2024 is the Year of the Dragon, a symbol of nobility and honor in traditional Chinese culture, as well as a symbol of luck and success. Today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and it is a good day for large and small businesses to "open the market", which means that good fortune is coming.
On the occasion of this special season, the chairmen born in the Year of the Dragon (due to the slight difference between the Year of the Dragon and the Gregorian month in the lunar calendar, this difference is not considered for the time being, and the same is true for other zodiac signs), what kind of group are they, and what is the scale and performance of these companies at the helm?
509 chairmen belong to the dragon, and the post-60s generation accounts for more than 60%.
The chairman is the soul of the company and plays a key role in the company's decision-making. Statistics show that as of February 8, 2024, a total of 5,313 A-share companies have disclosed relevant information about their chairmen, among whom the "elderly faction" is over 80 years old, and the "young Zhuang faction" is as small as the post-80s and post-90s.
Among them, Li Yunxiao of Sun Cable became the oldest chairman of the A-share market at the age of 87. Wu Jiahui of Lion Head Shares, Shi Wenling of Chunli Medical and Liu Shan of ST Shihua, all born in 1998, are the youngest three chairmen of A-shares, of which Wu Jiahui is the son of Wu Xu, the former actual controller of Lion Head Shares; Shi Wenling is the daughter of Shi Chunbao and Yue Shujun, the actual controllers of Chunli Medical; Liu Shan is the son of Liu Jun, the actual controller of ST Shihua.
Among the more than 5,300 listed companies mentioned above, there are 509 chairmen born in the Year of the Dragon, second only to the monkey and snake in the Chinese zodiac.
The age of the 509 chairmen is distributed in 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976 and 1988, of which only 1 chairman was born in 1940, that is, Wan Long, the current chairman of Shuanghui Development; The post-60s generation is the main force of the chairman of the dragon. There are 26 chairmen born in 1952, accounting for 511%；The number of chairmen born in 1964 is the largest, with 335, accounting for nearly 66%; The chairman born in 1976 accounted for 2338%, born in 1988, the chairman accounted for 55%。
Cluster of advanced manufacturing and information technology companies
What are the industries and regions of the 509 companies helmed by Chairman Long, and what are the attributes of the companies?
* According to the statistics of Times and Databao, from the perspective of industry distribution, 509 companies are distributed in 30 Shenwan industries (except for comprehensive industries), the number of companies in advanced manufacturing and information technology industries is large, and the number of companies in 5 industries of machinery and equipment, basic chemicals, power equipment, electronics and computers ranks first, of which there are 51 companies in the machinery and equipment industry, accounting for 1002%；There is only one in the petroleum and petrochemical industry, three each in the banking, beauty care and coal industries.
From the perspective of regional distribution, 30 provinces and cities are involved. The number of companies in Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and cities is relatively concentrated. Guangdong ranked first with 80 companies, accounting for 1572%, Zhejiang, Beijing, and Jiangsu accounted for more than 10%.
From the perspective of company attributes, the number of private enterprises is as many as 329, accounting for 6464%；There are 122 state-owned enterprises, accounting for nearly 24%.
With a market value of nearly 8 trillion yuan, there are as many as 11 100 billion legions
From the perspective of the company's scale, as of February 8, the total market value of 509 companies helmed by Chairman Zhilong was nearly 8 trillion yuan, accounting for nearly 11% of the total market value of all A-shares, 18 companies with a market value of less than 1 billion yuan, and more than 130 companies with a market value of 10 billion, including a large number of industry "leaders".
There are 11 companies with a market value of 100 billion yuan, and the chairmen were all born in 1964. Specifically, the market value of PetroChina, a leading petrochemical company, exceeds 14 trillion yuan, followed by the insurance leader China Pacific Insurance with a market value of more than 200 billion yuan; Four companies, including China Everbright Bank and China General Nuclear Power Corporation, have a market value of more than 150 billion yuan.
Among these 11 companies, only Great Wall Motors is a private enterprise, and the chairman of the company is the founder Wei Jianjun. In the "2022 Global CEO Brand Guardian Index List", Wei Jianjun ranked third in the world and first in China. Shuanghui Development, a leading meat product company, has a market value of nearly 100 billion yuan, and the chairman of the company is Wan Long, who was born in 1940, and is the second oldest chairman of the A-share market at the age of 84.
As of the end of the third quarter of 2023, 509 companies have a total of 2767 trillion yuan, 24 companies with 100 billion assets, 6 companies with trillion assets, and the top three are Everbright Bank, PetroChina, and Bank of Ningbo, with total assets of 683 trillion yuan, 279 trillion yuan and 267 trillion yuan, in addition, the total assets of China Pacific Insurance and Bank of Nanjing also exceed 2 trillion yuan.
Three 100 billion asset companies belong to private enterprises, namely Great Wall Motor, IFC**, and JA Technology, among which Jin Baofang, chairman of JA Technology, was born in 1952, and JA Solar Technology is one of the leading enterprises in the domestic photovoltaic industry with a complete industrial chain and coordinated structural layout. The company's founder, Jin Baofang, led JA Solar's market value to hit the highest to 185 billion yuan, and the current market value is still more than 55 billion yuan.
At the helm, the company's performance has been rising, and the net profit of 8 companies has continued to grow since 2018
The performance of listed companies is closely related to policies and industry environment, and at the same time, the decision-making of the chairman and other senior executives also has a crucial impact on the company's business development.
According to data treasure statistics, the 509 companies helmed by Chairman Long have been stable and upward in performance since 2018, and their net profit has increased from 2,797 in 20181.7 billion yuan (500 companies) increased to 4,984 in 20221.5 billion yuan. Except for 2020, the overall net profit in 2019, 2021 and 2022 increased by more than 10%, and the overall net profit in 2022 increased by 77% compared with 201885%, among the listed companies helmed by the chairman of the Zodiac, the growth rate in the same period was in the forefront.
Specific to a single company, in 2018 In 2022, there are 85 companies with continuous net profit growth, 12 companies with a net profit increase of more than 10 times in 2022 compared with 2018, and JA Solar, which ranks first, has a net profit increase of more than 1,100 times, from about 5 million yuan in 2018 to more than 5.5 billion yuan in 2022; Under the leadership of Liu Haidong and other executives, the net profit of Juhe Materials has increased from 5 million yuan in 2018 to 3 in 20229.1 billion yuan, an increase of more than 77 times. In addition, the net profit of Hoymiles shares and Huitai Medical also increased by more than 15 times in the same period.
Judging from the performance forecast, the performance of more than 100 companies in 2023 is expected to be gratifying, and 30 companies such as Zhongnan Co., Ltd. and Antarctic E-commerce have turned around their losses; 55 companies are expected to increase their performance, 27 companies have an upper limit of more than 100%, Huadian International and Foton Motor will have a net profit increase of more than 10 times in 2023, and 2 companies are state-owned enterprises, of which the upper limit of Huadian International's net profit growth is close to 49 times, and the chairman of the company is Dai Jun, who was born in 1964; The upper limit of Foton Motor's net profit growth is close to 13 times, and the company's chairman is Changrui, who was born in 1976.
Since 2018, the net profit of 8 companies has continued to grow, including Dongpeng Beverage, EVE Lithium Energy, Hengdian Dongci, Opai Home Furnishing, etc.
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