Tony Xia

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tony Xia
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Oct 26, 1976(1976-10-26)
Age	48
Birthplace	Quzhou
Country	China
Birth City	Zhejiang
Horoscope	Scorpio

Tony Xia Biography

Tony Xia is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on October 26, 1976 in Quzhou, Zhejiang, China.

In March 1999, Xia founded design company XWHO in Boston, US co-owned by his then-girlfriend and one of his lecturers. The company relocated to Hangzhou, China where Xia started a planning company called Teamax, which he sold for £430 million.

Xia took over Chinese company Recon Group in 2004. The company is based in Beijing and Hangzhou and is the umbrella organisation for Xia’s companies which operate in IT, health and agriculture, new energy and smart transportation, engineering and design, financial services, and sports, leisure, and tourism. Xia added he planned to invest in or buy football clubs in India, Spain, the US, and Australia to create a new ‘sports sector’ within his portfolio.

Tony Xia Net Worth

Tony Xia is one of the richest Entrepreneur from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tony Xia 's net worth £900 million (2019). (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Xia was born in Quzhou, Zhejiang. At the age of 14, he left home to attend university in Beijing. He was amongst the first 25 of 1,000 selected to study abroad at Harvard (where he studied landscape design), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a five-month exchange to study at Trinity College, Oxford in 1998–99.

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Who is Tony Xia Dating?

According to our records, Tony Xia is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Tony Xia’s is not dating anyone.

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On 18 October 2019, a court in Beijing issued an arrest warrant for Xia. There was a £30,000 reward for information that lead to his arrest. Recon Group, and by extension Xia, were accused of Breach of Contract and Non-Payment of Debt. Xia responded via his Twitter account, claiming that the allegations were a fabrication, created by a “local competitor attempting to cause damage to [him]”.

Facts & Trivia

Travis Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Tony Xia celebrates birthday on October 26 of every year.

In June 2019, Keith Wyness took Aston Villa to court for constructive dismissal, however this was rejected in court as Wyness was not able to provide enough evidence. Wyness later tried to sue Xia directly, but that was also rejected by a judge who stated that the case would be prejudiced against Xia (living in China at the time), who would be required to travel back to the UK to give evidence at considerable financial and time costs.

What happened to Tony Xia?

Xia’s involvement at Villa ended in 2019 when Sawiris and Edens bought out the remainder of his shareholding. Later that year, Chinese authorities issued a warrant for his arrest and he was later detained on the charge of having failed to pay loans worth 30million US dollars.

Who is Tony Xia?

Tony Jiantong Xia (Chinese: 夏建统; pinyin: Xià Jiàntǒng) is a Chinese businessman. He is the chairman, CEO and owner of Recon Group. Recon Group owned Aston Villa F.C. from 2016-18, while Xia was chairman.

How much did Tony Xia sell Villa for?

As part of Xia’s UK £76 million (US$91 million) deal to buy the then- Championship outfit in 2016, he agreed to pay outgoing majority shareholder Randy Lerner UK£30 million (US$36 million) if Villa were promoted within three years.

Who owns Aston Villa?

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How much did Wes Edens buy Villa for?

Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris is working to save English football club Aston Villa from financial meltdown. Sawiris and American businessman Wes Edens bought stakes in the club, acquiring a 55 percent stake in the team for $39 million.