He Xiangjian
{{short description|Chinese Billionaire Businessman}}
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| name = Hé Xiǎngjiàn
何享健
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| birth_date = {{bda|October 5, 1942}}
| birth_place = Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, China
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| occupation = Businessman
| known_for = Co-founder, Midea
| spouse = Married
| children = 3
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He Xiangjian ({{zh|c=何享健|p=Hé Xiǎngjiàn|j=Ho4 Hoeng2 Gin6}}, born October 5, 1942) is the co-founder of Midea, one of China's largest appliance makers. In September 2021, his net worth was estimated to be $28.8 billion by Bloomberg Billionaires Index, positioning him at the 51st place in the index.{{cite web|title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index: He Xiangjian |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/xiangjian-he/ |website=Bloomberg |accessdate=27 September 2021}}
Life
In 1968, in Beijiao, Guangdong, He formed a lid production company that would later become Midea.
He stepped down from operations of Midea in 2012.
He is married, has three children, and lives in Foshan, in Junlan International Golf Life Village, a villa neighbourhood developed by Midea Real Estate Group.{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: He Xiangjian |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/he-xiangjian/ |accessdate=7 March 2021 |website=Forbes}}
He is a noted art collector and the founder of the He Art Museum, a privately funded non-profit institution designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando.{{Cite web |last=Durón |first=Maximilíano |date=2020-10-06 |title=He Jianfeng |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-collectors/top-200-profiles/he-jianfeng/ |access-date=2021-09-27 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}
In June 2020, there was an attempted kidnapping of He. Assailants reportedly broke into his villa in Foshan. His son, He Jianfeng, escaped and alerted the local police, who rescued He and arrested five suspects.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/business/china-he-xiangjian-kidnap.html|title=Intruders Try to Kidnap a Chinese Appliance Tycoon|first1=Alexandra|last1=Stevenson|first2=Cao|last2=Li|date=15 June 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}{{cite news
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| url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53055497
| title= He Xiangjian: China arrests five after attempt to kidnap billionaire
| publisher= BBC News
| date= 15 June 2020
| accessdate= 15 June 2020
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160811014934/http://hurun.net/EN/Entrepreneur.aspx?nid=16 Hurun Report Profile]
- [https://www.forbes.com/profile/xiangjian-he/# Forbes profile]
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Category:Billionaires from Guangdong
Category:Chinese philanthropists
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