王健林

Wáng Jiànlín

proper noun

Meanings

1 Wang Jianlin, founder of Dalian Wanda Group

About Wang Jianlin

born 1954 · 企业家 entrepreneur

Former army officer who founded the Dalian Wanda Group, builder of Wanda Plaza shopping centres, and was for a time China's richest man. His 2016 advice to first set a 小目标 ("small target") of 100 million yuan became an online joke.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

王健林曾经是中国首富。

Wáng Jiànlín céngjīng shì Zhōngguó shǒu fù.

Wang Jianlin was once China's richest person.

HSK 7-9

王健林是万达集团的创始人。

Wáng Jiànlín shì Wàndá Jítuán de chuàngshǐrén.

Wang Jianlin is the founder of Wanda Group.

Tips

culture

In 2012 Wanda bought AMC, then the world's second-largest cinema chain. Speaking at Tsinghua in 2017, he gave students another viral line: 什么清华北大，都不如胆子大, 'Tsinghua or Peking University, none of it beats having nerve'.

In Pop Culture

一个亿小目标 Yí ge yì xiǎo mùbiāo

"a small goal of one hundred million"

A 2016 TV remark in which Wang said young entrepreneurs should first "set a small target, like earning a hundred million yuan." Became one of the most memed phrases of the 2010s Chinese internet.

王思聪 Wáng Sī cōng

Wang Sicong

His son, a celebrity investor known online as 国民老公 ("the nation's boyfriend").

Stroke Order

王 wáng

健 jiàn

林 lín

王健林