He Xiangjian

Entrepreneur He Xiangjian built Midea Group into one of the world's largest appliance makers.He stepped down from its operations in 2012.In 1968 he led a group of 23 local residents from the town of Beijiao in Guangdong Province to form a lid production workshop that became Midea. Midea has more than 200 subsidiaries, including Germany-based robotics firm Kuka.His son He Jianfeng is a director of Midea Group and Midea Real Estate Holding.