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ByYue Wang,
Senior Contributor.
This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of China’s Richest 2025. See the full list here.
One of the biggest gainers this year is former computer science researcher Chen Tianshi, whose wealth nearly tripled to $21 billion on skyrocketing shares of his Shanghai-listed AI chipmaker Cambricon Technologies.






