Zong Qinghou, the founder of Wahaha, died of illness at the age of 79. His life, like the Wahaha brand, carries the childhood memories of countless people and is a treasure in the business world.
Zong Qinghou was not all smooth sailing, he had set up a stall, worked as a coolie, and did sales, but his persistence and hard work eventually achieved his brilliance. Although Zong Qinghou has left us, his spirit and brand will live on forever.
In his 40s, through unremitting efforts, he finally founded the Wahaha brand. With a keen business acumen, I have built my own business empire with remarkable success.
Now, I not only have a successful career, but I am worth tens of billions.
In Zong Fuli's father's life, the biggest regret was not being able to see his daughter get married, and this regret stayed with him until his death.
What is the reason why the daughter has never been able to get her father's wish?
Zong Qinghou, born in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province in 1945, has a large number of talents in the family, but in his father's generation, due to the change of the general environment, the family is in the middle.
His father was unable to find a job due to compositional issues.
In Zong Qinghou's family, all the burdens were on the shoulders of his mother. Despite her hard work, her mother struggled to raise her five children.
In the end, the overwhelmed Zong Qinghou was forced to drop out of school.
He decided to share the burden of the family with his mother, and although he did not have an education or an excellent background, he actively participated in the work, starting from chores, and even later took over his mother's work.
He rose through the ranks in the workplace, from an ordinary employee to a sales manager, and after a solid career, he was nearly 30 years old, but due to his busy work, he rarely had time to take care of his love life.
At the age of 35, Zong Qinghou met his soulmate Shi Youzhen, whose beauty and knowledge enriched his life.
Shi Youzhen also has an important influence on Zong Qinghou's career, and it can be said that without her, there would be no family history of Zong Qinghou.
During the period when Zong Qinghou started his business, he soon had a daughter Zong Fuli.
The birth of his daughter not only made him more motivated in his career, but also brought him greater responsibility.
Although Zong Qinghou was already working as a manager in the marketing department, he was not satisfied with that. By chance, he heard that a factory was not doing well, and the owner wanted to sell it.
Zong Qinghou felt that this was a good entrepreneurial opportunity, so he decided to seize it.
When I got home, I told my wife what I thought. When she heard that she had to pay a large fee, I thought she would be a little hesitant, but she didn't hesitate to hand me the passbook.
Although he and the other two partners shared the cost of more than 100,000 yuan at that time, this fee was still very large for them in the era.
Luckily, they later borrowed some money to ease the financial pressure.
Although they successfully bought the factory, the road to entrepreneurship was still full of challenges.
In the early stage, due to a lack of clues, they had to start as a contract factory and process and manufacture products for others.
Although Zong Qinghou is over forty years old, he has not given up his dream because of this.
With his ingenuity, he founded the Wahaha brand and started a new entrepreneurial road.
Zong Qinghou's story tells us that age is not an obstacle to success, as long as we have dreams and hard work, we can achieve our goals.
Although Wahaha has now been involved in many different fields, Zong Qinghou did not care about these in the early days of the company's establishment.
As the boss, in order to promote the brand, he used to ride a tricycle to sell drinks.
Through unremitting efforts, the Wahaha brand has gradually emerged and attracted much attention. With the progress of society and the improvement of people's living standards, the brand continues to innovate and actively respond to changes in the market.
Many children don't like to eat because they like to eat snacks, which makes Zong Qinghou find a business opportunity.
He developed a nutrient solution designed to solve the problem of children skipping meals.
Wahaha"Brand cause"After drinking Wahaha, eating is fragrant"This word-of-mouth phrase and the corresponding products sold well, and Zong Qinghou made a lot of money and continued to expand the scale of production, constantly launching new products.
Under the correct leadership of Zong Qinghou, Wahaha Group achieved a small goal (100 million) of profitability three years after its establishment.
With the continuous expansion of the company's scale, Zong Qinghou was ranked as the richest man in Chinese mainland by Forbes three times in a row from 2010 to 2013, and his worth was unimaginably high, reaching 66.3 billion yuan.
Although Wahaha is no longer what it used to be, our daily lives are still full of the shadow of its products, such as mineral water, various beverage bottles, eight-treasure porridge and very cola.
Even if he has a successful career and has hundreds of millions of family properties, it is difficult to hide the fact that Zong Fuli's marriage has become a regret, why is this?
Although the establishment of Wahaha Group precedes the birth of Zong Fuli, her father Zong Qinghou has always been by his daughter's side with a strong sense of professionalism and love for his family.
