Hurun China Rich List: Zhang Yiming Becomes China's Richest Person; DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng Ranks Seventh

TechFlow reported on October 28 that, according to the 2026 Hurun China Rich List released by the Hurun Research Institute, 1529 entrepreneurs with personal wealth of at least RMB 5 billion made the list this year, with total wealth reaching RMB 32 trillion, up 7% year on year. ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming topped the list with RMB 670 billion in wealth, a RMB 200 billion increase from last year, setting a new record for China's richest person; Nongfu Spring founder Zhong Shanshan ranked second with RMB 410 billion. DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng appeared on the list for the first time, ranking seventh with RMB 280 billion; Cambricon founder Chen Tianshi entered the top 10 with RMB 205 billion.

The 2026 Hurun China Rich List featured 263 newcomers. Entrepreneurs in the semiconductor and AI computing power sectors saw particularly strong wealth growth. The top newcomer was Liang Wenfeng of DeepSeek, who ranked seventh with RMB 280 billion on his first appearance, as the AI large-model boom drove his rapid wealth accumulation; followed by Wang Xingxing of Unitree Robotics, who entered the list with RMB 69.5 billion; 56-year-old Wang Zhiyong of HKC, a semiconductor display panel company, entered the list with RMB 64.5 billion; and Liu Debing and Tang Jie, founders of AI large-model company Zhipu, entered the top 10 newcomers with RMB 39.5 billion and RMB 27.5 billion, respectively.

Source: TechFlow