Zhou Qunfei

Zhou Qunfei is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the major touchscreen maker Lens Technology. After the public listing of her company on the Shenzhen ChiNext market in March 2015, her net worth reached US$10 billion, making her the richest woman in China. 

  • Zhou Qunfei chairs Lens Technology, a smartphone screen supplier whose customers include Samsung, LG, Microsoft and Nokia.
  • A migrant factory worker as a teenager, Zhou has gone on to become one of the world’s richest self-made women.
  • Her consumer electronics supplier also laminates display panels for Tesla.
  • Zhou first took the plunge as an entrepreneur in 1993 when she set up a watch parts company with relatives in an apartment in Shenzhen.
  • Lens Technology went public on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in March 2015, 22 years after she founded the company.
  • Zhou Qunfei has seen her fortune fall in 2018, driven by U.S. tariffs on China and Elon Musk‘s resignation as Tesla‘s chairman.

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