Among the top 100 rich people, 34 entrepreneurs come from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Involving the Bay Area city rankings, among the top 100 entrepreneurs on the list, there are 13 in Shenzhen, 12 in Hong Kong, 4 in Guangzhou, and 3 in Foshan.

Another Hurun Rich List was released in another year! 1,305 entrepreneurs with a personal wealth of more than RMB 5 billion were on the 2022 Hurun Rich List, of which 374 entrepreneurs were on the list of , Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area . Among the top 100 rich people, 34 entrepreneurs come from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Involving the Bay Area city rankings, among the top 100 entrepreneurs on the list, there are 13 in Shenzhen, 12 in Hong Kong, 4 in Guangzhou, and in Foshan 3 in html.

The total wealth of entrepreneurs on the list

decreased by 18% compared with last year

1305 entrepreneurs’ personal wealth exceeded 5 billion yuan, a decrease of 160 people compared with last year. The total wealth of entrepreneurs on the list was 24.5 trillion yuan, down 18% from last year. There are 34 entrepreneurs with personal wealth of more than 100 billion yuan, 11 fewer than last year.

The real estate industry continues to decline. The proportion of people on the list has decreased from 50% twenty years ago to 20% ten years ago, 15% five years ago, and 10% this year. Country Garden 41-year-old Yang Huiyan Wealth dropped by 110 billion yuan compared with last year, which is the one with the largest decline in wealth on this year's list. The ranking of , Evergrande , which was the first frequent visitor in the past, continued to decline this time, with its wealth value falling by more than 40 billion to 172. The second most decline was Tencent 51-year-old Ma Huateng , down 102 billion yuan. The third is Li Xiaodong, 44, the leading e-commerce company in Southeast Asia, fell by 96 billion yuan, mainly due to the continued losses in e-commerce business and the slowdown in the growth of the game business. Judging from the proportion of wealth decline, the biggest decline this year are the three founders of Donghai Group, as well as the founders of Bilibili and Chinese stock , which is listed in the United States.

Top five wealth sources for entrepreneurs on the list

are Industrial products, real estate, big health, consumer goods and food and beverage

Nongfu Spring 68-year-old Zhejiang businessman Zhong Shanshan Wealth increased by 65 billion yuan, or 17% over last year, becoming China's richest man for the second time with 455 billion yuan. Zhong Shanshan also set the highest record for the wealth of China's richest man in more than 20 years. "The traditional industry has risen significantly this year. It is hard to imagine that in an era of such rapid technological development, the richest man in China is Zhong Shanshan, who makes mineral water. His wealth is almost the sum of the wealth of the second place, Zhang Yiming, who makes short videos, and Zhang Yuqun, who makes new energy. "Hurun Research Institute analyzed that Li Ka-shing, , who makes , Li Ka-shing, , has surpassed Ma Huateng for the first time in five years, and Qin Yinglin, who raises pigs, surpassed , Jack Ma, for the first time.

Industrial products, real estate, big health, consumer goods and food and beverages are the top five sources of wealth for entrepreneurs on the list. More than 400 entrepreneurs have grown their wealth over the past year, mainly from traditional industries such as industrial products, food and beverages and energy. The industrial product industry has the largest number of people on the list this year, accounting for 13%, represented by Sany Liang Wengen, which is used as excavators and Zhengtai Nan Cunhui. The steel industry has performed relatively well in the past year, especially by the beginning of this year; and the online game industry, mihayou and Lilith have been on the list. The logistics industry is also relatively stable, such as SF Express 's Wang Wei , YTO Yu Huijiao, and STO Express Chen Dejun .

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Compared with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Yangtze River Delta region, the top 100 rich people in the Bay Area are ranked first

From the perspective of the business group, the most entrepreneurs on the list have always been Zhejiang businessmen and Guangdong businessmen. Zhejiang businessmen include Wen merchants and Ningbo merchants and , etc., while Guangdong merchants include Chao merchants and Hakka merchants, etc. In the past decade, the richest man in China has been basically Zhejiang businessmen. Zhejiang business representatives have gone from Ding Lei, the earliest one, to , , to Jack Ma, now Zhong Shanshan. Guangdong businessmen are represented by Ma Huateng and He Xiangjian .

Compared with ten years ago, Shenzhen surpassed Shanghai and became the city with the most concentrated entrepreneurs on the list except Beijing. Moreover, Shenzhen and Shanghai, which are second and third, have narrowed the number gap with Beijing. Hangzhou, Guangzhou, , Suzhou performed stably. Foshan is the top ten new. The city with the most concentrated entrepreneurs on the list is now showing a pattern of "three majors" +2+5.

Specifically for the gathering of wealthy people in the three major domestic economic circles, we analyzed the residences of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the list, and found that there were 34 entrepreneurs in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, 14 entrepreneurs with personal wealth exceeding 100 billion yuan; a total of 25 entrepreneurs in the Yangtze River Delta region were listed, and 8 entrepreneurs with personal wealth exceeding 100 billion yuan; a total of 17 entrepreneurs in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region were listed, and 5 entrepreneurs with personal wealth exceeding 100 billion yuan. Comprehensive comparison, the number of top 100 wealthy entrepreneurs and total wealth value in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area ranks first in the three major regions.

Specifically within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, among the top 100 rich people on the list, there are 13 in Shenzhen, 12 in Hong Kong, 4 in Guangzhou, 3 in Foshan, 1 in Huizhou and 1 Zhongshan each, with a total wealth of 3.33 trillion yuan, accounting for 34.9% of the top 100 total wealth. This time, three entrepreneurs in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area ranked in the top ten, namely Hong Kong Changjiang Industrial Li Ka-shing Family , ranking fourth with a wealth of 220 billion yuan, ranking 4 places; Shenzhen Tencent Group Ma Huateng ranked fifth with a wealth of 215 billion yuan, ranking 1 place; and Foshan's Midea Group He Xiangjian Family ranked seventh with a wealth of 190 billion yuan, ranking 2 places.

Interview and writing: Nandu Wancai Society Intern Reporter Qiu Kangzheng