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Preface
In the just-released 2023 Forbes rich list, there are two Chinese in the top 10 of the rich list, namely Peng Yunpeng and Huang Jenxun.
Everyone should know about Jensen Huang, the president of Nvidia. And Peng Yunpeng estimates that not many people have heard of it. If you pay attention to the charity industry, you have probably heard of Peng Yunpeng's name.
According to statistics, Peng Yunpeng donated more than $8 million to the mainland during the SARS and Wenchuan earthquakes, and was the largest donor to the "Water Cube" and donated to the construction of many schools and other projects on the mainland.
So what is Peng Yunpeng's identity, and how did he become the richest man in China?
Down-and-out meet nobles
Unlike many rich people, Peng Yunpeng is a self-made man in the true sense of the word.
His ancestral home is Shanwei, Guangdong, when his grandfather was young, in order to escape the domestic war, he fled to Indonesia to work as a rubber tapper in a rubber factory, and then got married and had children, and settled in Indonesia.
Like his grandfather, his father took over his grandfather's job when he grew up, but because of Peng Yunpeng's six brothers and sisters, his father had to find a part-time job to earn money to support his family while tapping rubber.
The meager income is just enough to take care of the family's food and clothing. In a blink of an eye, Peng Yunpeng reached the age of going to school, but how could the family have the money for him to go to school.
But the father couldn't bear it, and when the child grew up, he at least had to know some words, so he saved money and gave Peng Yunpeng two years to go to school, and after two years, Peng Yunpeng could only drop out of school and work to make money to support his family.
Peng Yunpeng also understands his father, knows that his father's is not easy, during school, Peng Yunpeng read hungrily, and learned what the teacher did not talk about in advance. In this way, in two years, Peng Yunpeng learned the knowledge of the entire primary school.
After dropping out of school, Peng Yunpeng did not follow his father to the rubber plantation to tap rubber, but chose to go to his uncle's shop to work. Seeing such a well-behaved and sensible Peng Yunpeng, his uncle couldn't bear it, so he sponsored him to finish junior high school on the condition that he worked for free.
After graduating from junior high school, Uncle Peng Yunpeng let him go out with his cousin. The brothers began to run around to make a living, tried all kinds of jobs, and even worked as minibus drivers.
From the perspective of that time, whether he read or not had no impact on Peng Yunpeng, because after graduating from junior high school, Peng Yunpeng was still doing manual work without knowledge content and doing odd jobs.
Until he met the noble person in his life, which changed the fate of his entire life. This person is Huang Shuang'an.
Huang Shuangan was the owner of a large timber company in Indonesia at the time and had a huge influence in the entire timber industry. Peng Yunpeng entered Huang Shuangan's company by chance.
During this period, Peng Yunpeng's smart brain came into play. The platform is large, and the space for self-expression is also large. With his primary and junior high school education, the difference between Peng Yunpeng and ordinary workers is directly reflected.
Seven years later, Huang Shuangan promoted Peng Yunpeng to the position of regional general manager, which is equivalent to letting Peng Yunpeng dominate the region.
Peng Yunpeng became the regional general manager, directly responsible for all the business in the entire region, which allowed him to grow rapidly. Whether it is vision, social skills, network resources, etc., it has taken a big step forward.
With the growth of ability and the expansion of confidence, Peng Yunpeng was dissatisfied with the status quo and decided to break this comfort zone and do his own business.
Self-reliant, self-made
When Peng Yunpeng held the position of regional general manager, the salary was not small, so he saved a lot of savings. It happened that a timber company was on the verge of collapse by Peng Yunpeng, so Peng Yunpeng took advantage of the situation to buy the timber company, and he resigned from Huang Shuangan to concentrate on running his own company.
After becoming the boss, Peng Yunpeng realized that no matter how widely connected, capable, and smart he was in the circle, it would be a headache to encounter a shortage of funds.
The acquisition of the lumber mill has almost exhausted Peng Yunpeng's savings, and the current situation faced by the timber mill is that it needs working capital to revitalize the mill.
Peng Yunpeng began to go to the bank again and again to talk, and the threshold of the bank was about to be broken by Peng Yunpeng, and finally the hard work paid off, and the problem of the factory was solved.
Peng Yunpeng was finally able to make a big move, and soon turned the precarious factory into a leader in the timber industry. At the same time, he also proved that he was able to sit as the regional general manager of Huang Shuang'an Company not just by luck.
Small business depends on the brain, and big business depends on socializing. has the ability to obtain the development right of a national forest, which is enough to see how strong Peng Yunpeng's connections are at this time.
And it is with the right to develop this forest that Peng Yunpeng has made his name known to the whole of Indonesia. surpassed Huang Shuangan and became the leading boss in Indonesia.
Expand the scale and extend the industrial chain
There is a reason why he can become the richest man in China, Peng Yunpeng, who sits in the first place in the timber industry, is not satisfied, but thinks about how to further expand the scale and business of his company.
