Management
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Wang Chuanfu, chairman of board and president of BYD Company Ltd
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Wang Chuanfu |
Wang Chuanfu, born in 1966, studied chemistry at the Central South Industrial University of Technology and went on to earn a master's degree in 1990 from the Beijing Non-Ferrous Research Institute.
Wang spent several years as a researcher, but in 1995 he entered the private sector and founded his own company, BYD Company. He entered the auto industry in 2003 by setting up BYD Auto Ltd, which attracted investment from Warren Buffett. Wang topped the Hurun Rich List in 2009.