Zong Qinghou's Chinese and foreign ** evaluation
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West**He crowned the "joint sales" model of the market network "weaving master", connecting thousands of first-level dealers, tens of thousands of second-level wholesalers and sales terminals, firmly entrenched in China's major urban and rural markets, and none of them defected in this battle! There are many rumors about Zong Qinghou: business reporters are used to describe him as a "bully" because he admires *** to apply his military strategic thinking and management philosophy to management. A huge enterprise with more than 15 branches and 30,000 employees has only one chairman and one general manager, and he is the only one who serves as the company.
1. Adolescence.
Zong Qinghou, male, was born on November 16, 1945 in East Street, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, with a total of five brothers and sisters.
He was a famous general of the Song Dynasty, after Zong Ze, and his grandfather was the Minister of Finance under Zhang Zuolin, and his prestige was like thunder in that era. And his father, Zong Qiluo, also served in the Kuomintang** as a post office clerk, who was honest and decent. However, the great wheel of history rolls forward, and the changes of 1949 have gradually dimmed the aura of the family, and life has become stretched. His father lost his job, and the family had to rely on the meager salary of his mother, Wang Shuzhen, who taught in primary school.
Despite the scarcity of the material aspects of life, Zong Qinghou's parents never relaxed their requirements for their children's education. They poured endless effort and expectation into Zong Qinghou's growth, hoping that he could get out of the predicament and rebuild the glory of the family. It is under this strict family education that Zong Qinghou has developed the habit of self-discipline since he was a child, and his academic performance has always been among the best, becoming the pride of the whole family.
2. Adolescence.
At the age of 17, after graduating from junior high school, his family's predicament made him reluctantly give up his studies. Shouldering the financial burden of his family, he resolutely moved to Hangzhou with his family and bravely embarked on a difficult journey. On the farm in Zhoushan, Zong Qinghou devoted himself to heavy labor, digging salt, drying salt, and picking salt, and every job tested his perseverance. A few years later, he moved to a tea farm in Shaoxing, where every job was full of challenges, from growing tea leaves, harvesting rice to firing bricks and tiles. During his 15 years in the countryside, Zong Qinghou coped with various agricultural activities with tenacious perseverance, not only building dams, carrying manure on his shoulders, but also learning to slaughter pigs. Those hard days tempered Zong Qinghou's perseverance and endurance, making him more and more tenacious in the ordeal. The hard work of this period not only strengthened his physique, but also honed his strong will and outstanding ability. All this has laid a solid foundation for his future entrepreneurial journey. 3. Working period.
In 1978, after the 33-year-old Zong Qing, with the large number of educated youths returning to the city, he returned to his hometown of Hangzhou and replaced his mother's position as a primary school teacher. However, due to his limited education level, he was transferred to the carton factory run by the Workers' and Peasants' School of the Post Circuit Primary School in Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, which also belongs to the education system, and became a worker. During his ten years in the factory, he tried various jobs, including salesman, founded an electric fan factory, an electric meter factory, and became a salesman in a factory run by a school of workers and peasants.
Despite all the challenges, Zong Qinghou did not give up easily. He eventually founded Hangzhou Baoling Children's Nutrition Food Factory, which was later renamed "Hangzhou Wahaha Nutrition Food Factory". Here, he began to process and produce pollen oral liquid for Hangzhou Baoling Company, officially opening a new chapter in his career.
From 1981 to 1983, Zong Qinghou studied industrial enterprise management at Hangzhou Workers' Amateur University;
From 1987 to 1988, he studied business leadership at the China Factory Director (Manager) Work Research Association and Zhejiang Television University, and studied enterprise management at the Party School of the Hangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Fourth, the entrepreneurial period.
In 1987, at the age of 43, his life finally ushered in a major turning point. The Shangcheng District Bureau of Culture and Education of Hangzhou City decided to adopt the contract operation mode for the distribution department of its subordinate school-run enterprises, and openly selected the person in charge of the distribution department. Zong Qinghou was keenly aware of this opportunity, so he recommended himself and bravely took on the responsibility of making a profit of 100,000 yuan a year, while the profit target set by the Culture and Education Bureau for that year was only 40,000 yuan. According to the per capita profit standard, this has far exceeded the per capita profit target of state-owned enterprises at that time.
