Wang Chuanfu

Wang Chuanfu is a Chinese chemist, billionaire entrepreneur, and the founder, chairman, and CEO of BYD Company Limited. Born in 1966 in Anhui Province to a poor farming family, he was orphaned as a teenager and raised by his elder brother and sister. He founded BYD in 1995 as a rechargeable battery company, which has since grown into one of the world's largest manufacturers of electric vehicles and batteries, with operations spanning automobiles, rail transit, new energy, and electronics.