Ma Yun Was Named China's Richest Man On The List Of 2014 Forbes China Richest

Here world Clothing and shoes Xiaobian of the network introduced to everyone is the 2014 Forbes China rich list published, Ma Yun officially won the richest man in China.

　 2014 Forbes top three list of China's richest list

(left from: Ma Yun, Ma Huateng, Robin Li)

2014 Forbes China rich list announced. Chinese Internet entrepreneurs have become the focus of this year's list.

In this year's Forbes The number of Chinese billionaires has increased significantly from the number of 168 people a year ago to 242 this year. The top three are Alibaba Ma Yun, Baidu Robin Li and Tencent Ma Huateng respectively.

Ma Yun won the title of China's richest man for the first time this year. The e-commerce giant Alibaba recently made record breaking initial public offerings (IPO) on the New York stock exchange, which has attracted worldwide attention. Its net assets also soared from $7 billion 100 million last year to $19 billion 500 million this year.

Robin Li ranked second, and net assets increased from $11 billion 100 million last year to $14 billion 700 million this year. Robin Li, 45, is the chairman of Baidu, China's largest search engine. NASDAQ listed Baidu shares have hit record highs this year. Through acquisitions and internal expansion, Baidu has consolidated its wireless business and is committed to the next generation of search technology based on voice and picture recognition.

Ma Huateng's wealth increased from $10 billion 200 million last year to $14 billion 400 million this year, rising from fifth last year to third. With the huge profits created by online games, Ma Huateng built Tencent Inc into a technology magnate, and then promoted its games through instant messaging and other free services. WeChat's instant messaging service WeChat attracted nearly 440 million users. Over the past year, the company has also invested in Southern China city and e-commerce company Jingdong mall, deepening its involvement in the field of e-commerce.

Meanwhile, with the successful listing of Jingdong mall on NASDAQ in May, the chairman and CEO Liu Qiangdong of the online shopping website climbed to tenth in the list with a net asset of $7 billion 100 million.

"The wealth of Chinese Internet entrepreneurs has begun to catch up with American technology circles such as Paul Alan (Paul Allen), Eric Schmidt (Eric Schmidt), Yang (Jerry Yang) and Russell Sheryl (Sheryl Sandberg)," said Forbes, senior editor of the Shanghai magazine and Forbes, director of Asia's Shanghai branch, Fan Luxian. Fan Luxian, who is the founder of Forbes's list of China's richest people, said: "this tells us that in an era when e-commerce and mobile services will become more popular, China will compete with the United States for a great deal of new wealth in this era even if it can not surpass the US at the moment".

Others worthy of mention include the Li Hejun, a renewable energy entrepreneur, whose net assets grew from $10 billion 900 million last year to $13 billion this year, ranking fifth. His Hon holdings focuses on alternative energy sources such as thin-film solar technology. At the same time, Lei Jun, founder of the myth of millet smartphone, also spent a bumper harvest year, achieving a fortune breakthrough with $9 billion 100 million net assets and won eighth seats in the list.

The rich Chinese traditional industries, such as the real estate industry, have gone through a challenging year. In the year when Chinese real estate developers were struggling, last year's richest man, Wang Jianlin, chairman of Dalian Wanda Group, fell three times to fourth. Its net assets shrank from $14 billion 100 million to $13 billion 200 million. The ranking of Zong Qinghou, chairman of Wahaha Group, has also declined, though its net assets remain unchanged at $11 billion.

Among the top 400 of China's richest list, the threshold for wealth rose from $600 million last year to $700 million this year.

The following are the ten richest figures of Forbes rich list in 2014:

1) Ma Yun; $19 billion 500 million

2) Robin Li; $14 billion 700 million

3) Ma Huateng; $14 billion 400 million

4) Wang Jianlin; $13 billion 200 million

5) Li Hejun; $13 billion

6) Zong Qinghou; $11 billion

7) Wang Wenyin; $10 billion

8) Lei Jun; $9 billion 100 million

9) He Xiangjian; $7 billion 500 million

10) Liu Qiangdong; $7 billion 100 million

The rich list was compiled from rich families, individuals and securities. exchange Analysts, non-public databases and other sources of shareholding and financial information. Net asset data are calculated based on the closing price and exchange rate in October 10th. The wealth of non-listed company is derived from financial ratios and comparisons with similar listed companies.