The Wealth Watcher

 🇬🇧 Rupert Hoogewerf 胡润

Rupert Hoogewerf is one of the few Western entrepreneurs who have built long-term success in China.

🧙🏻 His name sounds straight out of a Harry Potter novel — but his magic lies elsewhere: in numbers, data, and stories about China’s super-rich.

For 25 years, he has published the Hurun Report, the most famous ranking of China’s wealthiest individuals. It has turned the British-born accountant into a brand himself.

📊 What makes him stand out: A former auditor, he moved to Shanghai in the 1990s and began tracking fortunes when wealth in China was still a taboo topic.
His lists — from billionaires to startups — chart the transformation of an entire economy: from industry to technology and innovation.