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A businessman who bottled water now the richest man in China. The business magazine Bloomberg Mr Zhong Shanshan as China's richest man in its latest Billionaires Index. The magazine Mr Zhong is worth over $58 billion. This him $2 billion richer than the previous number one, Jack Ma. Mr Ma the retail Internet giant Alibaba. Mr Zhong his wealth from his Nongfu Spring bottled water company. He then out into making vaccines. He is the chairman of a vaccine manufacturer the Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy. Mr Zhong is now 17th on the global rich list. It seems that he will up that list in the future.

Zhong Shanshan, 66, a construction worker before he into business. He started his Nongfu Spring company in 1996. This was just as China's market for bottled water was . Bottled water is now a huge industry in China. Most people who in China drinking bottled water to tap water for health reasons. They prefer not to tap water. Zhong's pharmaceutical company is also in the fight against COVID-19. It is a nasal-spray vaccine with the help of researchers from a top university. Chinese media call Mr Zhong a "lone wolf" because he is rarely in public. He rarely interviews and he likes to keep himself to himself.