8Wei Jianjun – Net worth – $6.9 billion
With an estimated net worth of $6.9 billion, Wei Jianjun chairs Great Wall Motor, one of the largest non-state businesses and a big maker of SUVs.
The billionaire graduated from a college of the Hebei Province branch of the Communist Party.
Last year, the company produced 127.141 pick-up trucks, 421.593 SUVs and 208.785 sedans.
Also last year, Great Wall Motor was a member of Forbes Asia’s Fab 50 list of the region’s best large companies.