The Chinese richest people on the 2021 Forbes rich list include Ma Huateng, Huang Zheng, Jack Ma, Wang Wei, Zhang Yiming, etc.

1. Ma Huateng Ma Huateng, Han nationality, is from Chaonan District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province. He was born on October 29, 1971 in Basuogang, Dongfang County, Guangdong Province (now part of Dongfang City, Hainan Province).

Obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Shenzhen University in 1993.

One of the main founders of Tencent.

He is currently the Chairman and CEO of Tencent; Vice Chairman of the All-China Youth Federation; and a representative of the National People’s Congress.

Ma Huateng ranks 15th on the 2021 Forbes Rich List with US$65.8 billion.

2. Huang Zheng and Huang Zheng are from Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

Entrepreneur, founder of Pinduoduo, and former chairman of Pinduoduo.

In 2002, he graduated from Zhejiang University with a bachelor's degree. In 2004, he received a master's degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and then joined Google in the United States.

He returned to China in 2006 and participated in the establishment of Google's China office.

In 2007, he left Google to start his own business, and successively founded an e-commerce agency operation company and a game company.

In April 2015, Pinhaohao was founded to create a new social e-commerce model.

In September 2016, Pinhaohao and Pinduoduo announced their merger, with Huang Zheng serving as the chairman and CEO of the new company.

Huang Zheng ranks 21st on the 2021 Forbes Rich List with US$55.3 billion.

3. Jack Ma Yun, male, Han nationality, member of the Communist Party of China, was born on September 10, 1964 in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. His ancestral home is Gulai Town, Shengzhou City, Zhejiang Province. He is the main founder of Alibaba Group and currently serves as a director and chairman of Softbank Japan.

Chairman of the China Council of the Nature Conservancy and a member of the global board of directors, director of Huayi Brothers, director of the Life Science Breakthrough Prize Foundation, and co-chairman of the United Nations High-Level Group on Digital Cooperation.

Jack Ma ranks 26th on the 2021 Forbes Rich List with US$48.4 billion.

4. Wang Wei Wang Wei, whose ancestral home is Shunde, Guangdong, was born in Shanghai in October 1970. He is the founder and chairman of SF Express Group Co., Ltd. and a director of Greater Bay Area Airlines Co., Ltd.

Wang Wei moved to Hong Kong at the age of seven. In the 1990s, he took a fancy to the logistics business opportunities between the two places.

At that time, the demand for industrial and commercial letters and goods delivery in the two places was increasing day by day. He resolutely raised 100,000 yuan from his parents to start his business.

In the late 1990s, SF Express became unique in this field.

With the rise of Taobao and online shopping, he went from chartering flights to establishing his own airline to deliver goods in the fastest and safest way, making SF Express successful.

Wang Wei ranks 35th on the 2021 Forbes Rich List with US$39 billion.

5. Zhang Yiming Zhang Yiming, male, was born in Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province in 1983. He is a Hakka. He graduated from Nankai University. He is the founder and CEO of Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd., and the founder and former CEO of Toutiao.

Zhang Yiming graduated from Nankai University in 2005 with a major in software engineering. He participated in the creation of many Internet companies such as Kuxun and Jiujiufang, and served successively as Chairman of Kuxun Technical Committee and founder and CEO of Jiujiufang.

In 2012, Zhang Yiming founded ByteDance.

Zhang Yiming ranked 39th on the 2021 Forbes Rich List with US$35.6 billion.