Gu Chujun

Chinese convicted criminal and former business executive

Gu Chujun (Chinese: 顾雏军) is a Chinese convicted criminal and former business executive and entrepreneur. He is a native of Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Gu Chujun (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born May 5, 1959.¹

About

He studied at Tianjin University and became the Chief Executive Officer of Greencool Holdings in Hong Kong and the Kelon Group.

He acquired Hisense Kelon, Meiling Electrical Appliance, Jinnuoer, Qihuawa, Xiling, Yanxing Bus and Xiang Bearing. In 2001, Forbes magazine ranked him as China's 20th richest man.

As an outcome of the Lang–Gu dispute, in January 2008, Gu was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of 6.8 million yuan after a conviction for falsifying corporate reports. An appeal against the conviction was rejected in April 2009. Hisense Kelon also won damages of 30.15 million yuan in a civil case against Gu.

From Wikipedia’s article on Gu Chujun, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

格林柯爾Founder⁷

Early life and education

Date not recordedTianjin University³
Date not recordedJiangsu University³

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur.⁵

Date not recordedWorked at Tianjin University⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Hisense Kelon⁴

Personal life

CitizenshipPeople's Republic of China⁶

Sources

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WikidataGu Chujun on Wikidata
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WikipediaGu Chujun on Wikipedia
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WikidataGu Chujun: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataGu Chujun: Worked at Tianjin University, on Wikidata
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WikidataGu Chujun: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataGu Chujun: citizenship, on Wikidata
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Wikidata格林柯爾, Founder