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Which Chinese university has produced the most billionaires?

The latest results show that it is Zhejiang University.

HumanizeAI has published the study "Report on the Educational and Academic Background of Billionaires" based on the data from "Forbes" as of March 2026 and analyzed the educational and academic backgrounds of 3,184 billionaires.

According to the report, Zhejiang University ranks fifth globally and first in China with 36 billionaires.

This fact has surprised the majority of people.

Behind Wealth Creation: A Time Marathon

Among the top ten on the list, Zhejiang University is the only Chinese university.

The report shows that Zhejiang University has produced 36 billionaires, accounting for 2.49% of the global total. The total wealth of these billionaires is $152.3 billion, and the average net worth per person is about $4.23 billion.

Before Zhejiang University are Harvard, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Among the top 20, there are two other Chinese universities: Tsinghua University at the 11th place and Peking University at the 14th place.

Interestingly, the report shows that the wealth of Zhejiang University alumni was "accumulated in relatively short periods."

If we look at the primary and secondary markets recently, the "relatively short" is actually confirmed again and again -

Zhejiang University - affiliated companies have recently been in the spotlight of the capital market. In April this year, six companies affiliated with Zhejiang University were listed on the stock exchange concentratedly in one week, supporting a total market value of over 400 billion yuan.

In particular, Lianxun Instrument, which was listed on the STAR Market on April 24, showed an impressive performance. Within less than a month after listing, it achieved an increase of over 1,500% and reached the "new - purchase king" of A - shares on May 18. Later, its market value once rose above 180 billion yuan.

This company was founded in 2017 and focuses on the domestic substitution of high - performance test instruments. Its founder, Hu Haiyang, studied at the School of Optics and Optoelectronics of Zhejiang University.

After the listing of Qunhe Technology, its market value once rose above HK$70 billion. The founders Huang Xiaohuang and Chen Hang are both from the mixed class of Zhu Kezhen College and the School of Computer Science of Zhejiang University.

The primary market is also very active.

In the last two months, the financing progress of DeepSeek has become the focus of the industry. During this time, rumors about the participation of Tencent and Alibaba have spread, and the company's valuation has been constantly raised. According to Bloomberg, the financing negotiations have already entered the final stage: The target of this round is $1 billion (about 7 billion yuan), and the pre - financing company value could be about $45 billion.

More companies affiliated with Zhejiang University are on the rise. At the beginning of April, Xinghaitu, a company focusing on Embodied Intelligence, completed a Series B+ round of nearly 2 billion yuan, and its company value has exceeded 20 billion yuan. Two months ago, they just completed a Series B round of 1 billion yuan.

Qianxun Intelligence, which also invests in the Embodied sector, completed a new round of financing of 1 billion yuan. Shangtang Medical also completed a financing of over 500 million yuan and thus entered the list of unicorns.

Such examples are countless.

After the release of the "Hurun Global Rich List 2026", some Internet users also noticed that 51 alumni of Zhejiang University are on the list. At first glance, these seem to be "wealth - creation myths", but in detail, it shows that behind all these achievements lies a considerable period of time -

Hu Haiyang, the founder of Lianxun Instrument, spent 15 years in Agilent Technologies and Keysight Technologies before founding the company. Han Fengtao, the founder of Qianxun Intelligence, led the team of Luoshi Robotics and took over the delivery of over 20,000 industrial robots before founding the company. The founding team of Qunhe Technology gave up lucrative jobs in Silicon Valley in 2011 and raised 400,000 yuan in start - up capital to start a business in China.

Not to mention Liang Wenfeng. Some industry insiders remember that they heard about "Magic Square Quant" at Peking University many years ago - at a time when most people had not recognized the potential of artificial intelligence, they were looking for top graduates from Peking University and Tsinghua University with high salaries.

This is the real origin of the "rich" from Zhejiang University - before the wind came up, they had already positioned themselves on the edge of the trend for years and quietly built their own barriers.

The Era of Wealth Creation through Technology

Time begins to reward those who immerse themselves deeply in technology.

In contrast to the earlier era of grassroots startups, technology entrepreneurs from prestigious universities are now in the center of the stage - Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Harbin Institute of Technology... Natural science and engineering students from many universities have risen in the venture - capital field.

Zhipu, the "first stock issuer for global large language models", had a market value of about HK$50 billion on the first listing day in January this year, and recently it has almost risen to HK$900 billion. Founders like Professor Tang Jie and Zhang Peng all have a deep background at Tsinghua University.

Guoyi Quantum, founded by He Yu and other alumni of the University of Science and Technology of China, recently obtained approval for an IPO on the STAR Market and will soon become the "first stock issuer for quantum precision measurement". The alumni of the University of Science and Technology of China behind it have built half of China's quantum startups.

Alumni of the Harbin Institute of Technology have also recently listed companies such as Leju Intelligence and Standard Robots on the stock exchange. This is the "West Point" of Chinese robotics, and students from the Harbin Institute of Technology go to ring the bell without prior agreement.

Today, natural science and engineering students from prestigious universities are the sought - after targets of investors.

Think about the impressive scene of the special event for Zhejiang University alumni on May 7 at the "X - Day" in Shenzhen. On that day, Zhejiang University alumni presented various projects: Some are working on EEG - wearable data acquisition devices, others on 3D vision and AI solutions, and still others focus on in - vivo and in - vitro CAR - immune cell therapy... The hall was full of investors from all over the country.

Zhou Qi, the managing partner of GSR Ventures, said in a round that Zhejiang University is comparable to the "Stanford University in China": It has a wide range of disciplines, a strong entrepreneurial atmosphere, and the school motto "Seek Truth and Be Innovative" fits perfectly with hard - tech startups.

And these "X - Day" events allow them to connect with each other. Technology, supply chain, capital, and alumni relationships are slowly beginning to form a network.

As early as possible, even earlier.

We have a series of data: Since its establishment in March 2025, the "X - Day" has held 16 theme - pitching events and attracted a total of 454 high - quality projects. During this time, 49 companies have received equity financing of over 1.521 billion yuan, 31 companies have received bank credit lines totaling over 971 million yuan, and 7 technology insurances worth 80.5 million yuan have been concluded.

From this, a hard - tech circle of friends is formed.

This article is from the WeChat account "Investment Circle" (ID: pedaily2012), written by Zhao Zhiqi and published with the permission of 36Kr.