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Wang Jianlin
Wang Jianlin is a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is the chairman, founder, and majority shareholder of the Dalian Wanda Group, one of China's foremost conglomerate companies, which is also well known for being China's largest real estate development company and the world's largest cinema operator. He previously owned 17% of the Spanish football club Atlético Madrid. In 2…
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Born 24 October 1954 · Q2105413
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2025· 1 entry
2023· 1 entry
Variety: Wang Jianlin, Chinese Billionaire Who Stalked Hollywood, Poised to Sell Last Piece of Wanda Film
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2020· 1 entry
Wang tumbled down the rich list as his real estate empire and movie theatre chains both sharply declined in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
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2017· 3 entries
Yahoo: Wanda Hotel says founder Wang Jianlin's wholly-owned unit to become No.1 shareholder
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Yahoo: Why Wang Jianlin and Wanda’s Problems are ‘More Political Than Economic’ (Video)
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Donated CNY 20 million to help 2017 Sichuan landslide victims, it was speculated that he empathized especially with the region having grown up in Ngawa Prefecture
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2016· 4 entries
Was the richest person in Asia with US$28
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Reported net worth: $35.7B (as of 2016).
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Wang reached a deal with FIFA to launch the China Cup, in which national football teams compete in Nanning, Guangxi each year
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Wang launched a direct competition with Disney by declaring that he wants to make sure Shanghai Disneyland Park doesn't make any money in China by launching over a dozen competing amusement parks
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2015· 2 entries
That relatives of high-ranking Party officials amassed a stake in the company prior to the IPO of Dalian Wanda which appreciated to over $1
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Bloomberg listed him as the richest person in Asia with US$9
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2014· 1 entry
Acquired land at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California, US to build the American headquarters named "One Beverly Hills" of his entertainment company
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2011· 1 entry
Donated US$197 million to charitable causes, such as underwriting the restoration of an ancient temple in Nanjing
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2010· 1 entry
Wang donated a billion yuan (US$156 million) to the city of Nanjing for reconstruction of the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
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2005· 1 entry
At the height of Spain's construction boom"
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1992· 1 entry
As the company went public as one of the first in a pilot program, he was promoted to general manager and changed the name to Dalian Wanda
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1988· 1 entry
Using a $80,000 loan, he took over the small property developer Xigang Residential Development
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1986· 2 entries
Wang started working as the office administrator for the Xigang District in the city of Dalian
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Studied at Liaoning University (1983–1986).
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1954· 1 entry
Born 1954-10-24.
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