There is a news that has caused a sensation on the Internet, that is, the second largest foreign landowner in the United States is actually Chinese. This person is the former richest man in China*** The United States is different from China, many of their land is freehold, and land trading is relatively free, for example, the American super-rich Bill Gates owns millions of acres of land, and he is also the largest landowner in the United States.
Most of Bill Gates' land is farmland, which is basically rented out to farmers to make money. ** He was the richest man in China in 2003, and his grand listing that year created his status as the richest man.
According to data released in the United States, ** has 198,000 acres of land in the United States, ranking second among all foreign American landowners. This incident illustrates two things, the first is that *** is indeed rich, and these lands alone are estimated to be worth billions, or even more. Another thing is that *** does not hold U.S. citizenship.
Previously, because of ***'s donation to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, some people said that *** was an American. However, this time the information also shows that *** does not have American citizenship.
In fact, *** donated to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States to promote the development of science and benefit all mankind, but unfortunately it was misunderstood by some netizens. In fact, *** has also donated a lot of money to China, and he has also donated at least hundreds of millions of dollars to Chinese scientific institutions to help them study the human brain.
**Previously, he had been recuperating in Singapore for a long time due to health problems, but he did not immigrate. ** An absolute legend in the Chinese business world as well. Before Ma Huateng, Ma Yun and others succeeded, ** was already the richest man in China, and he was only 32 years old that year.
Later, due to health problems, he withdrew from the business world, he sold all the assets of Shanda, and now he is mainly engaged in the investment business. He has invested in at least seven or eight listed companies in recent years. On Hurun's 2023 wealth list, ** personal net worth is as high as 53 billion.
In other words, after quitting the business world for several years, his net worth has risen from more than 10 billion to more than 50 billion. In fact, when he sold assets such as Shanda Games, he had already cashed out 20 billion in cash. From this point of view, it is the real winner, holding a large amount of cash assets, which is the real winner.
In fact, over the years, many of China's richest men have eventually fallen off the altar, but *** is an exception. He chose to retreat bravely when he was at his peak, and now he has transformed into investment, but he has achieved greater success.
It can be said that if it weren't for physical reasons, Tencent's biggest opponent today is Shanda, and it can even be said that Tencent can be so big.
** started a business in Shanghai very early and founded his own game company, and he earned his first pot of gold by relying on South Korea's "Miracle", "Legend" and other games. Later, Shanda developed many of its own games and became the largest game company in China.
In 2004, Shanda was successfully listed, when there were two generals, the first was Tang Jun, the working emperor he ** poached from Microsoft, and the second was CFO Daniel Zhang. Tang Jun planned to acquire Sina together. If this plan is successful, then Shanda will build a platform for games and **. Later, Tencent's success was actually because of this.
At that time, Shanda secretly absorbed Sina's ** in the open market and became one of the largest shareholders. But at this time, Sina's management became vigilant, and they teamed up with other investment banks to defeat Shanda with a poison pill plan. In the end, it fell short. If Shanda could have succeeded, the Chinese game market would have been different.
After the failure of the acquisition of Sina, ** created its own ** platform, literary platform and so on. Shanda is also developing in the direction of big entertainment. In fact, what Tencent is doing now has been done by Shanda back then. In 2007 Daniel Zhang left Shanda, after which he went to Ali. Later, Daniel Zhang helped Ali develop Tmall.
** It was also a painful loss back then. Just when Shanda was developing his ambitions, ** suddenly had physical problems, and later he was forced to leave the business world and go to Singapore to recuperate. In those years, *** suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared, many people found that *** had gray hair.
** It was really emaciated a lot, it turned out that he fell into a spiritual dilemma in those years, and he ran to many scientific research institutions and universities around the world, hoping to find a solution. Later, I found that no one place could solve the problem of eternal life. He slowly thought about it himself.
After thinking about it, he then announced that he would donate $1 billion to help mankind study the secrets of the brain, hoping to solve the suffering of human diseases. Although he is not as beautiful as Ma Yun and others, he also has his own world.