At that time, the concept of "sustainable development" and "equal emphasis on protection and development" was proposed, and Peng Yunpeng followed this policy and began to artificially plant forests on the island of Sumatra.
Peng Yunpeng understands that blindly cutting down trees will definitely not work, only sustainable development is the last word, and at the same time, it can also respond to the call of Indonesia's rulers, establish a responsible image of entrepreneurs, and play a leading role.
At the same time as afforestation on the island of Sumatra, Peng Yunpeng directly opened a paper mill in the forest farm, which was also a benefit given to him by the local rulers to thank Peng Yunpeng.
With the right time, place and people, Peng Yunpeng's career has directly flourished, and he has become the leader of the paper industry in a very short time.
Because his advantages are too obvious, the origin of raw materials and factories are in one place, and the supply is also endless, there are no middlemen, no logistics costs, which is what Peng Yunpeng values most.
Since proposing "sustainable development", Peng Yunpeng has been able to see so far, which is absolutely incomparable.
Later, with the support of huge capital, Peng Yunpeng successively set foot in planting, tourism, transportation and other industries, building his wealth empire bigger and bigger.
Find a challenge and give back to the community
Although Indonesia is a small country, it has abundant natural resources underneath. But at that time, most of Indonesia's oil was imported from abroad.
Because Indonesia's domestic petrochemical industry is too backward, both technology and output cannot keep up with Indonesia's development speed.
Therefore, at that time, Indonesia basically exported crude oil to other countries at a low price, and then bought the processed oil from other countries at a high price.
Seeing this situation, whether it is business opportunities or contributions to society, Peng Yunpeng is deeply attracted. So Peng Yunpeng entered the chemical industry again.
Peng Yunpeng first acquired a crude oil processing plant in Indonesia, because of the lack of technology, Peng Yunpeng decided to unite with foreign companies to complete his technical support through foreign companies.
Peng Yunpeng's first thought was Sinopec on the mainland, first of all, they are all Chinese, easy to deal with, and it is convenient to get together, and secondly, fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and if you have money, you have to earn it with your family.
In this way, after Peng Yunpeng introduced Sinopec's technology to Indonesia, he completed self-sufficiency in petroleum energy processing in just a few years, and no longer had to import at a high price.
This breakthrough has eliminated a weakness of Indonesia's political F, not only helping it save a huge amount of foreign exchange, but also breaking through the technical barriers to energy processing.
The financial crisis has created another brilliant future
Just as the spring breeze was triumphant, an Asian economic crisis nearly buried Peng's business empire.
At that time, the real estate bubble in Japan directly affected the whole of Asia, and Peng Yunpeng was not immune. When you succeed, you are surrounded by people full of kindness, and when you are down, you are surrounded by people chasing after your ass to collect debts.
Peng Yunpeng was chased for debts every day, but with his reputation, he postponed the debt repayment deadline for 15 years.
After learning from the pain, Peng Yunpeng immediately began to reorganize the assets of his own enterprise, sell low-end industries, and develop high-tech industries.
Just when the United States started the Iraq War, Peng Yunpeng was dead and spring, and in the face of soaring global oil prices, the oil processing industry created another brilliant future.
The essence of the U.S. invasion of Iraq was an oil war, which made Peng Yunpeng pay attention to energy development again. After getting involved in Indonesia's oil and gas field, Peng Yunpeng set his sights on the geothermal field.
As multi-volcanic countries, Indonesia and the Philippines are extremely rich in geothermal resources. Coupled with the soaring energy prices, Peng Yunpeng bought geothermal power plants in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Peng Yunpeng's vision proved once again, and five years later the company became the most profitable company in Indonesia.
Now it seems that with the further rise in energy prices, Peng Yunpeng's worth will continue to rise.
epilogue
There are many factors that contribute to a person's success, but becoming the richest man is not easy.
If you haven't studied for a few years, if you don't work in your uncle's shop but work as a rubber tapper, if you don't come to Huang Shuang'an's company, how can there be so many ifs?
Today's Peng Yunpeng has surpassed Li Ka-shing to become the new richest man in China, and in other words, he can earn $930 million a day, which is simply astronomical for ordinary people.
With his own strength, far-sightedness, and indispensable luck, Peng Yunpeng's success is inevitable and deserved.
At the age of 65, Peng Yunpeng said to the media with emotion:
"I deeply love the land where I was born and raised, and I want to contribute to Indonesia's prosperity and social welfare. At the same time, I also deeply love my ancestral country, China, and I am sincerely happy and proud of China's progress and rise.
It is hoped that China and Indonesia will work together to create brilliance. ”
As a Chinese entrepreneur, he has never forgotten to give back to the motherland, and every time his compatriots in the motherland are in distress, he will lend a helping hand.
This is the pattern and feelings that an entrepreneur should have.
Main source: The original article was published on the Chao News client on December 24, 2023 on the report on "Is he?the most profitable person in the world in 2023".