Zheng Shuliang & family
Source of wealth: Aluminum products
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Biography
Zheng Shuliang is the vice chairman of China Hongqiao Group, one of the country's largest aluminum producers founded by her late husband Zhang Shiping.
Zhang, who died in 2019, built Hongqiao into a multibillion-dollar business during the reform and opening-up years ushered in by then-leader Deng Xiaoping.
The couple's son, Zhang Bo, is the chairman and CEO of Hong Kong-listed Hongqiao.
Their daughter, Zhang Hongxia, is the chairman of textile producer Weiqiao Textile, which was taken private from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2024.
Perspective on their fortune
Gold
Everyday luxury
A Zheng Shuliang & family's fortune is equivalent to 216 of gold, but this may be difficult to value, as we don't usually have a handful of gold bars in our piggy bank.
A standard gold ring typically weighs between 4 and 7 grams. Let's say this one weighs 5 grams. It's usually 18k gold.
Based on today's gold price (not taking into account the jeweler's fee, shipping, or anything else), that gold ring would be worth $556.3
Zheng Shuliang & family could buy 57,507,292 gold rings. That's a lot of fingers and a lot of gifts!!
And if the number of rings is difficult to visualize, all these rings would need 10 trucks to transport them, But we can be almost certain that Zheng Shuliang & family will have enough left over to pay for the gas for those trucks.
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Zheng Shuliang & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a huge country
Zheng Shuliang & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo with a population of over 105,800,000 of inhabitants for approximately 14.4 years.
But even if we compare their fortune to that of a rich country
At the other extreme, Zheng Shuliang & family could cover the health expenditure of Luxembourg, considered the world's most heavily invested health system, for 6.4 years
Education
Buying the future
Lowest education spending
Zheng Shuliang & family could assume the entire cost of the education system of Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, with more than 243,000,000 inhabitants for 9.4 years.
Highest education spending
But not only could he assume the cost of a poor country, Luxembourg is considered the country with the highest per capita investment in education in the world, Zheng Shuliang & family could pay for it in full for 12.8 years.
Research
The monopoly of progress
Lowest research spending
Zheng Shuliang & family could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with more than 260,000,000 of inhabitants, for 53.9 years.
Highest research spending
But even if we compare the total wealth of Zheng Shuliang & family with Israel, the country that currently invests the most per capita in research in the world, it could assume the total cost of the system for 1.2 years.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
Fortune comparison
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