Real estate, entertainment mogul overtakes head of beverage giant

Wang Jianlin, chairman and president of Dalian Wanda Group Corp Ltd, overtook Zong Qinghou to become the richest man in China, according to the Hurun Rich List 2013, which was released on Wednesday.

This is the first time that Wang, 59, tops the list. His personal wealth has doubled to $22 billion in 2013, a record-high amount in the Hurun list's 15 years of publication.