Wang Chuanfu

Founder and CEO, BYD

$23.78B

$111.3M (0.5%)

as of 03/13/26

About Wang Chuanfu

Wang Chuanfu is the chairman and CEO of BYD and has led it to become one of the world's largest EV companies.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway acquired a 10% stake for $230 million in 2008. It fully exited in 2025 and made billions of dollars in returns.

Born in a farm village in one of China's poorest provinces in 1966, Wang was orphaned as a teen and raised by his elder brother and sister.

The high achiever made it to college, excelling as he trained his sights on battery technology.

Wang cofounded BYD as a rechargeable battery company in 1995.

Personal stats

Citizenship

People's Republic of China

Source of wealth

Batteries, automobiles

Residence

Shenzhen

Marital status

Married

Birth date

04/08/66 (age 59)

Education

Master of Science, Beijing Non-Ferrous Research Institute; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Central South Industrial University of Technology

Self-made

self-made

Wang Chuanfu’s fortune is worth

396K

troy ounces of gold

366K

median U.S. household

238K

median U.S. income

0.476%

U.S. credit card volume

0.095%

GDP of the United States

0.07%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

BYD stands for "Build Your Dreams."

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

SHENZHEN | 002594-CN

BYD Co. Ltd. Class A

HONG KONG | 1211-HK

BYD Co. Ltd. Class H