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Luana Lopes Lara is the co-founder of prediction platform Kalshi. Photo: @luana_lopes_lara/Instagram
Get to Know

Meet Luana Lopes Lara, the self-made billionaire behind trading platform Kalshi

Having traded professional ballet for MIT, the Brazilian entrepreneur took over the Forbes wealth title from Lucy Guo and Taylor Swift.

China’s private sector

Oxford blues: Chinese executives log complaints over training programmes

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Get to Know

Meet Madison Huang, daughter of multibillionaire Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Wealth: Alternative Investments

China’s soft power play: how investing in sport is changing the game

Sport is becoming a global asset class, where China is expanding from manufacturing to backing teams, pioneering tech and trading media rights.

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NBA star Kyrie Irving (right), the chief creative officer of Chinese sportswear brand Anta, at an event with fans in Chengdu in June. Photo: Hector Retamal/AFP
China’s private sector

Meet Yu Donglai, founder of China’s viral supermarket chain and premier’s guest

Yu’s company has caught the public’s attention for its business practices and high-quality goods.

Food and Drinks

Heritage brands in Hong Kong innovate to thrive in challenging times

From charcoal-roasted goose to toys to construction, owners of venerated local businesses explain their stewardship strategies.

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Trending in China

Chinese ‘CEO in a school uniform’ exports drones, funds start-up by waiting tables

Enterprising youngster with a talent for technology doubles as philanthropist, learned about tools at factory where his mother worked.

A 19-year-old Chinese entrepreneur has built and exported drones to Europe and Australia. He funded his start-up by waiting tables and delivering food. Photo: QQ.com
Trending in China

China ‘Wheel Queen’: from tractor driver to owner of US$1.6 billion empire

Sharp-dressing entrepreneur defies gender stereotypes, says only regret in life is not spending enough time with her sons when they were young.

2026 Xi-Trump summits

Meet Zhou Qunfei: the woman seated between Cook and Musk at China state banquet

The chairwoman of manufacturing giant Lens is one of the country’s richest self-made women, working her way up from Shenzhen’s factory floors.

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China economy

Opinion | The rise of China’s scientist-entrepreneurs

The ascent of a new class of entrepreneurs signals a shift in China’s growth model, from property-driven expansion towards innovation.

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A Moz1 humanoid robot by Spirit AI serves candied fruit skewers at the 2026 Zhongguancun forum in Beijing on March 25. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How Hong Kong can beat Singapore as the launch pad for Chinese firms

Chinese enterprises going global is this decade’s economic story. Hong Kong needs a system to guide them through each stage of their journey.

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Hong Kong’s dense, chaotic urban environment is not a flaw; it is an invaluable living laboratory for innovation. Photo: Getty Images / iStockphoto
Food and Drinks

A shaman told him to quit coffee. Now he runs a successful matcha brand

Rocky Xu, who started Rocky’s Matcha in 2022, focuses on selling quality, authentic Japanese tea rather than trying to be a viral sensation.

Artificial intelligence

OpenClaw, government support fuel rise of 1-person companies in China

Guangdong is the first provincial-level government to roll out comprehensive action plans to support AI-powered OPCs.

Trending in China

China girl, 12, uses lai see money to buy shop, pays mum US$440 to run it for her

Entrepreneurial youngster juggles schoolwork with mapping out business strategies, dealing with suppliers; online observers tip her for the top.

A 12-year-old girl in China used her lai see money and savings to buy a stationery shop and then hired her mother to run it for her. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Trending in China

Profile | From owning US$580 to US$580 million, China school dropout builds business empire

Liu Huiping rents his home instead of buying as he believes his wealth should not be inherited by his descendants.

Liu Huiping, China’s “King of Steamed Buns,” dropped out of secondary school and now earns US$26 million annually from his steamed bun empire, which has over 5,000 stores across the country. Photo: SCMP composite/sina/nbd.com.cn
Trending in China

China entrepreneur, abandoned as child, owns fashion brand with US$36 million sales

Driven woman who came from parents who rarely remembered her name, dumped her on a mountainside, tells young women ‘there is hope’.

Food and Drinks

‘Everything was a gamble’: Hong Kong gin makers on distilling their dream

Nicholas Law and Jeremy Li conceived NIP Distilling in 2017. Now their gin is winning international awards and showing ‘what Hong Kong is’.

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Trending in China

Profile | Zhou Qunfei: ex-security guard becomes world’s richest self-made woman entrepreneur

Woman who began life in destitution goes from factory floor to US$16 billion fortune; says success comes from ‘refusal to accept defeat’.

Zhou Qunfei, the daughter of a poor village family in China with only a college diploma, began her career as a factory security guard and is now one of the country’s richest entrepreneurs. Photo: SCMP composite/guancha.cn/Lens Technology
Doing Good

Meet the teen with a mission to help artists with his own brand of socks

Darren Lee, the founder of Sababu Socks, talks about providing a lifeline for under-represented artists from the Philippines to Tanzania.

China-Africa relations

Entrepreneurs vie for Africa’s Business Heroes titles in start-up bonanza

Record 32,000 applications from 54 nations vie for seventh Africa’s Business Heroes awards to recognise 100 start-ups over 10 years.

Trending in China

Profile | From China factory worker to US$1.4 billion entrepreneur, Guan Yuxiang defies age

Following setback of first factory venture, Guan embraces failures as crucial stepping stones on her path to success.

After retiring at 50, Guan Yuxiang, acclaimed as China’s “Drink Can Queen,” reinvented her career from a factory worker to a highly successful entrepreneur. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/orgtech.cn
Trending in China

Chinese biker chases TV crew for 100km to show skills, now owns US$99 million firm

Determined lover of two-wheeled vehicles who was born into rural poverty chases dream by becoming mechanic, stunt rider.

A young man from China chased reporters for 100km to showcase his motorcycle skills and gain media exposure before founding his own motorcycle brand. Photo: SCMP composite/Bilibili
Trending in China

Self-made Chinese milk tea founder marries wealthy solar energy heiress

Internet users are captivated by Zhang’s inspiring journey from poverty; he became an orphan at age 10 and had minimal formal education.

China’s private sector

China’s private firms face a difficult landscape. Can the 5-year plan help?

Entrepreneurs in traditional sectors hope China’s next plan will help relieve pressures from low demand, price wars and regulatory scrutiny.

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China economy

Opinion | How China’s entrepreneurs are blazing a trail of economic transformation

Founders of the likes of ByteDance, Tencent, Xiaomi, Pinduoduo, NetEase and BYD are driving a Darwinian dynamism at home – and abroad.

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On Our Radar

The Diary of a CEO’s Steven Bartlett is hosting a speaking tour in Hong Kong

The British entrepreneur and podcast host is bringing his ‘Business & Life Speaking Tour’ to Hong Kong – here’s what you need to know.

British entrepreneur and podcast host Steven Bartlett. Photo: Getty Images
China’s private sector

China’s Xi Jinping calls for ‘no delay’ in private sector protection

A newly published speech reiterates the president’s pledge to support China’s private companies as a recent survey shows many face challenges.

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Fame and celebrity

Profile | What’s your dream? Influencer entrepreneur Simon Squibb on making it real

Business advice guru Squibb, for whom Hong Kong played a special part is his story, talks about helping people gain financial freedom.

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