Ye Chenghai (; born 15 August 1943) is a Chinese billionaire businessman and former politician, the head of

Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals (; ) is a Chinese pharmaceutical company. Founded in November 1998 and based in Shenzhen, it has a market cap of US$4.4 billion, 3,121 employees and annual sales of $553 million as of 2019. Shenzhen Salubris is h ...

. He is a

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...

born in Meizhou,

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

. He served as Vice Mayor of

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

before quitting politics and entering business. As of May 2015, his net worth is estimated at US$4.2 billion.

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