As a rich second generation, although Zong Fuli can enjoy the wealth of the family, she is not as flamboyant as other rich second generations, this is because she has been well accompanied since she was a child.
When she was 5 years old, her father started a business, which allowed her to spend more time with her father, which undoubtedly had a positive impact on her character.
Zong Fuli was born into a family that was not wealthy, and her father did not start a business when she was a child.
Even though his father made some money later, because the business was in its infancy, there was relatively little control over Zong Fuli.
Although Zong Fuli was not doted on and accompanied by her parents like ordinary people in her childhood, and even was alone every time she went to and from school, she did not become rebellious because of this.
With the passage of time, Zong Qinghou has only one daughter, Zong Fuli, and she is the best person in her future career.
Therefore, Zong Qinghou's requirements for Zong Fuli are extremely strict.
At the age of 14, Zong Fuli was sent abroad to receive education, which not only allowed her to experience independent life, but also received the best quality education model. Her personality is very similar to that of her father.
Not only does she have a tenacious spirit, but she is also very hardworking and her grades are consistently at the top of her class.
She came from a wealthy background, but she is even more praised for her own excellence.
Zong Fuli thought that she would be able to get a good position in her company after returning from studying abroad, but the reality disappointed her.
Even after her academic success, she didn't get any position in the company, and she didn't even get as good as an ordinary employee at the beginning.
Although she could easily find a high-quality position with her academic qualifications, she chose to start at the bottom of the group.
With perseverance and perseverance, she successfully obtained the opportunity to be promoted and demonstrated her personal value.
Zong Fuli is rigorous and serious in her work, and she is diligent and hands-on in dealing with company affairs. Her decisive style is due to the Western culture she once received.
She is decisive in her work, never drags mud and water, and her work spirit has won the appreciation of everyone.
Her demeanor reminded many of her father.
Zong Fuli's style of acting is unique, not inferior to her father. This young man has excellent business acumen and unique innovative thinking, although as the best person in Wahaha, she is not satisfied with being confined to one project.
Recognising that this was the result of her father's hard work, she knew that the only way to achieve self-worth was to rely on herself, so in 2007, she founded her own beverage brand.
At that time, this decision caused many netizens to have questions and confusion.
Some have questioned why she started her own company when she owns a family business. However, her persistence and hard work paid off in the end.
In 2014, she became one of the leading women in China's business community and later became one of the youngest richest women in Asia.
What is amazing is not only Zong Fuli's excellent business talent, but also that she did not rely on her father's protection and succeeded in starting a business with her own efforts.
What she shows to the world is always the image of a strong woman who is resolute and resolute.
She is pursuing her career with all her might, but her marital problems have not been resolved, and there are few rumors about her relationship.
In fact, not long after she graduated, her mother had already begun to urge her to get married.
As a father, Zong Qinghou did not exert too much pressure on his daughter's marriage, but advocated her daughter's independent choice, saying that she would not interfere too much, believing that her marriage should be decided by herself.
Zong Qinghou began to worry about his daughter, after all, what parent doesn't want their children to start a family as soon as possible?
As her daughter grows older, she doesn't have a suitable partner around her.
Zong Qinghou's family has a big business, and for the development of his career, he needs someone who can assist his daughter.
However, although his family business is prosperous, his daughter's love life has been uneventful and has not improved.
Therefore, Zong Qinghou decided to let her daughter make her own decisions and no longer interfere too much in her love life.
Zong Qinghou asked for his daughter's marriage, just asking for sound limbs and good character, and the whole network was crazy about it! It can be seen that Zong Qinghou cares about her daughter's happiness very much and hopes that she can find a suitable boyfriend.
All netizens on the Internet have begun to recommend themselves, after all, in the face of Zong Fuli, a real rich woman, who doesn't want to spend their lives with her? Once you succeed, you can achieve the pinnacle of life and enjoy endless wealth.
Although Zong Qinghou has strict requirements for his son-in-law, Zong Fuli's love life is still blank, which makes Zong Qinghou's heart full of regrets, after all, he may not be able to see his daughter get married in this life.
Zong Fuli's situation has confused many people, who believe that marriage is a stage that must be experienced in life, and even if they are already rich, they should not ignore this issue.
We can't let my father leave with regrets, but he has his own lifestyle and preferences, and it's his choice. He cannot be judged by his own standards.
Although today's parents may prefer their daughters to live a happy and happy life, they have to admit that Zong Qinghou's death is a major loss for the business world.