Hui Ka Yan

Hui Ka Yan is chairman of Hong Kong-listed Evergrande Group, one of China's biggest real estate developers.Evergrande, which Hui took public in 2009, has over 800 projects in more than 280 cities. Hui worked as a technician in a steel factory for 10 years after graduating college in 1982.Hui started Evergrande in Guangzhou in 1996 and began picking up low price properties in small markets. Its first project was Jinbi Garden.Hui's son Xu Zhijian, who holds an MBA from prestigious Tsinghua University, is a vice president at Evergrande.