In the same year, which was full of challenges and opportunities, the distribution department of the school-run enterprise with only 3 people was officially established, and their main business was to sell soft drinks, popsicles and stationery paper. Since there are only two retired teachers in the team, Zong Qinghou often pedals the tricycle to deliver goods. He is well aware of the truth of small profits but quick turnover, so he has established a good reputation in more than 40 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, and gradually built his own sales network.
Taking advantage of the school's channels, Zong Qinghou undertook many first-class distribution businesses, which marked the starting point of his business journey. When he distributed a nutritional supplement called "Chinese Pollen Oral Liquid", he found that this oral liquid helped to enhance students' physique, but it was on the high side. Zong Qinghou took the initiative to communicate with the manufacturer and asked for simple products. After the price reduction, the "Chinese pollen oral liquid" became in short supply, and the manufacturer's production capacity was unable to meet the market demand for a time.
Zong Qinghou seized this opportunity and persuaded the Hangzhou Planning Commission to prepare for the establishment of the "Hangzhou Baoling Children's Nutrition Food Factory", and with the consent of the original manufacturer, a filling production line was introduced. At the end of November 1987, the bottling workshop with a daily output of up to 10,000 boxes was completed at No. 160 Qingtai Street, Shangcheng District. This initiative not only achieved a total sales of 4.36 million yuan that year, but also handed over 2220,000 yuan in profits.
In the spring breeze of May 1988, the net assets of the distribution department of the school-run enterprise were like blooming flowers, breaking through the 8 million yuan mark in one fell swoop. The workforce has also sprung up, reaching more than 130 people. At this energetic moment, Zong Qinghou is no longer satisfied with the role of a consignment, he is like a keen cheetah, perceiving the subtle atmosphere of market changes. Consumers are beginning to have concerns about the health risks of pollen liquid, fearing that it may contain sex hormones. So, Zong Qinghou decided to attack quickly and develop his own brand of nutritional products.
With a unique vision, he found a gap in children's products in the health care product market. In this huge market, despite the wide variety of products, there are few products that are carefully designed for children. Therefore, he conducted in-depth research and found that with the implementation of the family planning policy, the problem of malnutrition caused by picky eating of only children has become more and more serious. Zong Qinghou realized with distress that this was the dilemma of the children's growth and the worries of the parents.
Without hesitation, he took out 50,000 yuan and decided to use it to create a special children's nutrition solution for children. His decision is like a bright star, lighting up the night sky of the health care product market and lighting up the light of hope for countless families. From this moment on, he will lead the team to provide children with nutritious support for healthy growth, so that every child can thrive in the sun.
Zong Qinghou's entrepreneurship can be divided into the following stages;
1.Early days (1987-1993): Zong Qinghou founded Wahaha Group in 1987 and began to produce nutritious food for children. At this stage, Wahaha has rapidly risen to become the leader in China's children's nutrition food market with its high-quality products and good reputation.
2.Development and growth (1994-2000): During this period, Wahaha began to expand its product line, involving beverages, dairy products and other fields. At the same time, Zong Qinghou actively introduced international advanced technology and management experience to improve product quality and enterprise management level. Wahaha has gradually become a leading enterprise in China's beverage industry.
3.Internationalization strategy (2001-2010): At this stage, Zong Qinghou led Wahaha to the international market, and successively set up branches and production bases in Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other regions. Wahaha's products are exported to the world and have become one of the representatives of Chinese brands. In 2007, Wahaha suffered a forced merger and acquisition by Danone, and Zong Qinghou's resignation triggered the employee**, and the final judgment of the trademark belonged to Wahaha. In 2010, Zong Qinghou topped the Hurun Global 100 List for the first time.
