Wang Jianlin, chairman of Dalian Wanda Group, is still the wealthiest Chinese in the recent Hurun Rich List. (Photo : Getty Images)
The Hurun Rich List for 2016 was released on Thursday, Oct. 20, with Wang Jianlin, chairman of Dalian Wanda Group, maintaining his top position as the richest man in the Chinese mainland, whose fortune amounted to 215 billion yuan ($32 billion), China Daily reported.
The 2016 list showed that there are currently 754 Chinese billionaires in the world, exceeding that of the United States, which has 535 billionaires. Out of the new billionaires, 594 of them came from the Chinese mainland, down 2 from last year's list, while 94 are from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao. The rest, which number about 66, came from other parts of the world, mainly in Southeast Asia.
The new list has four people sharing the No. 10 position. They are: Yan Bin, the owner of the Red Bull Group and Reignwood Group with 78 billion yuan ; Xu Jiayin, with 78 billion and the owner of Evergrande Real Estate Group; Zhang Jindong of the Suning Commerce Group with 78 billion yuan; and He Xiangjian and his son, He Jianfeng, leader of the Midea Group.
The Lu Zhiqiang family, which owns the China Oceanwide Holdings Group, occupy the No. 9 position, with 85 billion yuan, while Li Yanhong and Ma Dongmin from Baidu Inc. has 98 billion yuan to get the No. 8 spot.
The number 6 rank was taken by the Yan Hao family of Pacific Construction Group with 100 billion yuan, together with Ding Lei, who manages NetEase.
Zong Qinghou family, who owns the Hangzhou Wahaha Group, is ranked No. 5 with 112 billion yuan, while Yao Zhenhua of Baoneng Group is No. 4 in the list, with 115 billion yuan.
At number 3 is Ma Huateng, the 35-year old owner of Tencent Holdings with 165 billion yuan.
Alibaba's Ma Yun, is the second wealthiest Chinese in the list with 205 billion yuan.
