October 28 news, yesterday Hurun rich list was officially released. Zhong Shui, the founder of Nongfu Spring, said that he ranked first in the wealth list with a wealth of 390 billion yuan.
After reading this news, Xiaobian had to understand such a message: In the more than 20 years from 1999 to 2021, who is the richest man every year?
With this interesting topic, Xiaobian dug deep into the Hurun wealth list and finally had an answer.
China's richest man in 1999 and 2000 was Rong Yiren, who had a wealth of 8 billion yuan in 1999 and 15 billion yuan in 2000.
In 2001, China's richest man was the brothers Liu Yongxing and Liu Yonghao, who came from feed and agriculture backgrounds and jointly established the New Hope Group, which was worth 8.3 billion yuan at the time. Now the two of them are developing their own capital businesses, Liu Yong is the chairman of oriental new hope group, and Liu Yonghao is the chairman of new hope group.
In 2002, China's richest man was Rong Zhijian, with a wealth of 7 billion yuan. Rong Zhijian is the son of Rong Yiren and was the chairman of CITIC Pacific Group.
In 2003, China's richest man was NetEase founder Ding Lei, who was only 32 years old at the time and had a wealth of 7.6 billion yuan.
China's richest man in 2004 and 2005 was Gome founder Huang Guangyu, whose wealth was 10.5 billion yuan and 16 billion yuan at the time.
In 2006, China's richest man was the Zhang Yin family, whose family business was Nine Dragons Paper, and the wealth at that time was 27 billion yuan.
In 2007, China's richest man was the Yang Huiyan family, whose family property was Country Garden, when Yang Huiyan was only 25 years old, and she was also considered a daughter to inherit her father's business.
China's richest man in 2008 was Huang Guangyu, the founder of Gome, whose wealth was 43 billion yuan at the time.
China's richest man in 2009 was BYD founder Wang Chuanfu, whose wealth at the time was 35 billion yuan.
In 2010, China's richest man was the Zong Qinghou family, and the family business was Wahaha Group, and the wealth at that time was 80 billion yuan.
China's richest man in 2011 was Liang Wengen, chairman of Sany Heavy Industries, whose wealth at the time was 70 billion yuan.
In 2012, China's richest man was the Zong Qinghou family, whose wealth at the time was 80 billion yuan.
China's richest man in 2013 was Wanda Group's Wang Jianlin, whose fortune was 135 billion yuan at the time.
China's richest man in 2014 was Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, whose wealth was $150 billion at the time.
China's richest man in 2015 and 2016 was Wanda Group Wang Jianlin, whose wealth was 220 billion yuan and 215 billion yuan respectively.
China's richest man in 2017 was Xu Jiayin of Evergrande Group, whose wealth was 290 billion yuan at the time.
From 2018 to 2020, China's richest man was the Ma Yun family, with wealth of 270 billion yuan, 275 billion yuan and 400 billion yuan respectively.
The richest man in China in 2021 is Zhong Shuishui, the founder of Nongfu Spring, with a wealth of 390 billion yuan.