Yang Rong

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Yang Rong 仰 融

Age: 53 (as of 2008)

Birth Place: Anhui

Education: Doctorate

Main company: Brilliance China Holdings

Company headquarters: ' Shanghai

First listing: NYSE (August 1992), HK (October 1999), Shanghai (October 1999)

Main industries: minibuses, investments

Wealth: $840 million

One of China's earliest international financiers, Yang first gained public attention in 1991 when he invested in a state-owned enterprise automotive manufacture. The following year Yang listed in New York a joint venture (with Shenyang Jinbei Passenger Vehicle Manufacturing) manufacturing minibuses. In 1999 the minibus production division obtained a secondary listing in Hong Kong, and the minibus-distribution business was listed in Shanghai. In 2000, Brilliance had sales of $760 million. Brilliance has invested $500 million in the production of a Chinese-made passenger vehicles.

[edit] References

• http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_30/b3843133_mz033.htm
• http://china.org.cn/english/2002/Oct/46793.htm