Sun Hongbin Explained

Sun Hongbin
Birth Place:Linyi, Shanxi, China
Citizenship:United States
Education:Wuhan Water Conservancy and Electric Power College (UG)
Tsinghua University (MEng)
Occupation:Businessman
Known For:Founder, chairman and majority owner of Sunac
Spouse:Married
Children:2

Sun Hongbin (; born 1963) is a Chinese-American businessman.[1] He is the founder, chairman, and majority owner of Sunac.

Early life

Sun was born in Shanxi province in 1963.[2]

Sun received his undergraduate education at the Wuhan Water Conservancy and Electric Power College (which merged into Wuhan University in 2000) and graduated in 1981.[3] He earned a Master of Engineering from Tsinghua University in 1985. Sun also attended a six-week advanced management program at Harvard Business School in 2000.[4] [2]

Career

Sun is the chairman and majority shareholder of Sunac, the Chinese property group.[5]

In 1992, he was jailed in China following an embezzlement conviction which was later overturned.[5]

In October 2017 he was ordered to do "26 hours of re-education in corporate governance" after being censured for having broken the listing rules of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[5]

Personal life

Sun has Citizenship of the United States, and lives in Tianjin, China.[4] [2] He is married with two children.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 乐视网股东大会文件披露:孙宏斌为美国国籍 . 2022-07-12 . www.sohu.com . en.
  2. News: Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Sun Hongbin. Bloomberg.com . 10 April 2018. www.bloomberg.com.
  3. Web site: 孙宏斌下一步的投资逻辑-市场行情 -中国网地产 . 2022-07-12 . house.china.com.cn.
  4. Web site: Forbes profile: Sun Hongbin . Forbes . 15 October 2019.
  5. Web site: Sunac chairman Sun Hongbin sent to re-education classes. Ben Bland . 27 October 2017 . Financial Times. 11 April 2018.