Song Weiping (), is a Chinese

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tycoon and

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. He is the co-founder and president of Greentown China.

Career

Song was born in Sheng County,

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province in 1958. 1982, he graduated from the Department of History,

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(current

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). 1982-1987, he taught in a party school. 1987, he went to

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, and worked in a computer company as a secretary.宋卫平_新浪网
/ref> In 1994, Song returned to Hangzhou, he founded Greentown China, a real estate company, with his wife Xia Yibo (夏一波). China Greentown is a leading real estate company in Zhejiang,

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and

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. He also founded the football club, Hangzhou Greentown F.C. According to Hurun Report's 2013 China Rich List, Song and his wife were ranked No. 212 in China with a net worth of US$1.22 billion.

References

External links

Song Weiping's profile at Sohu Finance
{{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Weiping 1967 births Living people Businesspeople from Shaoxing People from Shengzhou Billionaires from Zhejiang Zhejiang University alumni Hangzhou University alumni Chinese real estate businesspeople Chinese football chairmen and investors