In early September 2011, the annual Hurun Rich List was released, and Liang Wen-gen replaced Zong Qing-hou, chairman of Wahaha Group, as the richest man in China with a fortune worth 7 billion yuan. Subsequently, Forbes announced its 2011 China Rich List, and Liang Wen-gen once again topped the list with a personal net worth of 9.3 billion US dollars (approximately 59 billion yuan).
Yesterday, after being bumped into the river, Forbes again released its Global Billionaires List, and the title of richest man from mainland China returned to Robin Li, founder of Baidu Inc., whose fortune is as high as 10.2 billion US dollars, ranking him 86th globally, while Liang Wen-gen fell to second place, his fortune shrinking from last year's 9.3 billion US dollars to 8.1 billion US dollars, placing him 113th globally.
On March 6, after being bumped into the river, Hurun Research Institute first released its Hurun Global Rich List in Beijing. Among the five Chinese billionaires on the list, Zong Qing-hou became the only mainland billionaire on the list, with assets reaching 10.5 billion US dollars, ranking 78th, while Liang Wen-gen missed out on this list due to the depreciation of his shares in Sany.
Liang Wen-gen is not only the first A-share produced richest man since the release of these two lists, but also the first richest man from an inland province. In media reports, he has been crowned the "double new richest man."