Shi Wenbo (; born 1950), is a Chinese

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businessman, chairman of

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 ...

Early life

In 1950, Shi was born in

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, wi ...

, Fujian province, China.

Career

In 1985, Shi co-founded Hengan International with Xu Lianjie, and they produce

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s and baby diapers. As of February 2016, Shi was listed as the 66th richest man in China by ''

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'' 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 Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. 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.

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