Sun Piaoyang Explained

Sun Piaoyang
Native Name:孙飘扬
Birth Place:Jinhu County, Huai'an[1]
Nationality:Chinese
Alma Mater:China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing University
Occupation:Businessman
Chairman of Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine
Spouse:Zhong Huijuan (钟慧娟)

Sun Piaoyang (; born 1958) is a Chinese pharmaceutical executive and billionaire, the chairman of Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine.

Biography

Sun has a bachelor's degree from China Pharmaceutical University and a doctoral degree from Nanjing University.[2]

After taking over the formerly state-led Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine in 1990, he steered the company into becoming one of China's largest producers of anti-infection and anti-cancer medicines.

Sun is married to Zhong Huijuan (Chinese: 钟慧娟, also a billionaire, with net worth of (May 2021) US$19.7 billion), chairwoman of the drugmaker Hansoh Pharmaceutical. They have one child, Sun Yuan (Chinese: 孙远).[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: 中国最牛"夫妻店":日赚2亿,一人一家上市公司,掌管2500亿! . 6 February 2021 . finance.sina.cn . 13 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206125804/https://finance.sina.cn/2020-12-13/detail-iiznctke6287466.d.html. 2021-02-06.
  2. Web site: Sun Piaoyang & family. Forbes. 2019-04-06.
  3. News: 第一代中国医疗创业人逐渐隐退,后浪们能否顶上? . 6 February 2021 . finance.sina.com.cn . 22 January 2021.
  4. Web site: Zhong Huijuan. 2021-09-01. Forbes. en.