Wang Jianlin
Beijing, China
Liaoning University
China
Dalian Wanda Group
real estate, Self Made
$21,400,000,000
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#36 Billionaires 2019
#4 China Rich List 2018
Wang Jianlin chairs Dalian Wanda Group, which has investments in real estate, finance and movie theaters.Dalian Wanda is one of the world's biggest commercial real estate developers with more than 260 plazas in China.After a buying spree, Wang has been retreating in recent years, selling his Chinese hotel and tourism portfolio for over $9 billion in 2017.In 2018, he sold a stake in Spanish soccer club Atletico de Madrid. He also announced plans to sell part of his stake in U.S. movie theater chain AMC.He still owns U.S. film studio Legendary Entertainment and operates one of China's largest movie theater chains.
Wang served in the Chinese military from 1970 to 1986 before turning around a government real estate venture and then going into business himself in 1989.Wang previously served as a deputy to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
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