Li Jianguo

Li Jianguo is chairman of China's Runjian Communication, an IT company serving the telecommunications industry with $1.2 billion in sales (2023).

Founded by Li in 2003, today Runjian employs 1,700 engineers and covers 29 provinces, more than 200 cities and 1,200 counties across China.

Runjian, which has subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines, also provides its services to the renewable energy market.

Li served in the military before starting the company; he shares his fortune with his wife, Jiang Libei.