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IT Home reported on October 27 that the Hurun Research Institute has released the 2026 Hurun Rich List. This year, 1,529 entrepreneurs with personal wealth of at least 5 billion yuan made the list, 95 more than last year and a record high. The entrepreneurs on the list have a combined wealth of 32 trillion yuan, up 7% (2.1 trillion yuan) year on year.
In addition, the number of entrepreneurs with wealth of at least 100 billion yuan rose by 2 to 43, while the number with wealth of at least 10 billion yuan rose by 69 to 819.
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming became China's richest person for the second time with 670 billion yuan, setting a new wealth record for the title; Nongfu Spring founder Zhong Shanshan's wealth shrank by 120 billion yuan to 410 billion yuan, leaving him in second place and costing him the top spot.
Notably, DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng entered the top 10 on his first appearance on the list, ranking seventh with wealth of 280 billion yuan. Next was Wang Xingxing, 36, of Unitree Robotics, who made the list with 69.5 billion yuan; Wang Zhiyong, 56, of semiconductor display panel company HKC, ranked third with 64.5 billion yuan.
Zhang Yiming recorded the largest increase in wealth, gaining 200 billion yuan from last year; Hengli's Chen Jianhua and Fan Hongwei gained 112 billion yuan as a couple; and the family of Lin Congji of Chuanhu Technology gained 104 billion yuan. Wealth growth was particularly strong among entrepreneurs in semiconductors and AI computing power. Sectors associated with new quality productive forces that performed well over the past year included semiconductors, artificial intelligence, robotics and new energy.
In addition, 10.4% of the entrepreneurs on the list are involved in AI and have AI as their main focus, whereas no one on the lists from 2019 or earlier had AI as their primary business. The new energy sector accounts for 6.5%, high-end equipment for 6.4%, AR / VR / MR for 5%, robotics for 4.9%, Web3 for 1.8%, new materials for 1.5%, social media for 1.2%, and the low-altitude economy for 0.8%.
IT Home noted that the entrepreneurs on the list have an average age of 61. Among self-made entrepreneurs, the oldest is Li Ka-shing, 98, and the youngest is Zhang Junjie of Chagee, 31. The top 100 on the 2026 Hurun Rich List are as follows: