On the morning of December 18th, Jie Zhikun, the founder of Zhongzhi Enterprise Group, died suddenly due to illness. Not long ago, the auction and questioning of the original LeTV Tower unveiled the low-key rich man and the huge "China Plant" business empire behind him. According to public information, at present, the total assets of the Chinese plant system exceed one trillion yuan. With the death of the helm, where the trillion-dollar commercial ship will sail attracts attention.
The helm of a huge business empire died suddenly
On the evening of December 18th, Zhongzhi Enterprise Group published an obituary in official website, saying that Jie Zhikun, the founder of Zhongzhi Enterprise Group, died at 9: 4 on December 18th at the age of 61.
Starting from scratch, Jie Zhikun has created a huge business empire, but he himself is extremely low-key. The low-key life contrasts with the commercial legend, whose identity is more known to the general public as the husband of the famous singer Mao Amin. It is reported that Jie Zhikun and Mao Amin got married in 23, and they had a daughter and a son in 24 and 28. On the list of funeral committee in Jie Zhikun published by official website, a China Plant Enterprise Group, Mao Amin's name also appeared.
Jie Zhikun, who was born in Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province, was originally a printing factory worker. However, in the 198s, the printing factory suffered losses, and Jie Zhikun was appointed as the factory director and contracted because of his outstanding ability. Under its leadership, the printing factory quickly turned losses into profits, and its business scope expanded to operate pasta factories, clothing factories, wood storage factories, cement factories, farms and so on.
It is rumored that Jie Zhikun's capital snowballs with its timber business in Northeast China and its investment in Hainan's real estate. In 1995, Jie Zhikun established Heilongjiang Zhongzhi Enterprise Group Company, and then began to show its talents in the capital market. Some insiders believe that Zhongzhi originated in industry and prospered in finance.
official website, a Chinese plant enterprise, shows that in 21, the company entered the financial industry; In 29, the Group formed business segments such as investment, mergers and acquisitions, asset management and industrial funds, and its strategic layout was positioned as a financial investment holding group. In 213, it formed four major sectors: finance, mergers and acquisitions, wealth management and new finance.
official website of Zhongzhi Enterprise Group shows that the Group strategically holds or shares in six licensed financial institutions, including Zhongrong Trust, Zhongrong Fund, Hengqin Life Insurance, Hengbang Property Insurance, Zhongrong Credit Futures and Tianke Jiahao Pawnshop; Five asset management companies, covering real estate management, distressed asset management, mixed reform of state-owned enterprises, mergers and acquisitions and private equity investment; Holding or participating in four wealth management companies, namely Hengtian Wealth, Xinhu Wealth, datang wealth and Gaosheng Wealth.
The four wealth management companies, with their super fund-raising ability, have become the ever-expanding "blood bank" of funds in China Plant Department. However, the financial sector is also a high-risk place. In fact, the regulatory authorities have asked Zhongzhi Enterprise Group to merge the four wealth companies to reduce the room for expansion, but the merger has been delayed due to the different ownership structures of each company.
Not only that, but also the investment of Zhongzhi has stepped on Leikangmei Pharmaceutical, LeTV and Changsheng Bio. Some media have combed that most of the nine listed companies actually controlled by Zhongzhi are on the verge of delisting, and most of them are fighting for the protection of their shells.
Around 219, the risks of the mesophyte system were gradually exposed, which made Jie Zhikun, who had gradually retired, come out again. Official website showed that last year, Zhongzhi Enterprise Group implemented the strategy of restructuring non-performing assets and the strategy of mixed reform of state-owned enterprises. Slimming finance, focusing on industry. We have laid out new energy and resource industries, and vigorously developed fields such as semiconductors, big data, big health, ecological environment protection, etc. After several years of adjustment and transformation, Zhongzhi Group has achieved certain results in resolving risks. However, the sudden death of Jie Zhikun, now the head of the company, has added a lot of fog to the future development of the company.
The dispute with Taoyun Capital
Jie Zhikun is a low-key person. Zhongzhi Department is good at capital operation but doesn't like to speak to the media. Recently, the news related to Zhongzhi Department is still a "tip-off letter" from Taoyun Capital.
on November 3th this year, Beijing hengying property management co., ltd., a company established only five days ago, successfully bid for the original letv building in Chaoyang district, Beijing for 573 million yuan.
