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Awards & Recognition
★Topped Fortune China's 50 Most Influential Business Leaders 2023 (ranked #1)
★Fortune's World's 50 Greatest Leaders 2020
★Bloomberg's The Green 30 for 2020
★CCTV's Person of the Year in China's Economy
★Individual Lifetime Achievement Award of Zayed Future Energy Award
★UN Development Programme Sustainable Development Advisory Committee founding member
★Innovative and Entrepreneurial Personages in 40th Anniversary of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
Notable Facts
→Founder, Chairman and CEO of BYD Company, world's largest EV manufacturer by sales
→Founded BYD in 1995 with $250,000 loan from cousin, now worth $23.5 billion
→Company achieved Fortune 500 status spanning automobile, rail transit, new energy and electronics
→Warren Buffett invested $230 million in BYD in 2008 through Berkshire Hathaway
→Led BYD to become world's largest mask manufacturer during COVID-19 pandemic
→Spends 60-70% of time on technology and product development according to own statements
→Born into poverty in Anhui Province, orphaned as teenager, rose to become China's 14th richest person
→Available as keynote speaker through major speaking bureaus
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