Deng Weiming & family

Deng Weiming chairs CNGR Advanced Material, which makes components of lithium batteries, some of which are used in cars.

Customers include battery production firm Contemporary Amperex Technology, LG Chem and electric carmaker Tesla.

Deng started his own business in 1995 age 27; he founded CNGR in 2004.

His wife Wu Xiaoge is a CNGR director and vice president.