Another well-known person in China has renounced his Chinese nationality! What's going on?
This is Zhang Lei, and some people may be unfamiliar with the name, but in the financial field, his popularity is comparable to that of Jack Ma.
He is also known as the "Buffett of China" for his investments in well-known brands such as Tencent, JD.com, and even Gree, so he is also known as the "big man behind the scenes".
According to official reports, Zhang Lei's nationality has been changed to Singaporean.
Moreover, the focus of companies has shifted from China to Singapore.
The disclosure of this news immediately attracted the attention and heated discussion of netizens.
Is this a hint of preparing to escape? Some netizens found that Zhang Lei had already had signs of changing his nationality.
Zhang Lei's parents are both high-level intellectuals, and he was born in Zhumadian, Henan. His father was a cadre in the foreign trade department, and his mother was a legal adviser.
Born in such a family, Zhang Lei may not even want to be excellent.
In the college entrance examination that year, Zhang Lei entered the campus of Chinese Renmin University with the top score in liberal arts in Henan Province, and studied international finance there, which is indeed the case.
He decided to go to Yale University in the United States for further study in the fourth year after graduation. Expecting to receive a full scholarship, he boarded a plane to the United States with confidence.
It wasn't until he set foot in the U.S. that he realized he was still a year away from receiving a scholarship.
In the United States, he looked for work everywhere, but who would have thought that the top students of the National People's Congress would also encounter countless walls. He kept submitting his resume, but he never heard from him.
Many years later, when Zhang Lei recalled that past, he still thought it was a rare bleak moment in his 33 years.
For a person with no background, the key to success lies in whether he can get the help of nobles, and Swenson is the noble man of Zhang Lei.
Although Swenson is not as well-known as Warren Buffett, in the United States, he is second only to Warren Buffett in popularity.
At Yale, Mr. Zhang finally got an internship, thanks to his admirers. This internship not only helped him learn about investing, but also landed him a lot of money.
In 2005, Zhang Lei returned to China with this capital and founded his own enterprise "Hillhouse".
Tencent developed QQ software at the time, but found that it could not be sold anyway, and the company's financing situation was urgent.
When Zhang Lei appeared, he directly invested $30 million to save Tencent, a move that seemed a bit risky, but later QQ's success proved that Zhang Lei was not wrong.
As a result, Zhang Lei became famous in one fell swoop and became a new dazzling star in China's investment community.
At this time,"Hillhouse"It has not yet relied on Tencent to enter"Top VCs"In other words, Zhang Lei still needs a chance, and soon this opportunity will come.
In 2010, "Hillhouse" reached out to JD.com with unique insight and invested $300 million to enable JD.com to make a comeback, and finally successfully counterattacked.
Zhang Lei has only been in the domestic market for five years, and the adversity of Tencent and JD.com has made people full of curiosity about this "angel investor".
Even if Zhang Lei is successful at Tencent and JD.com, it doesn't mean that he hasn't made mistakes, because no one is perfect.
In 2000, he returned to China to start his own business and co-founded "China Entrepreneurship" with his students on the Internet
In just half a year, this ** began to make a profit, and was even considered the most influential ** in China.
He appeared in the New York Times at the age of 28, and he can be described as young and promising, and his future is bright.
However, after only one year, the "China Entrepreneurship" collapsed in an instant due to the downturn in the market.
Through the failure experience of "China Entrepreneurship", he realized that after success, we should not be overly publicized, but should pay more attention to the long-term development of enterprises. Since then, Mr. Zhang's business empire has grown, and so has his influence in the financial world.
In 2020, after careful observation, some people found that Zhang Lei's eyes gradually began to turn overseas, and even showed signs of "running away".
His eyes have turned overseas, as can be seen from his investment methods in the two years before "Hillhouse".
In the past, Hillhouse had set up several buildings in Singapore to expand overseas markets, but at the end of 2020, Hillhouse suddenly leased a high-end building in Singapore.
At the same time,"Hillhouse"Capital has already set up offices in the UK and South Korea, a move that is understandable if it is aimed at expanding overseas markets.
Hillhouse's capital moves in China are becoming more and more mysterious, and only Zhang Lei himself has begun to show his activity abroad, which makes people wonder whether he still has Chinese nationality.
Although Zhang Lei himself did not respond to this, it was reported that his nationality has allegedly changed to Singapore.
We need to think about the question, why do these "capitals" choose to change their nationality? It's time to see this.
Wealthy people can see emigration overseas and obtaining a second passport as a business tool, and if successfully implemented, it will lead to changes in their markets. This is not difficult for those with deep pockets.
They can get more convenience through a variety of ways such as overseas listings and global property purchases, and even in some tax-free countries, their investment means can have better privacy.
As a catering brand, the benefits it has obtained have even exceeded those of some companies, and the personal worth of the founder Zhang Lan alone has reached billions.
Surprisingly, Zhang Lan not only chose to immigrate overseas after making a fortune, but also transferred her assets.
In order to list overseas and avoid some taxes, Zhang Lan gave this reason at that time. However, what she didn't expect was that it was this decision that made her lose her actual ownership of "South Beauty".
In order to expand the scale of "South Beauty", Zhang Lan signed a gambling agreement desperately, and finally fell from a rich woman to nothing.
With the development of the Internet and the rise of the live broadcast industry, the 62-year-old Zhang Lan turned on the switch in the live broadcast room. Initially, people were amazed that she was still struggling and paid for her persistence.
As the divorce turmoil between her son Wang Xiaofei and Da S continued to expand, it affected her. Netizens found that she had already given up her Chinese nationality and questioned whether her previous behavior was to gain traffic.
Some netizens even bluntly said: "Under the pretext of patriotism, fool fans to defraud them of their money." ”
Zhang Lan remained silent under the slamming of fans, and the reason why her nationality has not changed may only be known to herself.
In addition to the above-mentioned, there is also the familiar "Alibaba".
After Jack Ma retired, Ali was helmed by Joe Tsai, who holds Canadian citizenship.
In addition to his role as the boss of Alibaba, he also has another identity - the boss behind the NBA Brooklyn basketball team.
It's worth noting that every NBA team is valued at an astronomical amount, which shows that his identity is very strong.
Although Mr. Tsai is not a Chinese national, his philanthropic behavior at home is admirable.
He donated tens of millions of dollars in the name of the team in 2020 and can be seen in many donation lists every year.
Although the public is skeptical of him, even if he does not have a Chinese identity, he is able to think about the sake of his countrymen, which is indeed much stronger than those who "make money at home and spend it abroad".
Although the public has doubts about his Canadian nationality, he can think about his countrymen, which is indeed much better than those who "make money at home and spend abroad".
Many people pay lip service to their "patriotic feelings," but in fact they are already abroad, still nostalgic for China's huge market, and unwilling to leave, which makes his "patriotism" seem meaningless.
Everyone has different pursuits, so their path to the future is also different. The right to a better life is a freedom that everyone should enjoy, and decision-making power is always in the hands of the individual.
Businessmen view capital as a pursuit of profit, they believe that the so-called loyalty and patriotism can make way for profit, and in their view, every decision is paved for their own profit.
However, the withdrawal of capital is also a warning to our domestic market. How can we prevent this from happening again? After all, the impact of capital loss on the domestic market is enormous.