Just when the outside world thought that the original Letv Building, which had been auctioned many times and reduced its price by 1 million yuan, finally found a buyer, on December 3, Taoyun Capital issued a statement saying that "Zhejiang Zhongtai hiding behind the shell company was both an auctioneer and a bidder in this auction".
Tao Yun Capital stated in the statement that the capital source of Beijing Hengying Property Management Co., Ltd. was provided by Zhongzhi Company; Zhejiang Zhongtai, the auctioneer who has long been in dispute with Taoyun Capital over LeTV Building, is actually controlled by Xie Rutong, who is the immediate relative of Xie Zhikun, the actual controller of Zhongzhi Group. According to media reports, Xie Rutong is the daughter of Jie Zhikun and his ex-wife, born in 1986.
In this regard, lawyer Guo Ren, a global partner of PCG, analyzed that although Taoyun Capital claimed that the source of funds of Beijing Hengying Property Management Co., Ltd. was provided by Zhongzhi Company, it did not produce relevant evidence. The bidder and auctioneer in this project do not belong to the parent company and subsidiary company in the legal sense, nor do they belong to the branch company relationship. The two companies are independent legal persons and bear civil liabilities independently according to law.
According to the description of the announcement issued by Taoyun Capital, after accepting Yi Dao's equity as a debt repayment condition and completing the transfer registration, Zhongzhi Department regretted the sharp drop of Yi Dao's share price, so it started the auction of LeTV Building by not releasing the mortgage right of LeTV Building, and exclusively participated in the auction with its own shadow company, trying to transfer the property right of LeTV Building to its actual control after it had obtained the consideration of 2% of Yi Dao's equity held by Taoyun Capital.
"If the announcement of Taoyun Capital is true, this behavior of Zhongzhi does trample on the settlement agreement that has been reached and fulfilled. As for how the dispute between Haoyun Capital and Zhongzhi Department about the mortgage of LeTV Building will develop in the future, it depends on how the judiciary handles it. " Bai Wenxi, chief economist of IPG China, said.
besides, there are different versions of who will take over the huge business empire left by Jie Zhikun.
It is understood that a pair of children of Jie Zhikun and Mao Amin are underage. Jie Zhikun's brother Zhichun Xie used to be the president of Everbright Securities, the vice president of Everbright Bank, the chairman of Everbright Yongming and the deputy general manager of China Investment Corporation, and he was also a celebrity in the business world. According to media reports, Zhichun Xie was helpful to Jie Zhikun in the early stage of his business, but there are not many conclusions about his succession at present, due to his age and other reasons. Xie Rutong has been deeply involved in the investment of the Chinese plant system before. In the 217 Hurun Report, Jie Zhikun and Xie Rutong ranked 61st with a wealth of 34 billion yuan. But this time her name did not appear in funeral committee's list.
However, at present, Zhongzhi Enterprise Group has responded to the outside world that, entrusted by Mr. Jie Zhikun's family and decided through discussion by the management of the group, Mr. Liu Yang, the chairman of Zhongrong Trust, will temporarily take charge of the overall work.
According to Time Weekly, Liu Yang, the son of Jie Zhikun's elder sister, has worked in many different positions in Zhongzhi Department for many years. He used to be the head of Zhongzhi Hi-Tech Investment Co., Ltd., the chief financial officer of Shanghai Zhongzhi Jinzhi Technology Investment Co., Ltd., the vice president and chief financial officer of Zhongzhi Group and the chief executive officer of Zhongzhi Group. In May 29, Liu Yang, who was only 35 years old, became the chairman of Zhongrong Trust. Under the leadership of Liu Yang, Zhongrong Trust has developed rapidly, and quickly became the industry leader.
Zhongzhi Enterprise Group also stated that it has formed a mature and efficient management system and operation mechanism. At present, the management teams at all levels of the Group are United and stable, all businesses are carried out normally, production and business activities are running smoothly, and the development momentum is good. In the next step, according to the development strategy determined by Jie Zhikun, the Group will adhere to the dual-wheel drive of industry and asset management, further highlight the development of physical industries, strengthen and improve asset management, give full play to the advantages of comprehensive management, achieve high-quality development, and better serve the country and give back to society. (Emma)