Portrait of Wang Jianlin

Rank #981

Wang Jianlin

Net worth $4.3B

Real estate · China

Born
Oct 01, 1954
Age
71
Source
Real estate
Residence
Beijing, Beijing
Citizenship
China
Marital status
Married
Children
1
Education
Liaoning University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Wang Jianlin is the chairman of Dalian Wanda Group, which has investments in real estate, finance and movie theaters.
  • Dalian Wanda is one of the world's biggest commercial real estate developers with more than 500 plazas across China.
  • Once the richest man in Asia, Wang has been retreating in recent years, selling his Chinese hotel and tourism portfolio for over $9 billion in 2017.
  • The tycoon has also sold most of his stake in U.S. movie theater chain AMC and a stake in Spanish soccer club Atletico de Madrid.
  • In 2024, Wang ceded control of property management unit Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management in an $8.3 billion deal, after failing to take it public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
  • Wang served in the Chinese military from 1970 to 1986 before turning around a government real estate venture and then going into business himself in 1989.
  • Wang previously served as a deputy to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Financial assets

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