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Shi Wenbo
Shi Wenbo (; born 1950), is a Chinese billionaire businessman, chairman of Hengan International. Early life In 1950, Shi was born in Quanzhou, Fujian province, China. Career In 1985, Shi co-founded Hengan International with Xu Lianjie, and they produce sanitary napkins and baby diapers. As of February 2016, Shi was listed as the 66th richest man in China by ''Forbes'' who estimated his net worth at US$2.1 billion. Philanthropy In 2010, Shi was ranked #13 in Top 20 Chinese Philanthropists of 2010. Shi's company donated $124.61 million yuan ($19.2M USD) to charity. Personal life In 1975, Shi moved to Hong Kong. Shi has a son, Wong Kim Sze. As of 2020, he lives in Jinjiang, Fujian Jinjiang City () is a county-level city under Quanzhou, Quanzhou City, Fujian, Fujian Province, China. It is located in the southeastern part of the province (Minnan region, Minnan), on the right or south bank of the Jin River (Fujian), Jin River, ..., China. See also * One Foundation R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shī (surname)
Shī (施) is a Chinese surname. It is written as Sze or Sy in Cantonese or Hokkien romanisation. According to a 2013 study it was the 106th most common name, being shared by 2.06 million people or 0.150% of the population, with Jiangsu being the province with the most people. It is 23rd on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'', contained in the verse 何呂施張 (He Lü Shi Zhang). In Vietnamese is it written Thi. Notable people *Shi Lang (施琅, 1621–1696), Marquis Jinghai, a Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties, helped conquer Taiwan *Shi Hairong (施海荣) *Shi Haoran, (施浩然), a Chinese swimmer who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics *Shi Yiguang (施夷光), better known as Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China. *Shi Jianqiao (施剑翘), the daughter of the Chinese military officer Shi Congbin, whose killing she avenged by assassinating the former warlord Sun Chuanfang *Shi Tingmao (施廷懋), a C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hengan International
Hengan International Group Company Limited is the largest producer of sanitary napkins and baby diapers in China. It produces sanitary napkin products, disposable baby diapers, adult diapers, and other personal hygiene products. The company was founded in 1985 by Shi Wenbo (Sze Man Bok, chairman) and Xu Lianjie (Hui Lin Chit, deputy chairman and chief executive officer). It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (, SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. It is one of the largest stock exchanges in Asia and the List of major stock exchanges, 9th largest globally by market ... in 1998. References External links * {{Hang Seng Index Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Chinese companies established in 1985 Companies based in Fujian Chinese brands Privately held companies of China Manufacturing companies of China Feminine hygiene brands Personal care companies Manuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billionaire
A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least 1,000,000,000, one billion units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling. It is a sub-category of the concept of the ultra high-net-worth individual. The American business magazine ''Forbes'' produces The World's Billionaires, a global list of known U.S. dollar billionaires every year and updates an internet version of this list in real time. The American oil magnate John D. Rockefeller became the world's first confirmed U.S. dollar billionaire in 1916. there are 2,781 billionaires worldwide, with a combined wealth of over US$14.2 trillion, up from in 2023. According to a 2024 Oxfam report, the world's We are the 99%, top 1% of earners own more combined wealth "than 95% of humanity", and also stated that the world's top 1% of earners also owned 43% of all global Financial asset, financial assets. As of October 2024, seventeen people have reached the statu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China, People's Republic of China. It is Fujian's largest most populous metropolitan region, with an area of and a population of 8,782,285 as of the 2020 Chinese census, 2020 census. Its City proper, built-up area is home to 6,669,711 inhabitants, encompassing the Licheng District, Quanzhou, Licheng, Fengze District, Fengze, and Luojiang District, Quanzhou, Luojiang district (PRC), urban districts; Jinjiang, Fujian, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Fujian, Nan'an, and Shishi, Fujian, Shishi County-level city, cities; Hui'an county (PRC), County; and the Quanzhou District for Taiwanese Investment. Quanzhou was China's 12th-largest extended metropolitan area in 2010. Quanzhou was China's major port for foreign traders, who knew it as Zaiton, during the 11th through 14th centuries. It was visited by both Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta; both travelers pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Lianjie
Xu Lianjie (; 1953 – 17 April 2025), also known as Hui Lin Chit, was a Chinese billionaire businessman who served as the CEO of Hengan International. Life and career Xu was born in China in 1953. In 1985, he co-founded Hengan International with Shi Wenbo, and they produce sanitary napkins and baby diapers. In October 2015, ''Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...'' estimated his net worth to be US$2.6 billion. Xu died on 17 April 2025, at the age of 72. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Lianjie 1953 births 2025 deaths 20th-century Chinese businesspeople Billionaires from Fujian Businesspeople from Fujian Chinese company founders Manufacturing company founders People from Jinjiang, Fujian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanitary Napkin
