Zhang Jindong

Infobox_Celebrity
name = ZHANG Jindong
张近东
張近東
caption =
birth_date = 1963
birth_place = flagicon|PRC Anhui, PRC
occupation = Founder & President
Suning Group
alma_mater = Nanjing Normal University
salary =
networth = steady US$ 4.05 billion (2007) [ [http://money.163.com/special/00252E12/forbes2007_all.html 福布斯2007年中国富豪榜_网易财经 ] ]

Zhang Jindong (Traditional Chinese: 張近東; Simplified Chinese: 张近东), is a Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire. He's one of the two founders and the current president of the Suning Group (Chinese: 蘇寧電器/苏宁电器), whose headquarters are located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

Biography

Zhang was born in Anhui Province in 1963. He graduated from the Nanjing Normal University and studied Chinese literature. After graduation, Zhang first worked in a cloth factory named Haowei Group (Chinese: 豪威集團/豪威集团) between 1985~1989.

1990, Zhang together with his old brother Zhang Guiping (張桂平/张桂平) opened a shop on Ninghai Road (寧海路/宁海路) in Nanjing, selling air conditioning and related products. Later Zhang Guiping quitted from this business but shifted into real estate. [ [http://baike.baidu.com/view/192236.html 张近东_百度百科 ] ]

Zhang further developed his small shop into a giant business group - the Suning Group, with only 15 years. In 2007's Forbes Mainland China Rich List (福佈斯中國富豪榜), Zhang was ranked No.5 with 33.61 billion Chinese Yuan (= US$ 4.05 billion) [ [http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E5%B8%83%E6%96%AF%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%AF%8C%E8%B1%AA%E6%A6%9C 福佈斯中國富豪榜 排名] ] .

Extra links

* [http://www.cnsuning.com/ Suning Group (蘇寧電器/苏宁电器) homepage]

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