He Xiangjian (, born October 5, 1942) is the co-founder of
Midea, one of China's largest appliance makers. In September 2021, his net worth was estimated to be $28.8 billion by ''
Bloomberg Billionaires Index
The ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'', launched in March 2012, is a daily ranking of the world's 500 richest people based on their net worth. It draws information from "action in the stock market, economic indicators and news reports", features a p ...
'', positioning him at the 51st place in the index.
Life
In 1968
Beijiao, Guangdong, He formed the lid production company that would be come Midea.
He stepped down from operations of Midea in 2012.
He is married with three children and lives in
Foshan
Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the ...
in Junlan International Golf Life Village, a villa neighbourhood developed by Midea Real Estate Group.
He is a noted art collector and founded the
He Art Museum, a privately funded non-profit museum designed by Pritzker Prize winner
Tadao Ando
is a Japanese autodidact architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism". He is the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize.
Early life
Ando was born a few m ...
.
It is reported that there was an attempted kidnapping of He in June 2020. Assailants are alleged to have broken in to He's villa at Foshan, He's son, He Jianfeng, escaping and alerting local police, who are said to have rescued He and arrested five suspects.
References
External links
Hurun Report ProfileForbes profile
Billionaires from Guangdong
1942 births
Living people
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