Zhang Ruimin

Zhang Ruimin is the founder of Haier Group, the father of the Rendanheyi business model, one of the global top 50 thinkers, Secretary of Haier Group Party Committee, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Haier Group.

Ruimin, the father of the Rendanheyi business model, one of the global top 50 thinkers, has built the world's number one white goods brand – Haier. With his constant innovation in management models, he sparks attention and recognition in the field of management both at home and abroad. Gary Hamel, one of the world's most influential business thinkers, has lauded Ruimin as a “representative of the internet era”. Ruimin was also elected as an alternate member of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Ruimin is the current Secretary of the Haier Group Party Committee, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Haier Group.

In November 2015, Ruimin was invited to attend the award ceremony of the world’s most influential THINKERS50 event in London. He was the first and only Chinese entrepreneur to win the Thinkers50 2015 Ideas into Practice Award and to occupy a spot in the THINKERS50 Rankings. On 24th November 2016, Ruimin made a keynote speech entitled The Exploration and Practice of Haier Transformation in the Internet Era at the 2016 China National Affairs Forum. In the speech, he elaborated on how Haier has achieved a transformation from a large enterprise to an internet enterprise in the internet era. On 18th December 2018, Comrade Ruimin was conferred the title and medal of Reform Pioneer and awarded the title of Excellent Entrepreneur in Enterprise Management by the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council. On 25th September 219, Ruimin was given the accolade of Role Model of Dedication. On 19th October 2019, Ruimin received the Malcolm S. Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Forbes China Leadership Summit and made the cover of the latest Forbes China edition. On 19th October 2019, Ruimin was named in the list of Forbes Businessman of the Year – MNC Leader 2019.