A menstrual pad is an absorbent item worn in the underwear when menstruating, bleeding after giving birth, recovering from gynecologic surgery, experiencing a miscarriage or abortion, or in any other situation where it is necessary to absorb a flow of blood from the vagina. A menstrual pad is a type of menstrual hygiene product that is worn externally, unlike tampons and menstrual cups, which are worn inside the vagina. Pads are generally changed by being stripped off the pants and panties, taking out the old pad, sticking the new one on the inside of the panties and pulling them back on. Pads are recommended to be changed every 3–4 hours to avoid certain bacteria that can fester in blood; this time also may differ depending on the kind worn, flow, and the time it is worn. Menstrual pads are made from a range of materials, differing depending on style, country of origin, and brand. The pads are not the same as incontinence pads, which generally have higher absorbency and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Diapers
A diaper (, North American English) or a nappy (British English, Australian English, Hiberno-English) is a type of underwear that allows the wearer to urinate or defecate without using a toilet, by absorbing or containing waste products to prevent soiling of outer clothing or the external environment. When diapers become wet or soiled, they require changing, generally by a second person such as a parent or caregiver. Failure to change a diaper on a sufficiently regular basis can result in skin problems around the area covered by the diaper. Diapers are made of cloth or synthetic disposable materials. Cloth diapers are composed of layers of fabric such as cotton, hemp, bamboo, microfiber, or even plastic fibers such as PLA or PU, and can be washed and reused multiple times. Disposable diapers contain absorbent chemicals and are thrown away after use. Diapers are primarily worn by infants, toddlers who are not yet toilet trained, and by children who experience bedwetting. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Sherry Phillips is the current CEO of Forbes as of January 1, 2025. Published eight times per year, ''Forbes'' feature articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. It also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is known for its lists and rankings, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400, ''Forbes'' 400), of 30 notable people under the age of 30 (the Forbes 30 Under 30, ''Forbes'' 30 under 30), of America's wealthiest celebrities, of the world's top companies (the Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was under British Empire, British rule from 1841 to 1997, except for a Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, brief period of Japanese occupation during World War II from 1941 to 1945. It was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1981, and a British Dependent Territory, dependent territory from 1981 to 1997. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island under the Convention of Chuenpi in 1841 of the Victorian era, and ended with the handover of Hong Kong to the China, People's Republic of China in July 1997. In accordance with Art. III of the Treaty of Nanking of 1842, signed in the aftermath of the First Opium War, the island of Hong Kong was ceded in perpetuity to Great Britain. It was established as a Crown colony in 1843. In 1860, the British expanded the colony with the addition of the Kowloon Peninsula and was further extended in 1898 when the British obtained Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, a 99-year lease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinjiang, Fujian
Jinjiang City () is a county-level city under Quanzhou, Quanzhou City, Fujian, Fujian Province, China. It is located in the southeastern part of the province (Minnan region, Minnan), on the right or south bank of the Jin River (Fujian), Jin River, across from Quanzhou's urban district of Fengze District, Fengze and Licheng District, Quanzhou, Licheng. Jinjiang also borders the Taiwan Strait of the East China Sea to the south, and Quanzhou's other county-cities of Shishi, Fujian, Shishi and Nan'an, Fujian, Nan'an to the east and west, respectively. It has an area of and a population of 2,061,551 as of 2020. Jinjiang has the only extant Manichaeism, Manichean temple in China (Cao'an temple) and is near the eastern end of the world's longest estimated straight-line (great circle) path over land, at , ending near Sagres, Portugal. Administrative divisions Jinjiang has six Subdistrict (China), subdistricts and 13 Town (China), towns: ;Subdistricts *Lingyuan, Jinjiang, Lingyuan () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Foundation
The One Foundation (), formally known as the Shenzhen One Foundation Charity Fund (), is a Chinese non-governmental organization which focuses on disaster relief, children's welfare, training of public welfare professionals, and funding grassroots charities. It was registered in 2011 as the first private charitable fundraising organization in China. Its headquarters is in Shenzhen, with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. The foundation's motto is "Charity by All, Doing What I Can" (). As of April 2013, the board of directors consisted of 11 members, in alphabetical order: Feng Lun (), Jet Li (), Liu Chuanzhi (), Pony Ma (), Ma Weihua (), Jack Ma (), Niu Gensheng (), Wang Shi (), Yang Peng (), Zhou Qiren () and Zhou Weiyan (). History Origin The One Foundation was founded by Chinese Red Cross ambassador Jet Li on April 19, 2007, as the Red Cross Society of China Jet Li One Foundation Project () which operated under the Red Cross Society of China. Li stopped his film work t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Births
Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 aboard are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur. * January 6 – The UK recognizes the People's Republic of China; the Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response. * January 7 – A fire in the St Elizabeth's Ward of Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, United States, kills 41 patients. * January 9 – The Israeli government recognizes the People's Republic of China. * January 12 – Submarine collides with Sweden, Swedish oil tanker ''Divina'' in the Thames Estuary and sinks; 64 die. * January 13 – Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
