2026 Hurun Rich List: Liang Wenfeng debuts on the list at No. 7 with 280 billion yuan, Wang Xingxing listed with 69.5 billion yuan
On October 27, the Hurun Research Institute released the "2026 Hurun Rich List," with 1,529 entrepreneurs on the list and total wealth of 32 trillion yuan, up 7% year on year. DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng debuted on the list at No. 7 with 280 billion yuan; Unitree Robotics' Wang Xingxing was listed with 69.5 billion yuan; and Zhipu's Liu Debing and Tang Jie entered the top ten newcomers with 39.5 billion yuan and 27.5 billion yuan, respectively. Zhang Yiming became China's richest person for the second time with 670 billion yuan. The report said that the wealth growth of entrepreneurs in the semiconductor and AI computing-power tracks was particularly prominent.
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The list shows that the wealth of entrepreneurs in the AI large-model and computing-power tracks grew notably, with new faces such as Liang Wenfeng and Wang Xingxing entering the top ranks.
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On October 27, the Hurun Research Institute released the "2026 Hurun Rich List." This year, a total of 1,529 entrepreneurs with personal wealth of more than 5 billion yuan made the Hurun Rich List, an increase of 95 from last year and a record high.
The total wealth of the listed entrepreneurs was 32 trillion yuan, up 7% year on year (2.1 trillion yuan). Zhang Yiming, 43, founder of ByteDance, became China's richest person for the second time with 670 billion yuan, setting a new wealth record for China's richest person; his wealth growth was driven by progress in AI business that pushed the company's valuation further higher.
Zhong Shanshan, founder of Nongfu Spring, saw his wealth shrink by 120 billion yuan and fell to second place with 410 billion yuan.
This edition of the "Hurun Rich List" included 263 new faces. Entrepreneurs in the semiconductor and AI computing power tracks saw particularly prominent wealth growth.
At the top of the newcomers was Liang Wenfeng of DeepSeek, who debuted on the list at seventh place with 280 billion yuan as the AI large-model boom drove rapid accumulation of his wealth;
Next was Wang Xingxing of Unitree Robotics, who made the list with 69.5 billion yuan;
Wang Zhirong, 56, of the semiconductor display panel company HKC, made the list with 64.5 billion yuan;
Liu Debing and Tang Jie, founders of the large-model company Zhipu, entered the top ten newcomers with 39.5 billion yuan and 27.5 billion yuan, respectively.
The best performers over the past year were new quality productive forces tracks such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, robotics and new energy.
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