(Shanghai Comprehensive News) The Hurun Report listed Ma Yun, chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba Group, as the cash king of 2018.In this regard, Alibaba said that it could not agree with Hurun's taken-for-granted ranking list, and even questioned its motivation for publishing.
According to Hurun Report, among the 2018 Hurun Top 30 Cash-Out Entrepreneurs released by the Hurun Research Institute on the 26th of this month, the Jack Ma family has made a profit of 11 billion yuan (RMB) after reducing its stake in Alibaba since July last year., the same below, 2.186 billion Singapore dollars), ranked first.
Gong Hongjia and Chen Chunmei of Hikvision ranked second with 7.9 billion yuan in cash; Yang Huiyan, the major shareholder of Country Garden, received 6.3 billion yuan in dividends from Country Garden, ranking third.
Hurun Report chairman and chief researcher Hu Run said that with the scale of Chinese enterprises, dividends have become the most important way for entrepreneurs to cash out large amounts.After the entrepreneurs cash out, some people use the money to buy properties, some become limited partners and set up family offices, and some people do charity, including Shoushan He Xiangjian, Yang Huiyan, Xu Rongmao, Ma Yun and others.
Some analysts pointed out that Hurun used cash out and dividends together, and did not distinguish the purpose of cash out, which caused controversy.
Alibaba: Do not mislead the public and stir up conflicts
The relevant person in charge of Alibaba questioned the Hurun team and emphasized that Jack Ma and the co-founder and vice chairman of the group, Cai Chongxin, have reduced their stock holdings for public welfare according to the public plan in the past year, which is a necessary action to fulfill their public welfare commitments.
He said: China does not need lists that distort values, exaggerate and mislead, especially do not need lists that mislead the public and stir up conflicts.What China needs are entrepreneurs who can truly create wealth and employment opportunities for the society, and what China needs is an entrepreneurial spirit with a sense of family and country and responsibility for the world.
According to Fenghuang.com's financial report, Hurun responded that the Hurun Report can let the world understand China's economic development and changes.
Hurun also admitted that Jack Ma has always cared about the field of charity. When Jack Ma became the richest man in China for the first time in 2014, he was also the first charitable person in that year.
