Lu Guanqiu

Infobox_Celebrity
name = LU Guanqiu
鲁冠球

caption =
birth_date = January 1945
birth_place = Hangzhou, Hangzhou, PRC
occupation = Founder & President
China Wanxiang
alma_mater = Zhejiang University
work_institutions = Zhejiang University
salary =
networth = profit US$ 1.87 billion

Lu Guanqiu (Chinese: 鲁冠球), is a famous Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire. According some source, he is the current richest person in Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.

Life

Lu was born in January 1945 in Yuhang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in a peasant family. when he was 15 years old, he dropped out of school and became an ironsmith. July 1969, he co-founded a factory with the other 6 peasants, and their products were small-sized agricultural machines. [ [http://index.business.sohu.com/person/plist.php?userid=1818 鲁冠球_搜狐人物频道 ] ]

Lu later developed his factory to the current Wanxiang Group (萬向集團/万向集团), a giant manufacture conglomerate, especially a leading producer of automobile facilities and components [ [http://finance.sina.com.cn/110/2004-05-14/85.html 万向集团有限公司_明星公司_财经纵横_新浪网 ] ] .

Lu is the current President of board of Wanxiang Group. His headquarters are located in Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Lu is also a part-time professor at Zhejiang University and he teaches an EMBA program for the university (before this, Lu was also trained at Zhejiang University [ [http://baike.baidu.com/view/16341.htm 鲁冠球_百度百科 ] ] ). He also was rewarded a honorary doctor degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

According to the recent 2007's Forbes Mainland China Rich List (福佈斯中國富豪榜), Lu was ranked No.33 with 13.13 billion Chinese Yuan (approximately US$ 1.87 billion) [ [http://www.forbeschina.com/inc1/200711fortune.htm 2007福布斯中国富豪榜 ] ] . According to recent Hurun Report, Lu is the current richest individual living in Zhejiang Province [ [http://www.zjuemba.org/bbs/read.php?tid=60 浙江大学 EMBA ] ] .

Extra links

* [http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Lu_Guanqiu%7C1634 China Vitae - Lu Guanqiu] (English)
* [http://www.hurun.net/detailen46,people12.aspx Lu Guanqiu. (Hurun Report - Webpage for China's Business Leaders)] (English & Photo)
* [http://index.business.sohu.com/person/plist.php?userid=1818 Lu Guangqiu's biography at Sohu Finance] (Chinese & Photo)
* [http://www.wanxiang.com.cn/product/index.asp Wanxiang Group offcial website] (Chinese & English)
* [http://finance.sina.com.cn/110/2004-05-14/85.html Wanxiang's profile at Sina Finance] (Chinese)

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