Net worth: $17.7 billion He Xiang Jian is one of the richest Chinese and the Co-founder of Midea Group, one of China's largest appliance makers. He initially led a group of 23 local residents of the small town in Guangdong Province to form a lid production workshop that became Midea. With an initial amount of only $780, its humble begining, the company has grown into a Billion Dollars Company, following the success of plastic bottle lid business. Then, he moved into furnished goods and then into electrical appliances. The Midea Group has acquired 80% stake in home appliances arm of Toshiba in a cash deal valued at $500 million. The group also increased its stake to 95% in Kuka, a robot firm based in Germany in a deal valued at $4 billion. He has also donated his fortune for several causes ranging from disaster relief to community development and education.

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donation of 300 to 500m RMB on Shunde Foundation. The project is to help young entrepreneurs to starup companies and support innovation