Huang Nubo (; born 1956) is a Chinese real estate developer, entrepreneur, poet, and mountaineer who founded and remains Chairman of Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group. According to

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, his net worth is US$2.3 billion as of 2014, ranking 90th among the 400 richest Chinese. Born in

Lanzhou Lanzhou (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. H ...

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province, Huang grew up in

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. From 1977 to 1981, he studied at

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's Chinese Language department, receiving a bachelor's degree. From 1981 to 1990, Huang took up work in the

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. From 1996 to 1998, he studied for his Executive Master of Business Administration, which he received from the

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(

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). Huang began writing poetry in 1976, and has released several collections, including "Do not love me again" (), "Refusing melancholy" () in 1995, and his most recent "Rabbits and other small creatures" (). He also released in 2005 the short story "The blue sun" (). As a mountaineer, Huang has ascended several of the world's highest peaks, including

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in 2005 and

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in 2008. Huang is also a polar expedition enthusiast. In August 2011, Huang caused a stir in

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when he proposed to buy of the island, encompassing 0.3% of the country, to develop a $200 million property with a "120-room hotel, airport, golf course and horse-riding facilities." The proposal was met with skepticism in Iceland. Currently, he is the chairman of Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group, director of the Chinese Poetry Association (), and vice-president of the Chinese Mountaineers Society (). Huang has given over 1 billion

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to charity.

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