25 Facts About Wang Jianlin

Wang Jianlin is a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist.

Wang Jianlin is the chairman, founder, and majority shareholder of the Dalian Wanda Group, one of China's foremost conglomerate companies, which is well known for being China's largest real estate development company and the world's largest movie theater operator.

In 2016, Wang reached a deal with FIFA to launch the China Cup, in which national football teams compete in Nanning, Guangxi each year.

Wang Jianlin has been the economic consultant for Yunnan province, as well as a construction consultant of the Guiyang government, and was named "honorable citizen" of Changchun, and "outstanding contributor" to the construction of Dalian.

Wang Jianlin was born on 24 October 1954, in Cangxi County, Guangyuan, Sichuan, as the oldest of five sons.

Wang Jianlin became a soldier at age 15, lying about his age, and made his way up in the army ranks quickly, becoming a commander at age 27.

Wang Jianlin has became the world's largest theatre owner in 2012 when it acquired AMC Theatres.

Wang Jianlin flew in leading Hollywood celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Beckinsale, and John Travolta to help launch a mini-Hollywood in the coastal city of Qingdao in January 2014.

Wang Jianlin sold his stake to Quantum Pacific Group for an undisclosed fee in 2018.

In 2016, Wang Jianlin launched a direct competition with Disney by declaring that he wants to make sure Shanghai Disneyland Park doesn't make any money in China by launching over a dozen competing amusement parks.

At the age of 15, Wang Jianlin started his 17-year service with the People's Liberation Army, initially as a border guard before rising to become a regimental commander.

Wang Jianlin served as deputy to the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Wang Jianlin is a delegate to the Chinese National People's Congress.

Wang Jianlin was twice named CCTV's "Economic Person of the Year".

Wang Jianlin is the vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and has been a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 2008.

Wang Jianlin is vice chair of the China Charity Confederation; vice chair of the China Folk Chamber of Commerce; vice chair of the China Enterprise Confederation and the China Enterprise Directors Association; vice chair of the China General Chamber of Commerce; vice-chair of the Global Advisory Council of Harvard University.

Wang Jianlin maintains a close relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.

In 2010, Wang Jianlin donated a billion yuan to the city of Nanjing for reconstruction of the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing.

Wang Jianlin has been ranked prominently in worldwide billionaire lists for years.

In 2020, Wang Jianlin tumbled down the rich list as his real estate empire and movie theatre chains both sharply declined in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wang Jianlin is married to Lin Ning, and has a son, Wang Sicong, educated at Winchester College and University College London in the UK.

Wang Jianlin Sicong is currently a board member of the Wanda Group and a venture capitalist in China through his Beijing-based private equity fund, Prometheus Capital.

Wang Jianlin is a follower of Buddhism, although he considers himself not religious.

Wang Jianlin is noted for singing Tibetan and Mongolian folk songs.

In July 2016, Wang Jianlin released his book, The Wanda Way: The managerial philosophy and values of one of China's largest companies.