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Zhang Yong (restaurateur)
Zhang Yong () is a Chinese-born Singaporean billionaire business magnate who is the founder of the Haidilao restaurant group, best known for its chain of hot pot restaurants. At the end of 2018, Haidilao Hot Pot had 466 direct-operated stores in operation in more than a hundred cities. Zhang also holds majority stake in Haidilao Catering, Haidilao International Holding and Yihai International. Biography Zhang Yong was born and grew up in Jianyang, Sichuan, China. He started work as a welder, and did not eat in a restaurant until he was 19. In 1994, he quit his job in a tractor factory and opened a restaurant with 4 tables to seat customers, the first Haidilao, which was cofounded by two couples, Zhang Yong and wife Shu Ping, and Shi Yonghong and wife Li Haiyan. The restaurant quickly became the largest hotpot restaurant in town. A second restaurant, ''Lou Wai Lou'', opened in 1998. In 2010, the company opened its own training school of restaurant management. In 2013, Haidil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang (surname)
Zhang () is the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as "Chang" in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world. Zhang is the pinyin romanization of the very common Chinese surname written in simplified characters and in traditional characters. It is spoken in the first tone: ''Zhāng''. It is a surname that exists in many languages and cultures, corresponding to the surname 'Archer' in English for example. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is romanized as "Chang", which is commonly used in Taiwan; "Cheung" is commonly used in Hong Kong as romanization. It is also the pinyin romanization of the less-common surnames (''Zhāng''), which is the 40th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. There is the even-less common (''Zhǎng''). was listed 24th in the famous Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames'', contained in the verse 何呂施張 (He Lü Shi Zhang). Today, it is one of the most common surnames in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |