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A doctoral student at Tsinghua University, who comes from an impoverished family and excelled in his academic pursuits to gain admission to the prestigious institution years ago, has recently returned to the media spotlight after being appointed as a government adviser for his hometown. Pang Zhongwang gained significant attention in 2017 when he scored an impressive 684 out of 750 in China’s university entrance examination, known as gaokao, despite facing considerable challenges in his family – his father suffered from schizophrenia, and his mother had a disability affecting her lower limbs. He was subsequently enrolled at Tsinghua, one of the top universities in China....

Chinese billionaire Zhou Qunfei, nicknamed the “touchscreen queen” for founding cover glass producer Lens Technology, began as a migrant factory worker from a tiny village and rose to build a US$13.3 billion fortune, becoming one of the world’s richest self-made women. Zhou holds a 62% stake in the China-based manufacturer, which accounts for most of her fortune. She shares this stake with her husband, Bloomberg reported, citing the firm’s 2024 interim report. Lens Technology, which produces a wide range of lens and cover glass products, including touchscreens for Apple and Samsung devices, is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange with a market cap of around 104.3...

The rise of China’s so-called Dairy Godfather, from being an abandoned baby to becoming the head of a three-billion-yuan (US$410 million) ice cream empire, is a story of true resilience and vision. Niu Gensheng, 67, is the founder of the corporate giant Mengniu Dairy, and the creator of Aice, an ice cream brand popular across Southeast Asia. Born into poverty in Inner Mongolia, a northern region of China known for its vast grasslands and deserts, Niu’s parents struggled to make ends meet. Unable to care for him, they sold him to a cattle farmer for 50 yuan (US$7) shortly after he was born, and the farmer adopted him. At the age of eight, Niu’s adoptive father lost his...

A man from Detroit went from being homeless, sleeping in his car outside fancy houses in Detroit, to buying one of those houses and becoming a self-made millionaire. The backstory:Mario Kelly embodies the saying, "If you believe it, you can be it." After working at a Ford plant and then Jacobson's, Kelly eventually found himself unemployed. "At the same time, I was living in my van, I was homeless and divorced," he said. "I’m from the east side but manifested that I wanted to live in Rosedale Park. So I would go there every night and find another home to lay in front of." He said through manifestation and a belief in himself, inspiration took hold. "I put the word 'Believe 313' on...

Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong’s second richest billionaire, once shared in his biography that extreme wealth had brought him many troubles. Lee, who passed away on Monday at age 97, said in his biography published years ago that being rich is generally a good thing, according to Hong Kong-based magazine Ming Pao Weekly. "Poverty is truly worrisome and difficult. Imagine not having enough food, no warm clothes, and not knowing when you should sleep. How could you feel comfortable? How could you achieve your goals? On top of that, occasional illness is like having a leaking roof on a rainy night, truly miserable," he said. However, he noted that simply being rich is different from having...

Taylor Swift, 34, has made history as the world’s richest female music star, amassing a staggering $1 billion in just eight months, solidifying her status as the first musician to achieve billionaire status solely based on the value of her songs and performances. According to Forbes, Swift’s music catalog alone is worth an estimated $600 million, with an additional $600 million coming from her tours and royalties. Her extensive real estate portfolio, valued at approximately $125 million, further adds to her impressive fortune.   Reason behind Swift’s rocketing financial rise The driving force behind Swift’s meteoric financial rise is her record-breaking...

The Yoovidhyas, who topped Forbes’ Thailand 2024 rich list with US$36 billion in collective net worth, co-own Red Bull, the energy drink giant founded by their late patriarch Chaleo Yoovidhya. The family and its current head, Chalerm Yoovidhya, 74, also led this year’s list in terms of wealth growth with a $2.6 billion boost to their net worth.   (Chalerm Yoovidhya in Thailand, Dec. 20, 2012. Photo by Panoramic via Reuters)   While Red Bull is often associated with high-energy excitement, its late founder Chaleo had a vastly different personality, as reported by the New York Post. He was famously reclusive and, as one of his sons revealed, had not granted an...

Nisha Madhulika, a prominent figure in the Indian culinary scene and one of the wealthiest YouTubers in the country, has become a household name through her exceptional content. With over 14.5 million subscribers and a net worth estimated at Rs 43 crore, Madhulika's journey from launching a simple food website in 2007 to building an empire on YouTube has been truly inspiring. Nisha Madhulika is known for her delicious, home-style recipes. From starting as a teacher to emerging as one of India's richest female content creators on YouTube, the 65-year-old's success story is an inspiration for one and all, proving the popular phrase - "age is just a number" - correct. Who is Nisha...

An Indian-origin Biomedical Engineering graduate from the University at Buffalo has finally cracked the formula “300+ applications, 500+ cold emails, 10 interviews, 1 offer” later as he landed his dream job at the Elon Musk-led multinational automotive company Tesla.   (According to Dhruv Loya's Instagram bio, he is a 22-year-old man from Pune who is now settled in New York and pursuing the ultimate American dream. (LinkedIn)   On September 28 (IST), New York-based Dhruv Loya gladly celebrated his professional breakthrough on LinkedIn, sharing his latest achievement that finally greeted him at the end of a challenging journey. “I finally got a job!”...

ဟီတစ်ရှ် ချမဲလား ဒိုရှီ (Hitesh Chimanlal Doshi) သည် ဆွေမျိုးတစ်ဦးထံမှ ရူပီး ၅၀၀၀ (ကန်ဒေါ်လာ ၆၀) ငွေချေးယူကာ ဘဝလမ်းကြောင်းကို စတင်ခဲ့သည်။ ယင်းနောက် နှစ်ပေါင်း ၄၀ နီးပါးကြာသောအခါ ဒိုရှီသည် အိန္ဒိယ၏ အကြီးမားဆုံး ပြန်လည်ပြည့်ဖြိုးမြဲစွမ်းအင် ကုမ္ပဏီကြီးများတွင်...