Richer than Kylie Jenner, in Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s contacts list – meet China’s self-made female billionaires empowering women in business, tech and finance

Oct 7 , 2020

China’s self-made female billionaires: Zhou Qunfei, Li Ying, Lilian Wu and Anni Chen. Photos: Agence France-Presse; eastday.com; qq.com; ifeng.com

Forbes’ 2020 World’s Billionaires reveals that China boasts the highest number of self-made female billionaires in the world – meet Zhou Qunfei, Lilian Wu and Li Ying, the ‘modern day Mulans’ behind tech companies like Lens Technology, Hakim Unique Internet, and more

China now boasts the highest number of self-made female billionaires in the world, according to a recent survey by Forbes. Among the 67 uber-rich female entrepreneurs worldwide who earned their own wealth, 28 are from the mainland and five are from Hong Kong. These brilliant women are often appraised by netizens as “modern day Mulans”.

Over the years, STYLE has profiled many outstanding female luminaries, charting their backgrounds, how they founded their businesses, and how they developed these companies into international powerhouses.

ICYMI, here are some of the most-read stories from STYLE’s growing female billionaire entrepreneur series.

Zhou Qunfei

Born in Hunan province and a permanent resident of Hong Kong, Zhou Qunfei is the founder and CEO of Hunan-based Lens Technology. Crowned as the queen of the smartphone touch screen, she worked her way up from the bottom and now boasts a net worth of US$15.1 billion. The 50-year-old Zhou is ranked No 211 on Forbes’ 2020 “The World‘s Billionaires” list and No 44 on its “China Rich List”.

Lilian Wu

Move over, old money – millennials are catching up. Lilian Wu, who founded Hangzhou-based tech company Hakim Unique Internet, is the only other woman on Hurun’s “Global Under 40 & Self Made Rich List” besides Kylie Jenner, after making her fortune in the male-saturated tech world.

Li Ying