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【Liang Wenfeng enters China’s top rich list for the first time, with an estimated net worth exceeding that of Ding Lei】280000000000 yuan estimated net worth exceeds that of Ding Lei】October 27 Hurun Research Institute released the “2026 Hurun China Rich List.”41-year-old DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng debuted on the list and ranked seventh in China with estimated wealth of 280000000000 yuan, surpassing NetEase’s Ding Lei and the Li Ka-shing family to become the newly listed entrepreneur with the highest net worth this year. Liang Wenfeng was not on the list last year. Hurun explained that this was mainly because he had previously stated that he would not commercialize. But DeepSeek began raising funds on a large scale this year,June completed its first financing round, and August’s pre-money valuation in its second financing round had reached approximately 500000000000 yuan.October，DeepSeek completed 106000000000 yuan in financing, with a post-money valuation exceeding 600000000000 yuan. However, the Hurun list uses September 1 as the cutoff date for wealth calculations, and 280000000000 yuan is only an estimate of personal wealth.AI is also reshaping the entire rich list. Zhang Yiming of ByteDance increased his wealth by 200000000000 yuan and returned as China’s richest person with 670000000000 yuan; Chen Tianshi of Cambricon entered the top with 205000000000 yuan. Liu Debing and Tang Jie of Zhipu debuted on the list with 39500000000 yuan and 27500000000 yuan, respectively. Hurun reported that this year, the wealth of more than 160 listed entrepreneurs came from the AI sector, accounting for approximately one-tenth of the total.