Wang Xing, a Hakka from Longyan, Fujian Province, born in February 1979, graduated from Tsinghua University in 2001 after being guaranteed a place in 1997 from Longyan No. 1 Middle School and majoring in radio in the Department of Electronic Engineering. He is the founder of Renren.com, the president of Dinoween.com, and the founder and CEO of Meituan.com.
Wang Xing gave up his studies in the U.S. to return to China in 2003 to found SchoolNet, which was acquired by Thousand Oaks in 2006; he founded Dining or Not in 2007; he founded the group-buying website Meituan.com in 2010; and in 2014, he was named a finalist for the 2014 Chinese Economic Leader of the Year.
On February 26, 2020, he was ranked 262nd on the 2020 Shimao Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Center-Hurun Global Rich List with a wealth of RMB 53 billion; on May 12, Wang Xing was ranked 35th on the 2020 New Fortune 500 Rich List with a wealth of RMB 52.65 billion.
On August 13, 2020, Wang Xing of Shanghai Hantao Information Consulting Co., an affiliate of VWD, withdrew as a supervisor and was succeeded by Liu Minjuan.
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In "The World's Biggest Takeout Empire," published by Bloomberg Businessweek on March 28, 2019, Wang Xing, founder, chairman, and CEO of Meituan-Dianping, flirted with rival Alibaba in an interview at the company's Beijing headquarters , arguing that Jack Ma has integrity issues that have damaged China's reputation over the years."
On July 9, 2020, Wang Xing posted a blog post on his personal social media platform, Rice Fans, recalling his previous sports tests in college and criticizing the running ability of Chinese men's soccer players. It was pointed out that Chinese professional players could not run as well as ordinary boys in Tsinghua.
The remarks were rebutted by a number of parties, and on the evening of July 14 Chinese soccer star Fan Zhiyi also came out to speak out. He said in a video, "The guy from the US group told him not to get together. You manage your own business, make more money, make some benefits for the people, while creating some benefits for their own employees.
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