When it comes to the richest family in China, some people will think of the richest people in China, such as Ma Yun, Ma Huateng, Wang Jianlin and several others. Some people will also say that the richest family in the country is the Li Ka-shing family, which has a wealth of 850 billion yuan, and if he shows all his wealth, he can even become the richest man in the world.
But I regret to tell you that in fact, everyone guessed incorrectly, and the richest family in the country is the Rong family. Many people may not have heard of this family at all, mainly because it is too low-key. But it is such a low-key family, but the industry is all over the world, the total assets of more than 10 trillion yuan, the richest family in the country is well-deserved. And it has also been rated by experts as the only family in the country that can be called the world consortium.
The Rong family has a history of more than 100 years and has been passed down to the fifth generation. In the ancestors of the Rong family, someone once served as a high official and was also the richest man in the Qing Dynasty. But in the generation of Rong Zongjing and Rong Desheng, the family has become more and more depressed. But what people did not expect was that it was also in this generation that the curtain of the Rong family's hundred years of ups and downs was opened.
At the end of the 19th century, Rong Desheng and Rong Zongjing, two brothers, and his father Rong Xitai opened a money house in Shanghai. Two years have passed, and the Rong brothers have some savings. Their analysis of the market, coupled with the fact that the business of the bank is getting worse and worse, and their father has passed away. In the end, they chose to invest in flour mills.
Although the business was not very good at the beginning, the brothers gritted their teeth and persevered. At the same time, they also introduced more advanced machines and better talents, hoping to get out of the predicament. Until the outbreak of the First World War, the demand for flour in the market increased significantly, and the flour mill of the Rong brothers ushered in a period of rapid development. Not only has the number expanded to 14, but the share of the flour market has reached almost 30? At the same time, in the past few years, they have also opened 9 textile factories. As the business grew bigger and bigger, the Rong brothers were known as the "Flour King" and "Cotton Yarn King" in China.
Next, it is the turn of the second generation of the Rong family to appear. Some of the second-generation children of the Rong family chose to go overseas to develop because of the war, and with the passage of time, their industries spread throughout Brazil, Australia and the United States, and their total assets were very amazing.
The rest of those who remained in the country to develop continued to engage in the flour and textile industries, of which Rong Yiren, the son of Rong Desheng, was represented.
As the representative of the Rong family in China, Rong Yiren not only did a great business, but also made great contributions to the domestic economic construction at that time. At the same time, the CITIC Group he founded also took the lead in responding to the call of the state and launched a public-private partnership model. When it comes to CITIC Group, I believe many people are still familiar with it, especially cathay Pacific Airlines is "out of the limelight" today. As early as 1987, CITIC Group acquired 12.5% of Cathay Pacific' shares, almost breaking swire group's "arm".
In the third generation of the Rong family, it is the "wisdom" generation. This generation of Rong's children, due to the success of the previous two generations, were born with a high starting point, so most of them have successful careers and are all over the world. For example, as a representative figure, Rong Zhijian's acquisition of Cathay Pacific Airlines was decided by him.
Up to now, the Rong family has lasted for five generations, the family's accumulated wealth is countless, incomplete statistics have exceeded 10 trillion, three generations have been the richest, is the only one in China, the real world consortium!