1, Shen Wansan: Mingfu, the richest man in Jiangnan in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. He helped Zhu Yuanzhang repair Nanjing City and personally contracted one third of the project cost. His grandson was involved in the aquamarine case and was exiled to Yunnan, and his property was confiscated. As far as its source of wealth is concerned, it is probably the earliest international businessman in history.

2. Wu Bingjian: Wu Guanhao. He was the leader of the Thirteen Boxers in Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty. He soon became rich by smuggling opium with the British East India Company. 1834 has always claimed to have assets of 26 million yuan (26 million RMB), which western scholars call "the largest commercial asset in the world and the richest man in the world". 1843, the Qing government ordered the hong merchants to repay the foreign debt of 3 million yuan stipulated in the treaty of nanking, and he was responsible for 1 10,000 yuan. He died in Guangzhou in the same year.

3. Hu Xueyan, whose real name is Yong Guang, is a famous "Red Top Merchant" and an outstanding representative of "Huizhou Merchants" in modern times. Because of the friendship with Zuo, he co-organized Fujian Shipping Bureau and Lanzhou Manufacturing Bureau, and made a fortune by sorting out the munitions business of Xiang Army. The highest capital reached more than 20 million, and was later squeezed out of bankruptcy by foreign investors. Hu Qingyutang founded a well-known enterprise for this purpose.

4. Wang Chi: Zi Xingzhai, a native of Maitreya, Yunnan Province, is another representative of the "Red Top Merchant" and one of the famous families in the late Qing Dynasty. He founded "Tongfengfeng" and reorganized "Tianshunxiang", making him as rich as an enemy.

5. Sheng Xuanhuai: a representative of officials and businessmen in the late Qing Dynasty, in charge of the national telegraph business, undertaking Hanyang Iron Works, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and other industries, pocketing his own money and becoming extremely rich.

10, Zhang Jian: a famous Confucian businessman in modern times, founded Sheng Da Cotton Mill and Kenmu Company to make a fortune, set up education and advocated constitutionalism.

1 1. Business tycoon-Qiao Zhiyong (18 18- 1907)

Qiao Zhiyong, the protagonist of "Qiao Family Courtyard" broadcast by CCTV, is the third generation of Qiao family business. Qiao's family business started from the first generation of Qiao Guifa, and was managed by Qiao Zhiyong in the third generation, making Qiao's family a business giant. Therefore, Zhiyong can be described as the founder of Qiao's rich family wealth, known as the "bright rich man." He is an expert in shopping malls because he is very talented and resourceful in business. The public firm opened by Qiao's family in Baotou has developed into a huge and complex commercial network under his planning, which basically monopolized the commercial market in Baotou, so there is a saying in Baotou that "complex business names come first, then Baotou city". In the tenth year of Guangxu (1884), he adapted to the requirements of the development of the times and founded Dade Tong and Dade Heng Bank in Huitong World. Under his management, Joe's business spread all over the country's major commercial ports and land and water terminals, and his business was booming, becoming a shopping mall giant.