Who are some 5 famous chinese businessmen?

Question

With their contribution pls.

Answer 1

Here are 6 names for you. Some are more infamous than famous!

1. Li Ka-shing - Asia's richest resident. His fortune is centered on conglomerates Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa. Through them Li is the world's largest operator of container terminals, a major supplier of electricity to Hong Kong, a cell phone provider, retailer and real estate developer. Also has a nearly $10 billion stake in Canadian oil company Husky Energy. Recently announced plans to donate one-third of wealth over time, calling it "his third son." Eldest son, Victor, helps run massive empire; son Richard struck out on his own in early 1990s. Once a poor immigrant, Li got his start selling plastic flowers in Hong Kong in the 1950s.

2. Wong Kwong-yu - founder of Gome Appliances, saw his wealth expand to $2.3 billion, driven by a jump in homebuying by China's newly prosperous middle class, according to Forbes. Wong's name also is spelled Huang Guangyu. Born in China's Guangdong province, Wong launched his first electrical appliance store in Beijing in 1987. Changed name to Gome Appliance in 1993 and obtained a back-door listing in Hong Kong the following year. Six years later set up a store in nearby Tianjin and began rapidly expanding. In October it agreed to merge with China's number-three appliance chain. In February Wong was cleared of wrongdoing following an investigation into a decade-old loan scandal. Also has personal investments in property. Wife Du Juan sits on the company's board of directors.

3. Stanley Ho - King of Macau sits on an ever-growing pile of chips. Revenues for Sociedade de Jogos de Macau—Ho's gaming operation that includes casinos, greyhound racing, lotteries and horse betting—estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005; includes $3.5 billion from the Lisboa, world's highest grossing casino. Though competition continues to increase from American moguls Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn, Ho still controls 15 of Macau's 18 casinos; also operates ferry and helicopter services that transport gamers from Hong Kong through publicly traded Shun Tak Holdings. Son Lawrence, daughter Pansy building casinos with foreign partners.

4. Larry Yung, chairman of conglomerate Citic Pacific, has $2 billion. Yung is also known as Rong Zhijian. A descendent of one of most celebrated business families in modern Chinese history, in November symbolically cemented a deepening relationship between China and Africa when he bought into mining giant Anglo-American; bought the shares from South African billionaire Nicky Oppenheimer. Yung's main business interest is CITIC Pacific, a Hong Kong-listed conglomerate whose prominent investments include Cathay Pacific Airways.

5. Zhang Yin, who built a paper-recycling business into Nine Dragons Paper Co., China's biggest maker of paperboard for packaging has $1.5 billion. Zhang is believed to be the wealthiest self-made woman in the world. According to Rupert Hoogewerf, who set up the Huran Report in 1999 which lists wealthy people in China. She is richer than the U.S. television host Oprah Winfrey and author of the Harry Potter series JK Rowling.

6. Property developer Xu Rongmao has a fortune of $2.1 billion. Xu Rongmao is a well-connected risk-taker and among the first generation of real estate magnates in China. Xu, the chairman of the Shimao Group, controls much more land than any private developer in America and builds luxury real estate projects that put even Trump to shame for sheer scale and flamboyance. But, unlike Trump, who is never at a loss for words, Xu almost never grants interviews and is highly secretive about his operations. By all accounts, Xu is a pioneer, willing to take big gambles. Through Shimao, he created one of China's first luxury real estate brands. He bought prime land in Shanghai in the late 1990s when others were fleeing the market. Now, with housing prices rising, the Shimao Group is so profitable that Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are preparing to take the company public in 2006.

Answer 2

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