Xiao Jianhua

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Xiao Jianhua ( Chinese  肖建华 , Pinyin Xiāo Jiànhuá , * 1972 in Feicheng , Shandong ) is a Chinese entrepreneur and multi-billionaire. He has taken Canadian citizenship.

Life

Xiao grew up in a mountain village in eastern China. He was admitted to Peking University to study law at the age of 14 . During the student protests in 1989 he headed the official student organization at this university, but rejected the demands of his fellow students and did not oppose the actions of the Chinese government that led to the Tian'anmen massacre . That's why he wasn't on the list of the 21 most wanted student guides.

Xiao became a businessman after graduating, trading in computers. He founded the Tomorrow Group , which focuses on investments in state companies, real estate, banking and insurance. During the 2000s, he was apparently a close confidante and financial advisor to members of Xi Jinping's family .

The net worth of Xiao and his wife Zhou Hongwen was estimated at around six billion US dollars by the Chinese magazine Hurun Report in 2016 .

Disappear

On January 27, 2017, Xiao disappeared from the luxury Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong . It is speculated that he was arrested by Chinese police and taken to the mainland. The event commemorated the case of five Hong Kong booksellers who disappeared in Hong Kong between October and December 2015. It was later announced that they were being held in the People's Republic of China. Four booksellers returned to Hong Kong and pleaded guilty to various offenses in television interviews, including the sale of "unauthorized books". One of the booksellers said he had been kidnapped and that his confession had been extorted, the other three denied it.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d David Barboza / Michael Forsythe: With Choice at Tiananmen, Student Took Road to Riches. New York Times, June 4, 2014, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Kinling Lo: Mainland tycoon has history of doing deals with big wheels. South China Morning Post, January 31, 2017, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Christoph Giesen: Billionaire disappeared in China - despite five bodyguards. Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 1, 2017, accessed on February 1, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Hurun-List, Xiao Jianhua ( Memento from February 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 1, 2017.
  5. ^ Juliana Liu: The mystery of a Chinese tycoon's disappearance. BBC News, February 2, 2017, accessed February 2, 2017 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Xiao is the family name here, Jianhua is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Xiao, Jianhua
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 肖建华 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Feicheng , Shandong