2026 Hurun Rich List: Zhang Yiming at 670 billion yuan, Liang Wenfeng at 280 billion yuan, as AI reshapes the wealth rankings

The 2026 Hurun Rich List, released on October 27, shows that ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming's wealth rose by 200 billion yuan to 670 billion yuan, making him China's richest person for the second time; DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng debuted on the list at 280 billion yuan, entering at seventh place. Entrepreneurs focused primarily on AI now account for 10.4% of those listed, nearly 80 robotics entrepreneurs made the list, and Unitree Robotics' Wang Xingxing debuted with 69.5 billion yuan.