China maintained in 2025 the title of second country with the largest number of billionaires in the world: 516 in total (Forbes points 450 in China and 66 in Hong Kong). The Asian country is only behind the United States, which has 902 representatives. In total, the magazine’s 2025 billionaires list has over 3,000 names. Who leads the ranking is Elon Musk, owner of Tesla Spacex and X, with an estimated fortune of $ 342 billion.
The richest among the Chinese is Zhang Yiming, with estimated equity of $ 65.5 billion. He is co -founder of Bytedance, owner of Tiktok, a platform that is sighted by US President Donald Trump. Yiming exceeded Zhong Shanshan, owner of Nongfi Spring, a bottled water company that led the list by 2024 and now appears in second place, with a fortune of $ 57.7 billion. This occurred after the repurchase of Bytedance actions, which valued the company and informed the Yiming fortune.
Compared to 2024, there are 43 more billionaires on the Forbes list that are from China and Hong Kong. Together they have $ 2.035 trillion, or 12.64% of the $ 16.1 trillion that all billionaires in the world have.
The 902 billionaires from the United States, who represent just under one third of the world of billionaires around the world, have a combined equity of $ 6.8 trillion, or 42.24% of the accumulated billionaires classified by the magazine.
Other names that appear on China’s richest list are linked to companies such as Chinese Tencent Technology Giant, the Xiaomi smartphone manufacturer, the Midea appliance company, the Alibaba e-commerce group and the BYD electric car assembler. Here are the 15 richest people in China (including Hong Kong), according to Forbes 2025 billionaires list.
1. Zhang Yiming
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Equity: US $ 65.5 billion
Origem Da Fortuna: Tiktok
2. Zhong Shanshan
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Equity: US $ 57.7 billion
Origin of fortune: Nongfu Spring
3. Ma Huateng
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Heritage: US $ 56.2 billion
Origin of Fortune: Tencent (Online Games)
4. Lei Jun
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Equity: US $ 43.5 billion
Origin of Fortune: Xiaomi
5. Colin Huang
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Equity: US $ 42.3 billion
Origin of Fortune: PDD Holdings (pinduoda)
6. Li Ka-shing
Equity: US $ 38.9 billion
Origin of fortune: various
7. Robin Zeng
Equity: US $ 37.9 billion
Origem da fortuna: Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)
8. William Ding
Equity: US $ 33.3 billion
Origin of Fortune: Netease (Online Games)
9. Jack at
Equity: US $ 28.6 billion
Origin of Fortune: Alibaba Group
10. He Xiangjian e família
Equity: US $ 27 billion
Origin of Fortune: Midea Group
11. Wang Chuanfu
Equity: US $ 26.4 billion
Origin of Fortune: Byd
12. Lu Xiangyang
Equity: US $ 20 billion
Origin of Fortune: Byd
13. Eric Li
Equity: US $ 18.7 billion
Origin of Fortune: Geely Automobile Holdings
14. Huang Shilin
Equity: US $ 17.4 billion
Origem da fortuna: Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)
15. Zhang Zhidong
Equity: US $ 16.9 billion
Origin of Fortune: Tencent (Online Games)
