6. Wang Wenyin
Company – Amer International
2016 earnings – $6 billion
Wealth increase – 60.6%
It seems that China’s Prince of Copper is on the right track according to Amer International’s 2014 and 2015 reports on sales growth and income as well as his personal gain of more than $6 billion in 2016. It can be said that Wenyin, the number 6 in our list of most successful entrepreneurs of 2016, is gold mining, but his success relies on copper mining and processing within industrial parks, specialized in the production of copper and cable products, that are part of Amer International Group – his own company. He is challenging the China’s state-owned titans by multiplying Amer’s mines and factories, thus directly influencing the state’s economy and satisfying its demand for the industrial metal. As for the power and significance of the Communist Party – his offices across the country and abroad along with good relations with government and foreign officials are proving that Wang is truly a big player.
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