5 Most Influential Chinese Entrepreneurs

3. Wang Chuanfu

Date of Birth: April 8, 1966 (Age 54 years)

Occupation: Founder of BYD Company

Net Worth: $22.1 Billion (as of January 2nd, 2021)

The founder of automobile giant BYD (Build Your Dreams) grew up without parents, as part of a family of poor farmers. At just 29 years old, he founded the company BYD, which has now gone on to become one of the leading automobile manufacturers in the world. In 2008 Warren Buffet, founder of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A), bought 225 million new shares of BYD which catapulted its value and made Wang China’s richest man in 2009. Since then, the company’s success has only increased, with plans to launch a newly developed “blade battery” with better performance than any other battery seen in the world yet.