2026 Hurun China Rich List: Zhang Yiming Tops List, DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng Debuts in Top 10
Original title:2026 胡润百富榜发布：张一鸣 6700 亿元刷新中国首富财富纪录、DeepSeek 梁文锋首次上榜位列第七
IT Home reported on October 27 that the Hurun Research Institute released the "2026 Hurun China Rich List." This year, a total of 1,529 entrepreneurs with personal wealth of 5 billion RMB or more made the list, an increase of 95 from last year and an all-time high. The total wealth of the listed entrepreneurs reached 32 trillion RMB, a year-on-year increase of 7% (2.1 trillion RMB). In addition, the number of entrepreneurs with wealth exceeding 100 billion RMB increased by 2 to 43, while those with wealth exceeding 10 billion RMB increased by 69 to 819.
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming became China's richest person for the second time with 670 billion RMB, setting a new wealth record for the title. Nongfu Spring founder Zhong Shanshan saw his wealth shrink by 120 billion RMB, dropping to second place with 410 billion RMB and giving up the top spot.
Notably, DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng entered the top ten (ranking 7th) for the first time with a fortune of 280 billion RMB. Following him was 36-year-old Wang Xingxing of Unitree Robotics, who joined the list with 69.5 billion RMB, while 56-year-old Wang Zhiyong of semiconductor display panel maker HKC ranked third [among newcomers] with 64.5 billion RMB.
Zhang Yiming experienced the largest wealth growth, up 200 billion RMB compared to last year; Chen Jianhua and Fan Hongwei of Hengli grew by 112 billion RMB; and the family of Lin Tsung-chi of King Slide Works grew by 104 billion RMB. Entrepreneurs in the semiconductor and AI computing power sectors showed particularly notable wealth gains. Sectors tied to new quality productive forces—such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, robotics, and new energy—performed relatively well over the past year.
Additionally, among the listed entrepreneurs, 10.4% are involved in the AI sector with AI as their core focus, whereas in the 2019 list and earlier, there were no individuals whose primary business was AI. Furthermore, new energy accounted for 6.5%, high-end equipment accounted for 6.4%, AR / VR / MR accounted for 5%, robotics accounted for 4.9%, Web3 accounted for 1.8%, new materials accounted for 1.5%, social media accounted for 1.2%, and the low-altitude economy accounted for 0.8%.
IT Home noted that the average age of the listed entrepreneurs is 61. Among the self-made entrepreneurs, the oldest is 98-year-old Li Ka-shing, and the youngest is 31-year-old Zhang Junjie of CHAGEE. The top 100 of the "2026 Hurun China Rich List" are as follows:
Why it's worth reading
The list provides a quantified look at the economic surge of the AI sector over the past year, with the ranking of DeepSeek’s founder serving as a concrete indicator of the industry's shifting power dynamics.