founder and Honorary Chairman of China Vanke Co., Ltd
Wang founded Vanke in 1984 and led it to grow into the world’s largest residential home developer and a Fortune 500 company.
Mr. Wang is a respected leader in China’s environmental conservation and charitable community. Mr. Wang sits on the board of World Wildlife Fund US and the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council, with focus on forest, biodiversity, and climate change. From Jan, 2011, Mr. Wang Shi started to study in reputed western education institutions, specializing in business ethics and cross-cultural research. Mr. Wang Shi was visiting scholars in Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and The Hebrew University。
Mr. Wang reached the peak of Mount Everest from North and South faces in 2003 and 2010 respectively. He is the 11th people in the world to accomplish “7+2” – reaching the Seven Summits in 2004 and North and South Poles in 2005. Besides, Mr. Wang Shi is widely interested in outdoor exercises and enthusiastic in gliding, paragliding, and rowing – he is the record keeper for paragliding height in China. He acted as the vice chairman for the Chinese Mountaineering Association, vice chairman for the Chinese Rowing Association. In October 2014, Mr. Wang Shi was elected Chairman for the Asian Rowing Federation, taking the responsibility for leading and promoting rowing in Asia. In August 2018,He was honored the honorary life president for the Asian Rowing Federation.
Major Published Works: Let the Soul Follow the Footsteps ,The Wondering Spirit ,WANGSHI: Thirty Years with VANKE ,My Changes