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2026 Hurun China Rich List Released: Zhang Yiming's RMB 670 Billion Sets New Record for China's Richest Person...
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The Hurun Research Institute released the 2026 Hurun China Rich List on October 27. The list shows that this year a total of 1,529 entrepreneurs with personal wealth of RMB 5 billion or more made the list, an increase of 95 from last year and a record high. The total wealth of the listed entrepreneurs reached RMB 32 trillion, up 7% year on year, an increase of RMB 2.1 trillion.
From the perspective of wealth tiers, the number of entrepreneurs at the hundred-billion-yuan level increased by 2 to 43, and the number of entrepreneurs at the ten-billion-yuan level increased by 69 to 819. ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, with RMB 670 billion, became China's richest person for the second time and set a new record for the wealth of China's richest person. Nongfu Spring founder Zhong Shanshan's wealth shrank by RMB 120 billion; he fell to second place with RMB 410 billion, giving up the title of richest person.
In terms of new faces, DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng entered the top ten on his first appearance with wealth of RMB 280 billion, ranking seventh. Unitree Technology's 36-year-old Wang Xingxing made the list with RMB 69.5 billion; Wang Zhiyong, 56, of semiconductor display panel company HKC, ranked third with RMB 64.5 billion. The above companies are involved in fields including artificial intelligence, robotics, and semiconductor displays.
In terms of wealth growth, Zhang Yiming's wealth increased by RMB 200 billion compared with last year, the largest increase. Hengli's Chen Jianhua and Fan Hongwei couple increased by RMB 112 billion, and the Lin Congji family of Chuanhu Technology increased by RMB 104 billion. The list noted that the wealth growth of entrepreneurs in the semiconductor and AI computing power tracks was particularly prominent.
From the perspective of industry distribution, the better-performing sectors over the past year were new quality productive forces tracks such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, robotics, and new energy. Among the listed entrepreneurs, those involved in the AI field and with AI as their main direction accounted for 10.4%, while in the lists for 2019 and before, there were no listed entrepreneurs whose main business was AI. The new energy field accounted for 6.5%, and the high-end equipment field accounted for 6.4%.
In other tracks, AR/VR/MR accounted for 5%, robotics 4.9%, Web3 1.8%, new materials 1.5%, social media 1.2%, and the low-altitude economy 0.8%. The average age of the listed entrepreneurs was 61. Among self-made entrepreneurs, the oldest was 98-year-old Li Ka-shing, and the youngest was 31-year-old Zhang Junjie of Chagee.
Overall, both the size of the list and total wealth achieved growth, and the wealth structure continued to tilt toward industries related to new quality productive forces. The proportion and wealth growth rate of listed individuals in fields such as AI, semiconductors, and robotics have become important signals for observing changes in the wealth landscape of Chinese entrepreneurs. As related industries continue to advance, the sector distribution presented by the list will continue to attract market attention.
