Recently, a group of people from Jiangxi have a total net worth of hundreds of billions
During this round of bull market in China's technology sector, people from Jiangxi have unexpectedly stood out.
Jiangboron, founded by the Cai siblings from Jiangxi, saw its market value soar from around 30 billion yuan to over 260 billion yuan in just one year. The siblings' personal wealth skyrocketed by nearly 100 billion yuan at its peak, earning them the title of "the most successful siblings on the Growth Enterprise Market."
Cambricon, founded by the Chen Tianshi brothers from Jiangxi, once broke through a market value of 900 billion yuan. And for Tianfu Communications, known as one of the "Yi Zhongtian" in the A - share market, its founder also hails from Jiangxi.
There is also a group of new upstarts constantly catching people's eyes - the core founders of popular technology companies such as Peng Zhihui (Zhi Hui Jun) of Zhiyuan, Xiao Hong of Manus, and Luo Yuhao of Mihoyo all come from Jiangxi.
"Jiangxi may not produce many unicorns, but it produces many unicorn founders." This is Jiangxi's moment in China's technology field.
The east wind of AI blows
Spawning billion - yuan tycoons from Jiangxi
For a long time, there were no entrepreneurs with a personal wealth of over 100 billion yuan in Jiangxi's wealth landscape.
Until Chen Tianshi emerged.
In 2017, Huawei's globally first mobile AI chip, Kirin 970, integrated Cambricon's A1 processor. At that time, founder Chen Tianshi was 32 years old, and Cambricon, which had been established for one year, received a Series A financing of 100 million US dollars. Riding on the wave of success, Chen Tianshi quoted a poem by Gong Zizhen in his WeChat Moments: "In my life, I've never had a feud; I only open up new trends, not seeking to be a master."
His calm and carefree attitude reflects the growth background of this new technology upstart from Jiangxi.
In 1985, Chen Tianshi was born into an intellectual family in Donghu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. Although he was very intelligent, he was fond of playing video games. Hearing from his elder brother who was in the Youth Class of the University of Science and Technology of China that "it's more convenient to play games at university without supervision," in 2001, at the age of 16, he worked hard and was admitted to the Youth Class of the University of Science and Technology of China.
In the following 10 years, he also completed his master's and doctoral degrees at the University of Science and Technology of China. It was this arduous path of chip research that paved the way for the later emergence of "the king of Cambricon."
Spring 2025. It was Chen Tianshi's 40th birthday. Cambricon, which had been listed for five years, achieved quarterly profit for the first time. Subsequently, the AI boom drove a frenzy in high - end chips, and Cambricon, which had been dormant in the capital market for a long time, soared all the way - 810 billion yuan was Cambricon's latest market value. With Chen Tianshi's 28.49% stake, his personal wealth exceeded 230 billion yuan, firmly securing his position as the richest person in Jiangxi.
Looking along the AI - driven industrial chain, more Jiangxi - born billion - yuan entrepreneurs are emerging.
The helm of storage giant Jiangboron is a pair of Jiangxi twin siblings, Cai Huabo and Cai Lijiang, who went south to Shenzhen to start their business. In the second half of 2025, the siblings encountered an unprecedented super - cycle: the explosive demand for AI storage. As a result, Jiangboron's market value skyrocketed from less than 30 billion yuan, reaching over 260 billion yuan in May this year.
As the market value rose, Cai Huabo and Cai Lijiang, with a combined 42% stake in Jiangboron, saw their stock market value exceed 110 billion yuan at one point.
The well - known optical module giant Tianfu Communications is also helmed by a Jiangxi entrepreneur. In the 1960s, Zou Zhinong was born into an ordinary rural family in Yichun, Jiangxi, and became one of the few college students in that era. In the 1990s, he and his wife went south to Suzhou to start a business.
When AI ignited the demand for optical modules, this company that provides optical engines for optical modules soared in value. Its market value climbed from less than 50 billion yuan in the middle of last year to 400 billion yuan in May. Considering Zou Zhinong and his wife's 22.54% stake, the couple's personal wealth exceeded 90 billion yuan at one point.
Super new upstarts
Actually, people from Jiangxi have always been present in China's technology circle.
Previously, the richest person in Jiangxi was Luo Yuhao, a co - founder of Mihoyo, a leading game company in China. In the autumn of 2005, a 16 - year - old boy from Linchuan, Fuzhou, Jiangxi, stepped into the gates of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In the laboratory of Minhang Campus, Luo Yuhao met Cai Haoyu, who was also obsessed with technology, and Liu Wei, who was good at communication. The three founded Mihoyo in 2011.
