The first solar power billionaire lives in China
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.
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