Zong Qinghou, the rags-to-riches founder of one of China’s biggest beverage makers, has died. The self-made billionaire, who was once China’s richest man, died of an illness on Sunday at the ...

Zong, who didn't attend high school, lived on a farm commune from 1964 to 1978 during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution.

As the eldest child, Zong left school after junior high to support his family and spent more than a decade doing odd jobs, including hard manual labor at a remote state-owned farm during Mao’s ...

Zong Qinghou, a self-made beverage entrepreneur who was once the richest person in China, died on Sunday at 79. His death, from an unspecified illness, was announced by his company, Wahaha Group ...

The beverage giant founder Zong Qinghou, one of China’s Mao era ‘sent-down youth’, cut a pathway for business leaders who followed as the country modernised. 28 Feb 2024 - 6:15AM.

Zong Fuli, daughter of the late Chinese billionaire Zong Qinghou—once the country’s richest man—has officially taken over Hangzhou-based beverage giant Wahaha Group, according to a local ...

Zong Qinghou, the rags-to-riches founder of one of China’s biggest beverage makers, has died. The self-made billionaire, who was once China’s richest man, died of an illness on Sunday at the ...

Zong Qinghou, the rags-to-riches founder of Chinese beverage maker Wahaha and once the richest man in the country, has died.