According to the list of world billionaires updated by Forbes on April 17, 2026, Mr. Zhang Yiming is currently the highest ranked Chinese billionaire with assets of 69.3 billion USD. Currently, he ranks 27th in the world.
Zhang Yiming is the main co-founder of China's giant technology corporation ByteDance, famous for its TikTok application, which currently has more than 1 billion users worldwide.
Right behind is Mr. Zhong Shanshan with 66.3 billion USD, ranked 31st in the world. Although assets decreased by 1.1 billion USD, this fluctuation is not large compared to the total asset size he holds. Zhong Shanshan still maintains a high position in the top group of billionaires in China.
Zhong Shanshan is the founder and Chairman of Nongfu Spring, a bottled water company listed in Hong Kong (China) in 2020.
Also according to Forbes' update on April 17, 2026, in the next position is Mr. Ma Huateng with assets worth 55.3 billion USD, an increase of 1 billion USD and ranked 35th in the world. This increase shows that his assets are recovering positively, and also reflects the more favorable developments of the technology business group in recent times.
Ma Huateng - Chairman and CEO of the Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings.
William Ding ranks 52nd in the world with assets of 38.0 billion USD (updated April 17, 2026), an increase of 728 million USD compared to before. William Ding is the founder and CEO of NetEase, one of the largest online game companies in the world.
Meanwhile, Colin Huang owns 36.6 billion USD, an increase of 613 million USD and ranks 61st globally. Colin Huang is the founder of PDD Holdings, a Chinese e-commerce company that changed its name from Pinduoduo in 2023.
Despite standing in different positions, both still show that the group of technology and e-commerce billionaires in China is maintaining remarkable growth momentum.
In this list, most of the richest Chinese billionaires are associated with the technology, internet or digital platforms. This continues to be the area that creates the greatest value, helping many Chinese entrepreneurs maintain high positions on the world financial map.
