Central Hospital.

Lu Xiangqian—April 1947, an entrepreneur from Fujian, China, is the son of the late Dr. Lu Jiaxi, former president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Lu Xiangqian was born in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province in April 1947. He graduated from Fujian Normal University in 1978. In the 1990s, he founded the Hong Kong Yili Group (including Jianyu (China) Co., Ltd., Xinli (China) Co., Ltd. and Fujian Yili Property Development Co., Ltd.) and became a director of the company. In 1998, he was officially appointed as the CEO of Jianmao International Co., Ltd. (the predecessor of Guorui Real Estate Co., Ltd., 0108.HK), and was subsequently appointed chairman in 2007. He is also the former independent non-executive director, audit committee member and remuneration committee member of China Linda Resources Co., Ltd. (0910.HK).

Shojiro Ishibashi (Japanese: Ishibashi Shojiro, February 1, 1889 - September 11, 1976) was born in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Japanese entrepreneur, founder of Bridgestone Corporation. In his early years, he inherited his father Tokujiro Ishibashi's clothing business and developed it. Later, he switched to tire production and established Bridgestone Company. He once served as the president of the Japan Rubber Industry Association. He is keen on collecting art and has made many contributions to charity.

Qin Yufeng (January 1958 -), formerly served as the managing director of Shandong Dong-E-E-Jiao Group Co., Ltd. and Shandong Dong-E-E-Jiao Co., Ltd. He joined the Shandong Dong'e E-Jiao Factory in 1974 and held several positions, including serving as equipment power section chief, division director, assistant to the factory director, deputy general manager, and executive deputy general manager. He was engaged in equipment power, procurement and supply, manufacturing, technical transformation, quality management, R&D management, marketing, etc. He currently works at Shandong Dong'e E-Jiao Group Co., Ltd. and as the managing director of Shandong Dong'e E-Jiao Co., Ltd. until now. He graduated from China Liaocheng University MBA, Tsinghua University CEO training class, Peking University MBA training class, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Distinguished Professor, and Stanford China Enterprise New Leaders Training Course. It is worth mentioning that he is the only person who has inherited the art of refining donkey-hide gelatin. In March 2022, Qin Yufeng was subject to disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Discipline Inspection Commission of China Resources Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. and the Supervisory Committee of Liaocheng City, Shandong Province on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law. On July 28, 2022, he was removed from the position of representative of the National People's Congress by the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, and his representative qualifications were terminated. On October 13, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China canceled his qualification as a representative inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage.

Inamori Kazuo, KBE (Japanese: Inamori Kazuo/Inamori Kazuo, Romanized: Inamori Kazuo; January 21, 1932 - August 24, 2022) was a Japanese entrepreneur. He was the founder of Kyocera and Daiichi Denden (now KDDI). He served as the honorary president (chairman) of Kyocera and Japan Airlines and the chairman of the Inamori Foundation.

Mukesh Ambani, born in Aden, Yemen, is an Indian businessman who lives in Mumbai, India. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, a Fortune 500 company. Mukesh Ambani ranks 10th on Forbes' 2022 billionaire list, with assets of $90.7 billion.

Dou Jianzhong (1955-), graduated from the University of International Business and Economics in 1979, interned at Deutsche Bank from 1980 to 1982, and joined CITIC Group in 1982. He is currently the CEO of CITIC International Financial Holdings, a non-executive director of CITIC Bank, a director of CITIC International Asset Management Co., Ltd., the chairman of Shian Group, a director of Zhenhua Finance and an executive director and deputy general manager of CITIC Group. He was the president of China CITIC Bank.