Lai Changxing

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lai Changxing
Occupation	Businessman
Date Of Birth	Sep 15, 1958(1958-09-15)
Age	66
Birthplace	Jinjiang, Fujian
Country	China
Birth City	Fujian
Horoscope	Virgo

Lai Changxing Biography

Lai Changxing is one of the most popular and richest Businessman who was born on September 15, 1958 in Jinjiang, Fujian, Fujian, China.

Lai Changxing (born September 15, 1958) is a former Chinese businessman and entrepreneur. He was the founder and Chairman of Yuanhua Group, based in the Special Economic Zone of Xiamen. He imported foreign products like cars, cigarettes and was responsible for one-sixth of the national oil imports at one time. In the late 1990s, he was implicated in corruption scandals involving a large smuggling ring. By 1999, he was described by several media organizations as “China’s most wanted fugitive”.

Lai himself was an apprentice to then General secretary Jiang Zemin. At the height of Lai’s corruption in the 1990s, the Fujian party chief was Jia Qinglin. Xi Jinping, now CPC General Secretary, was the Fujian governor.

Lai Changxing Net Worth

Lai Changxing is one of the richest Businessman from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lai Changxing 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lai was the eldest child born to Lai Yongdeng and Wang Zhuzhi in Jinjiang, Fujian province in 1958, the year the Great Leap Forward began. He was the first of eight children. He grew up in Shaocuo village (烧厝村 ). He would have starved to death during the Great China famine but luckily in Jinjiang and the rest of south-eastern Fujian the situation was greatly milder due to massive overseas Chinese donations and better leadership (unlike Tingzhou where about 100,000 Hakkas starved to death due to the Great Famine), his family also survived because his father converted a swamp into a personal vegetable field during the most difficult years. Lai received almost no formal education as he spent one year in school before the Cultural Revolution shut his school down. According to some sources Lai received three years of education.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Lai Changxing height 5 ft 3 in Leander weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Lai Changxing Dating?

According to our records, Lai Changxing married to Zeng Mingna. As of December 1, 2023, Lai Changxing’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1996 Xiamen airport’s terminal building 2, funded by Lai, was one of the biggest airport structure in the country. In 1997 Xiamen’s party secretary even made him an honorary citizen (厦门荣誉市民 ). In 1998 he spent two million yuan to purchase a football team based in Foshan, Guangzhou and disbanded the team. He then moved all the players to Xiamen to create the Xiamen Lanshi F.C., and helped the team promote to the Chinese Super League. He even made his own film starring himself as a football star to improve his image.

Facts & Trivia

Leander Ranked on the list of most popular Businessman. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Lai Changxing celebrates birthday on September 15 of every year.

Lai fled to Canada with his wife Zeng Mingna (曾明娜 ) and children in August

1999. He paid US$1 million in cash for a house in South Granville Rise Vancouver. His kids went to private schools at a cost of US$4,000 a year and his wife opened a bank account with a deposit of US$1.5 million. They were chauffeur-driven around in a US$90,000 SUV. In 1999 he was detained, apparently caught on a 28-day gambling spree at Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls. Lai was a regular customer at the casino where at one time bought as much as US$3 million worth of chips. Canadian police noticed him and suspected he was involved in money laundering or loan-sharking. Lai and his family then made a claim to stay in Canada as refugees.