4.Transformation and upgrading (2011-present): In the face of changes in the domestic and foreign market environment, Zong Qinghou led Wahaha to carry out transformation and upgrading, increase R&D investment, and launch more innovative products. At the same time, Wahaha actively lays out emerging industries and is involved in biotechnology, health industry and other fields, laying the foundation for the sustainable development of the enterprise. In the 2012 Forbes list of China's richest people, Zong Qinghou, chairman of Wahaha, re-ascended to the throne of the richest man with a net worth of 10 billion US dollars, and said in an interview with reporters that the whole family had cancelled the US green card, and he no longer had a US green card and any foreign nationality, nor did he have an immigration plan. In 2015, he ranked 18th on the Forbes list of Chinese billionaires with $10.3 billion.
Attack. On September 13, 2013, Zong Qinghou, chairman of Hangzhou Wahaha Group, was cut off from four fingers of his left hand near his home. The staff of Wahaha's president's office said that they did not know about this matter for the time being.
After a preliminary examination, the reason was that 49-year-old Yang had not found a job since he came to Hangzhou, and because he had seen an interview with Zong Qinghou on TV about his enthusiasm to help migrant workers, he went to Zong's place of residence and asked for a job for him.
The case of Zong Qinghou, chairman of Wahaha Group, who was cut off, has been solved. The public security department of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province announced the results of the investigation of the case, the suspect was coerced by Xiang Zong Qinghou with a knife, and the suspect Yang has been criminally detained in accordance with the law. The reporter learned from Wahaha related parties that the relevant business of Wahaha Group is normal, and Zong Qinghou "goes to work normally".
Zong Qinghou's wife Shi Youzhen, daughter is called Zong Fuli, wife and daughter are Zong Qinghou's "right-hand men", and the family of three has done their best for Wahaha Group. Except for her daughter's "never been in love at the age of thirty", which was fired by ** for a while and attracted everyone's attention, the activities of his wife and daughter seemed relatively quiet. In terms of business, Shi Youzhen is not only Zong Qinghou's best partner, but also a "strong woman" who is in charge.
5. Public welfare stage
In July 2009, Zong Qinghou established Zhejiang Wahaha Charity Association to devote itself to various social welfare undertakings, and in the face of natural disasters and public crises such as floods, snow disasters, and droughts, Wahaha Group has generously donated money. As of 7 years, it has donated a total of 5 to public welfare and charity400 million yuan.
Zong Qinghou has a soft spot for return education and has been sparing no effort for a long time. 23 Hope Primary Schools and 100 Sunshine Playgrounds have been built across the country, and a total of more than 300 million yuan has been spent on education support over the years.
Since 2000, Zong Qinghou's Wahaha Group has donated to Hangzhou's "Spring Breeze Action" for 17 consecutive years to help poor students realize their dreams of university. As of 2017, a total of 74.6 million yuan in grants has been disbursed, helping 16,874 college students in need. Since 2011, Zong Qinghou has set up a special fund for "Wahaha Chunfeng Student Assistance", and as of 2018, the cumulative special amount has reached 70 million yuan, and has helped 20,401 students in need.
In 2008, when Wenchuan was the first to go, Zong Qinghou donated more than 1,500 yuan to the disaster area; In 2010, more than 850 yuan was donated to the drought in southwest China. In 2013, Zong Qinghou urgently delivered millions of bottles of water, beverages and eight-treasure porridge in Ya'an**, and donated 10 million yuan to support the reconstruction of homes for the affected residents. In January 2020, when the new crown pneumonia epidemic broke out in Wuhan, he donated 15 million yuan in cash and one million bottles of drinking water and eight-treasure porridge worth more than 8 million yuan to support the fight against the "epidemic".
On June 20, 2021, Zong Qinghou, Chairman and General Manager of Hangzhou Wahaha Group, donated 324 computers and 28 teaching all-in-one computers to two middle schools in Ganzi Prefecture on behalf of Wahaha Group.
In every different period after Zongqing, through continuous innovation and diversified development, Wahaha has ensured that Wahaha can maintain its leading position in the fierce market competition and lay a solid foundation for future development.
Zong Qinghou's entrepreneurial story is known as an "inspirational blockbuster", he started as a vendor selling popsicles, and with unremitting efforts and certain opportunities, he finally won the throne of China's richest man three times. His story has inspired countless people and showcased his tenacity and wisdom.
Zong Qinghou's life can be said to be full of legends, and his story has inspired countless people.