Rank #693
Cai Haoyu
Net worth $6.0B
Mobile games · China
- Born
- May 01, 1987
- Age
- 39
- Source
- Mobile games
- Residence
- Shanghai
- Citizenship
- China
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Cai Haoyu is a cofounder of Shanghai-based online games developer miHoYo, which he established in 2012 with college friends, Liu Wei and Luo Yuhao.
- He stepped down as miHoYo chairman in 2023 for unexplained reasons and handed the reins over to Liu, but continued to retain a large stake.
- Games from the company often feature anime-style characters and rich storylines.
- By 2024, players worldwide have spent more than $5 billion on its blockbuster game Genshin Impact, four years after its release, according to research firm Sensor Tower.
- Liu and Luo are both billionaires.
- Apple CEO Tim Cook described miHoYo as a "phenomenal team" after a visit to its Shanghai headquarters in 2023.