Frank Wang
$5.1B
Born
Oct 30, 1980
Age
45
Source of Wealth
Drones
Residence
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Citizenship
China
Marital Status
Married
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Master of Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- The world's first drone billionaire, Frank Wang is the founder and chairman of DJI, China's biggest seller of civil drones with over two-thirds market share.
- Wang founded DJI in 2006 and ran it out of his dorm room at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.
- DJI is best known for its Phantom Drones, which retail for around $1,000.
- DJI made a list of "Chinese military companies operating in the United States" published by the U.S. Department of Defense in 2022.
- The son of a teacher turned small-business owner, Wang spent most of his childhood reading about model airplanes.
- When he was 16, Wang got a remote-controlled helicopter after getting high marks on an exam. He promptly crashed it and had to wait months for replacement parts.
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