Jia cheng Li

He is the richest person in China, and his name is Jiacheng Li. He was born in 1928, in Chaozhou, Guangzhou province, China. In 1940, he had to move to HongKong because of Japan's oppression. Unfortunately, his father passed away in 1942. So, he quit school to work and to take care of his mom and siblings. He got a job in a toy manufacturing company. In this company he was a salesman. He worked daytime, and studied at night in a school. Because of his diligence he became a general manager of the company before he was twenty years old. Two years later, he used his savings to establish his own company-Changjiang plastic factory. He didn't have a high education background, but he attained his dream. Then he expanded his company to overseas. He started to invest in diffirent areas. Since 1972, his company started to sell stocks on the market. And in 1979, they purchased a commercial bank of England. He was the first person who purchased a British investment bank. Also in 1984, his company purchased a HongKong electric power company's stocks to control HongKong's electric supplies. In Dec 1995, the value of his company was 42 billion on the market. He is a richest person in HongKong , also in China. And he is the 11th richest person on the world ranking.