Zhong was already China’s third richest person after his company went public earlier this month with a blockbuster listing in Hong Kong. As of Wednesday, his estimated net worth had reached $58.7 billion, surpassing Ma’s $56.7 billion, according to Bloomberg calculations.

Zhong’s new status also puts him ahead of Pony Ma, who founded Tencent (TCEHY). Unlike Jack Ma and Pony Ma, Zhong is not a tech entrepreneur.

Outside of his stake in Nongfu Spring, he is the head of a vaccine maker, Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy. That company went public in Shanghai this year, which also helped boost Zhong’s wealth.

“You would have typically expected the number one in China to come from [technology],” said Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman of wealth research firm Hurun Report.

Zhong is also known for being more low-profile and reclusive compared to other top business leaders, which has earned him the nickname “lone wolf.”

“He’s not known to have many entrepreneur friends,” said Hoogewerf, a longtime China watcher who is based in Shanghai. “He just kind of gets on with his own business.”

But even prior to his latest success, Zhong’s track record was impressive.

“Zhong Shanshan is one of the few people in China to not just build one $10 billion business, but two $10 billion businesses,” said Hoogewerf. “It’s pretty remarkable

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*_DAILY UPDATES FOR THURSDAY, 24th Of SEPTEMBER 2020

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*_🏣CAMPUS GIST🏣_*

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*_🏔️SCIENCE FACTS🏔️_*

*Sea otters are adept at using tools.* 

While many scientists believe that tool use among dolphins is a relatively new phenomenon, a 2017 study published in Biology Letters suggests that otters may have been using tools for millions of years. Sea otters frequently use rocks to break open well-armored prey, such as snails.

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*_🎬CELEBRITY GOSSIPS🎬_*

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👉🏼mycrochip & Queen Reporting

*_🏨HEALTH TIPS🏨_*

Love yourself. 

Self-love is a crucial part of living a healthy life. When you have a negative self-image, it naturally weighs down on your mental outlook and health.

*_👩‍❤️‍👨RELATIONSHIP TIPS👩‍❤️‍👨_*

You need to maintain a meaningful emotional connection with each other. 

You each make the other feel loved and emotionally fulfilled. There’s a difference between being loved and feeling loved. When you feel loved, it makes you feel accepted and valued by your partner, like someone truly gets you. Some relationships get stuck in peaceful coexistence, but without the partners truly relating to each other emotionally. While the union may seem stable on the surface, a lack of ongoing involvement and emotional connection serves only to add distance between two people.

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*_🏆SPORT UPDATES🏆_*

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*_😳DID YOU KNOW?😳_*

💎 Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun. Bananas go through a process called “negative geotropism.” Instead of growing towards the ground, they start growing towards the sun. The fruit grows against gravity, which gives the banana its familiar curved shape.

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💎 During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. An average human produces between 1 to 2 liters of saliva each day, which is a maximum of 730 liters per year. The average life expectancy is just over 70 years, which gives a maximum of 51,100 liters of saliva produced in an average lifetime. This is more than enough to fill two swimming pools.

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*_😆JOKE ARENA😆_*

Until you have a sustainable job don't marry, even if she promises to manage, please don't. Its a set up, she will frustrate you.

I’m talking from experience.

🤥🤥🤥

👉🏼JIRON

*_🤔FOOD FOR THOUGHTS🤔_*

You don't have to be great to start, but you do have to start to be great; for success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out and the world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker

👉🏼TESTIMONY & S