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Building Wealth in China

Building Wealth in China 36 True Stories of Chinese Millionaires and How They Made Their Fortunes

Paperback (27 Apr 2010)

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Publisher's Synopsis

See how thirty-six of China's most successful and innovative entrepreneurs are creating the global economy of tomorrow. In these pages you'll learn valuable lessons from remarkable business leaders, such as:


 Zhang Yin, chairwoman of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, who trans- formed wastepaper into a personal fortune estimated at $3.4 billion


 Lu Guanqiu, who turned a small farm-machinery workshop into China's largest auto-parts manufacturer, with sales of $7 billion


 Yan Zhaoqiang, who saw opportunity in the global energy crisis and positioned his company, TCP, to become one of the world's major manufacturers of energy-efficient lightbulbs, with control of 70 percent of the U.S. market


 Song Zhenghuan, a former math teacher who founded a company that is now the largest supplier of baby strollers in China


--Their stories offer inspiration to the entrepreneurs of tomorrow and capture the spirit of innovation and diligence that is the hallmark of the emerging economy of China today.

About the Publisher

Crown Business

Crown Business publishes some of today's most forward-thinking business writers, in such categories as entrepreneurship, innovation, management, leadership, business narrative, and personal finance. Bestselling books and authors include The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Switch and the forthcoming Decisive by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, The Start-Up of You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha, Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan, multiple books by Ram Charan, The Quants and Dark Pools by Scott Patterson, and forthcoming books with the CEO of Learnvest, Alexa von Tobel, and IDEO founder and managing director respectively, David Kelley and Tom Kelley.

Book information

ISBN: 9780307591623
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Imprint: Crown Business
Pub date:
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 476g
Height: 234mm
Width: 172mm
Spine width: 17mm