Guo Guangchang

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Guo Guangchang ( Chinese  郭廣昌  /  郭广昌 ; * 1967 in Dongyang , Zhejiang Province , China ) is a Chinese entrepreneur and multi-billionaire. He is known as the " Warren Buffett of Shanghai" because of his successful investment strategy.

Life

Guo was born in 1967 in Dongyang City and grew up in poor conditions during the Chinese Cultural Revolution . He studied philosophy at Fudan University and graduated there in 1989 with a bachelor's degree. He then worked for the Chinese Communist Youth Association at Fudan University for three years . In 1992 he founded the private company Fosun with university friends , which grew into an international corporate conglomerate within 20 years.

Since 2003 he has been a delegate in the Chinese National People's Congress .

capital

According to the US American Forbes magazine , Guo is one of the richest Chinese. According to the Forbes 2015 list, his net worth is approximately $ 6.9 billion. This puts Guo Guangchang in 11th place on Forbes' list of the richest people in China.

In the summer of 2015 there were rumors that he was being investigated on suspicion of corruption. On December 10, 2015, his company reported that he could not be reached, but one day later gave the all-clear for the time being. Fosun later said that Guo Guangchang was "assisting the police in some investigation." The corporation announced on December 14, 2015 that Guangzhou was returning.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Patti Waldmair: The Warren Buffett of Shanghai. Capital, November 28, 2014, accessed December 12, 2015 .
  2. ^ A b Chinese Billionaire Guo Guangchang Buys Like Buffett. Bloomberg News, July 10, 2014, accessed December 12, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b dpa: China: Missing star investor "works with justice". Zeit, December 11, 2015, accessed December 12, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Nina Trentmann: The returnee. Head of the week: Guo Guangchang. welt.de, December 20, 2015, accessed on September 7, 2017 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Guo is the family name here, Guangchang is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Guo, Guangchang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Dongyang, Zhejiang Province , China