Wall
Street Journal: When he arrived in Australia 18 years ago
as a physics student, Shi Zhengrong scraped by on a meager
stipend from the Chinese government that he supplemented by
working at a restaurant. Now, a doctorate, several patents, two
solar- power companies and a $455 million initial public
offering later, Shi is now one of the richest people in China
with a worth of over $3 billion.
Suntech Power Holdings Company the company he founded in 2001,
is one of the world's largest producers of photovoltaic
equipment, which converts sunlight into electricity. Shi's
office piled with technical papers and decorated, with
photographs of silicon crystals. He still unconsciously
switches to a professor's chalkboard style when he has to
explain technical concepts says the WSJ.Related Link
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