Zhong Shanshan

Zhong Shanshan chairs Nongfu Spring, a bottled water company, which listed its shares in Hong Kong in September 2020.

Hangzhou-born Zhong dropped out of elementary school during China's chaotic Cultural Revolution.

He later had jobs as a construction worker, a newspaper reporter and a beverage sales agent before starting his own business.

Zhong also controls Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy, which went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in April 2020.