It's no secret that China has produced several of the world's richest people following its dramatic rise in the world's economic stakes. With industrialization proceeding at breakneck pace and technological investments continue to rise, there's no denying that more Chinese people are set to become billionaires.
Specifically, Chinese tech entrepreneurs have become regular starrers among the world's wealthy creme de la creme. Jack Ma, known worldwide as the founder of online retailing giant Alibaba, holds the top spot among China's tech moguls, followed by Tencent's Pony Ma.
But a more astonishing demographic of wealthy Chinese is set to turn heads towards China: its richest women are among the world's affluent, and the country can easily outnumber any others attempting to lay claim for having the most number of female billionaires, Quartz reported.
The richest women in China tend to touch on both service-based and technical enterprises, both of which account for the success of the Chinese economic miracle. More astounding is the fact that many of them are self-made, countering any possible refutations alleging the success of their male partners.
The richest of all of China's self-made female billionaires is Chen Lihua, best known for her reputation as the "Beijing real estate queen." As the founder of the real estate company Fu Wah International Group, Chen went from being a high school dropout to being a devout student of real estate investing.
Zhou Qunfei, second only to Chen in the list of female billionaires in China, made her fortune from manufacturing touchscreens for smartphones under her company Lens, making her a product of Chinese technological boom that propelled the country to become the world's second-largest economy.
Everything told, China's 56 self-made female billionaires listed by Shanghai-based research firm Hurun Report signify the country's lively entrepreneurial spirit as it crosses gender lines, much to the benefit of eradicating its undesirable reputation for being a society teeming with patriarchal traditions.