About Zong Qinghou
Zong Qinghou turned privately-owned Hangzhou Wahaha Group into one of China's largest homegrown sellers of bottled water, teas and milk drinks.
Zong founded Wahaha as a store in a children's school in the city of Hangzhou in 1987.
Zong is an outspoken advocate of lower taxes to support economic growth in China.
His daughter, Kelly, is the company's vice chairman and chief executive officer.
Personal stats
Citizenship
People's Republic of ChinaSource of wealth
BeveragesBirth date
10/01/45Number of children
1Self-made
self-madeZong Qinghou’s fortune is worth
100K
troy ounces of gold
93K
median U.S. household
60K
median U.S. income
0.121%
U.S. credit card volume
0.024%
GDP of the United States
0.018%
United States debt
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