Beijing today via Wikipedia The famous Hurun rich list, compiled by Rupert Hoogewerf, is offering private plane flights as awards for the wealthy entrepreneurs. China’s rich still need some encouragement to rent a private plane. Prices will be handed out during a ceremony coming weekend in Beijing, Hoogewerf told Xinhua. “We’dRead More →

Hurun by Fantake via Flickr Apart from real estate and retail, China’s IT industry is becoming a major money maker, notes Hurun rich list compiler Rupert Hoogewerf in the People’s Daily. Robin Li of the largest search engine Baidu tops his IT-rich list this year. Robin Li, founder of Baidu,Read More →

Hurun by Fantake via Flickr It’s October and it might not come as a surprise that Rupert Hoogewerf or Hurun has appeared as the largest mover in our most-sought speaker at the China Speakers Bureau. This years’ Hurun rich list attracted much attention, as it showed how Chinese women areRead More →

Hurun by Fantake via Flickr Chinese women and retailers might be doing well on the Hurun rich list, compiled by Rupert Hoogewerf, but real estates tycoon saw their wealth shrink by 25 percent, writes the People’s Daily and attributes this to successful government efforts to cool down the industry. TheRead More →

Retail galores via Wikipedia Real estate might be dominating much of the economic debate in China, retail seems increasingly a good way to become a billionaire as consumption grows, shows the latest Hurun Rich List, composed by Rupert Hoogewerf. Real estate is still the largest wealth creator, despite the change.Read More →

Oprah: beaten by Chinese women via Wikipedia Rich Chinese women are not only leading China’s rich list, but worldwide, says Rupert Hoogewerf or Hurun, composer of the Hurun China Rich List today in the Strait Times. MORE than half of the 20 richest self-made women in the world are Chinese,Read More →

Hurun by Fantake via Flickr Zong Qinghou, founder of China’s largest soft drink producer Wahaha, has become the richest man of China in 2010, announced Rupert Hoogewerf or Hurun, maker of the China Rich List today, according to AFP. Zong not only gained financial, but also politically by taking onRead More →

Rupert Hoogewerf via Flickr China’s rich give also part of their wealth away, says Rupert Hoogewerf of the China’s rich list at the eve before Bill Gates and Warren Buffet hit the stage in Beijing in the New York Times. But they do it in a different way. While the richRead More →

Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr The summer holidays and the summer heat forced many to lay low – we noticed from the traffic to our websites – with one exception: Shaun Rein. Almost no day passed without Shaun sharing his views on mainstream TV-stations or on Forbes and BusinessRead More →

Hurun by Fantake via Flickr Programs for corporate social responsibility (CSR) adds to the competitive advantage of companies in China, says Hurun or Rupert Hoogewerf in his latest report. Most of the top-50 companies in his CSR list are domestic, says he says in the Shanghai Daily.Over 30 companies wereRead More →

Rupert Hoogewerf is founder and compiler of the Hurun China Rich List. The list is the flagship product of Hurun Report, a luxury publishing and events company founded by Hoogewerf in 1999, which produces 20 Chinese-language magazine issues a year aimed at China’s wealth creators. Hoogewerf’s close personal relationship with many of China’s leading entrepreneurs provides the basis for the company’s busy calendar of events. He travels from Shanghai.Read More →