According to reports, the ICU ward of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine is currently treating 79-year-old Zong Qinghou, the founder of Wahaha. Zong Qinghou was admitted to the hospital for lung cancer before the Spring Festival, and his condition has not been ideal. According to Zong Qinghou's daughter Zong Fuli, Zong Qinghou's current situation is stable, thank you for your concern.
Zong Qinghou was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 1945 and founded Wahaha Food Group Company in 1991. He has been the richest man in Chinese mainland three times on the Forbes rich list, but Wahaha is not listed. Wahaha Group has achieved good results in recent years, but Zong Qinghou's health has aroused people's concern about Wahaha's future.
Zong Qinghou's journey of founding Wahaha is legendary. From the initial children's nutrition solution to the later food and beverage giant, Zong Qinghou has been committed to product innovation and enterprise development. However, Wahaha has faced many challenges in recent years, including aging products, the inadaptability of the joint sales model to the new retail era, and increasingly fierce market competition.
Zong Qinghou's daughter Zong Fuli is also gradually taking over Wahaha's business. She promoted the rejuvenation of Wahaha's brand, introduced new marketing strategies, and experimented with product development. However, Wahaha is still facing unprecedented challenges and needs to find new breakthroughs in the fierce market competition.
In the case of Zong Qinghou's poor health, whether Zong Fuli can successfully lead Wahaha out of the predicament has become one of the focuses of the industry.