Rank 27
Zhong Shanshan
48B
Beverages, pharmaceuticals
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
China
- Zhong Shanshan is the founder and chairman of Nongfu Spring, a bottled water company that listed its shares in Hong Kong in September 2020.
- Hangzhou-born Zhong dropped out of elementary school during China's chaotic Cultural Revolution.
- He later had jobs as a construction worker, a newspaper reporter and a beverage sales agent before starting his own business.
- Zhong also controls Wantai Biological, which makes rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases including Covid-19.
- His son Zhong Shu Zi is Nongfu Spring's non-executive director.