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LONGI GREEN ENERGY OPEN HOUSE
TECHNOLOGY JAPAN

CHINA Founded in 1997 in Tokyo by Masaaki
his Xi’an company makes solar cells and Arai, who is now a billionaire, this real

pastry, Haochidian biscuits and Copico modules. Started in 2000 and listed in 2012, estate broker also develops single-family
chips—led the company into markets It counts 17,700 employees and branches on homes in the country’s biggest cities.
that imports had previously dominated. four continents. Its net proit grew by 126% Its motto: “Let’s ind a house in Tokyo.”
Last year it branched into healthy and last year. Founder Li Zhenguo, his wife, Li Listed in 2013, it has served more than
organic food and introduced a soy milk Xiyan, and a schoolmate from Lanzhou 13,000 people in and around Tokyo and
brand, Dou Ben Dou (“soybean itself”). University, Li Chun’an, together own 31.3%. has sold more than 5,000 properties.
Its founder and chairman, Xu Shihui, is Despite the 30% tarif on Chinese solar
now a billionaire and owns 85% with his panels shipped to the U.S. since February, the OUTSOURCING INC.
wife and daughter. he company has close company signed a $600 million contract in JAPAN
to zero debt. July to sell solar modules there. Haruhiko Doi started this Tokyo staf-
ing company in 1997; he remains the
chairman and chief executive. It targets
companies in the manufacturing, engi-
neering and service industries and now
lists 88 subsidiaries in 17 countries on
four continents. In April it bought 56%
of OTTO Holding, which supplies staf in
the Netherlands and Germany through its
recruitment network in eastern Europe.
Sales grew 71.4% last year, thanks to the
increasing mobility of workers across
borders.

RONGSHENG
PETROCHEMICAL

CHINA
Li Shuirong started making polyester cloth
in a Hangzhou factory in 1989. Today the
company produces polyester products and
chemicals from coal with 7,900 employees,
and Li is a billionaire. Recently the govern-
ment gave Rongsheng’s state-backed joint
venture the green light to import 5 million
tons of crude oil, paving the way to build
an oil-reining complex on the island of
Zhoushan, near Shanghai.

TIANNENG POWER
INTERNATIONAL
NETMARBLE CHINA
SOUTH KOREA
China’s largest electric vehicle battery sup-
The country’s largest mobile gaming company saw net profit jump 83% last year
plier started in 1986 and listed in Hong
to nearly $275 million. Its fantasy-based Lineage 2: Revolution has become a hit
Kong in 2007. Based in Zhejiang Province,
around the world, but especially in nearby markets such as Taiwan and Japan. In
the company employs more than 19,000
April the Seoul outfit invested $190 million in K-Pop sensation BTS and says it will
people and operates nine production cen-
release a game based on the seven-member boy band this year. Bang Jun-Hyuk, a
ters. Most of its revenue comes from sales
high school dropout, started the company in 2000; it now employs more than 3,000 SEONGJOON CHO/BLOOMBERG
of batteries for electric bikes and cars.
people and attracts players from 155 countries.
Chairman and founder Zhang Tianren
owns 36.5% of the company with his wife.

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