Chen Jianhua

$7.08B
as of 06/30/24

About Chen Jianhua

Chen Jianhua chairs Hengli Group, one of China's largest petrochemical businesses that also has interests in tourism and property development.

Chen's wife Fan Hongwei, also a billionaire, chairs the group's listed arm Hengli Petrochemical.

Born into an impoverished family, Chen quit school at the age of 13.

He later made his fortune trading textiles and acquired a state-owned chemical fiber factory before expanding into petrochemicals.

The couple's daughter, Chen Yiting, served as a director of Hengli's OTC-traded tourism arm Suzhou Wujiang Tongli Lake travel until 2022.

Personal stats

Citizenship

People's Republic of China

Source of wealth

Chemicals

Residence

Suzhou, People's Republic of China

Marital status

Married

Birth date

01/01/71 (age 53)

Number of children

1

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Nanjing Normal University

Self-made

self-made

Chen Jianhua’s fortune is worth

118K

troy ounces of gold

109K

median U.S. household

71K

median U.S. income

0.142%

U.S. credit card volume

0.028%

GDP of the United States

0.021%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

SHANGHAI | 603268-CN

Guangdong Songfa Ceramics

SHANGHAI | 600346-CN

Hengli Petrochemical

SHANGHAI | 600346-CN

Hengli Petrochemical

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