Later, Mihoyo grew rapidly, and its game "Genshin Impact" was almost unbeatable. On the Hurun Rich List released in October 2024, Luo Yuhao became the new richest person in Jiangxi with a fortune of 38 billion yuan. According to the "2026 Hurun U40 Global Self - made Billionaires List" in March 2026, Luo Yuhao's wealth was 45 billion yuan.
Once you mention keywords like "former Huawei genius youth, top 100 Bilibili up - master, leading embodied intelligence entrepreneur," people will think of that post - 90s person from Jiangxi.
Peng Zhihui (Zhi Hui Jun), born in Ji'an, Jiangxi in 1993, joined Huawei through the genius youth recruitment program. Later, he left and founded Zhiyuan Robotics, leading the research and development of the first embodied intelligent robot "Yuanzheng A1," whose influence in the industry is comparable to that of Unitree. Not long ago, Peng Zhihui became the chairman of Shangwei New Materials, a listed company under Zhiyuan, in charge of a market value of 70 billion yuan.
Also from Ji'an, Jiangxi, and also a post - 90s, Xiao Hong made a big splash overnight in China's AI circle.
In 2015, Xiao Hong graduated from the Software Engineering major of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and had several entrepreneurial experiences. When the wave of AI large - scale models emerged, Xiao Hong founded the company Butterfly Effect. At the beginning of 2025, Butterfly Effect launched the world's first general - purpose AI agent Manus, instantly triggering an Agent craze. It was once set to be acquired by Meta for 2 billion US dollars. Later, the deal was called off, and it is reported that Manus is currently seeking a new round of financing.
There is also a Jiangxi native who founded a company on the list of Hangzhou's "New Eight Elites." Zhu Mingming from Yingtan, Jiangxi, founded Rokid in 2014, becoming one of the early domestic companies to bet on AI + AR glasses for a long time. In 2024, Rokid's valuation exceeded 1 billion US dollars.
If we look back to the earlier Internet era, a group of well - known veterans in the technology circle also come from Jiangxi: Liang Rubo from Yichun, Jiangxi, co - founder and CEO of ByteDance; Cheng Wei from Shangrao, Jiangxi, who founded Didi Chuxing, the leading Internet company in the domestic travel field; and Yu Kai from Nanchang, Jiangxi, who founded Horizon Robotics, a leading autonomous driving company and China's first edge AI chip company, with a current Hong Kong stock market value of over 70 billion...
It is worth mentioning that Duan Yongping, the founder of BBK and a stock market guru, also comes from Jiangxi.
Retaining talents
Is retaining the next billion - yuan company
"Jiangxi doesn't have any 985 universities, so it can't retain people."
People from Jiangxi have heard this embarrassing joke quite often. Undoubtedly, Jiangxi has not been the most prominent economic powerhouse in China for a long time, nor has it been the most attractive place for young people in terms of industry and capital. As we can see, entrepreneurs from Jiangxi such as Chen Tianshi and Peng Zhihui have gone to more southern or northern places, achieving their respective life transformations on a larger industrial stage.
But in fact, the so - called brain drain is actually a talent spill - over.
Jiangxi has a special geographical location. It borders Hubei and Anhui in the north, Guangdong and Fujian in the south, Zhejiang and Shanghai in the east, and Hunan in the west, almost standing at the crossroads of the industrial migration in southeastern China. This place has a long - standing tradition of valuing education. Due to the extremely fierce college entrance examination competition, a strict selection system has nurtured batch after batch of young students with a solid foundation in mathematics and science.
Throughout history, we are familiar with the literary works from Luling, the talented scholars from Linchuan, Bailudong Academy, and Zhu Xi's Neo - Confucianism, all of which bear the mark of Jiangxi. Thus, between the combination of liberal arts and sciences, a long - lasting talent temperament has emerged: low - key, self - restrained, practical, valuing both knowledge and career prospects.
As the times progress, when the young people born here have the opportunity to engage in high - tech, long - term, and logical fields such as AI, chips, and robotics, their calm and steady energy enables them to stand out.
Of course, Jiangxi is catching up. In the "15th Five - Year Plan" suggestions of Jiangxi, the "modern industrial system" is the top priority of the industrial goals. Jiangxi has proposed to "vigorously develop emerging and future industries." Looking around, in recent years, cities such as Nanchang, Ganzhou, and Jiujiang have been increasing their investment in industries such as electronic information, new energy, VR, aviation, and rare earth new materials.
Jiangxi has never lacked high - quality talents. At this moment, this land is looking forward to and working hard to: when opportunities come, it can calmly embrace the next group of new upstarts.
This article is from the WeChat official account "Investment Community" (ID: pedaily2012), author: Feng Yuchen, published by 36Kr with authorization.