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Wang Chuanfu
Entrepreneurs🇨🇳1966–Alive

Wang Chuanfu

chemist

$18.0Bnet worth

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Wang Chuanfu (Chinese: 王传福; born 8 April 1966) is a Chinese chemist, billionaire entrepreneur, and the founder, chairman and CEO of the BYD Company. Wang was born in Anhui to a poor farmer family. He then studied metallurgy and earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree. After briefly managing a battery company, he founded BYD in 1995 with a loan from his cousin. BYD grew rapidly, and entered the automotive industry in 2003. BYD Company is currently the world's largest mobile phone batteries manufacturer, and its subsidiary, BYD Auto is the world's largest plug-in electric vehicle manufacturer.

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1960s
1966

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2020s
2026

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