But there is at least one major difference between (Xu Jiayin)or Hui Ka Yan and the U.S. president: His net worth has skyrocketed in 2017, while Trump's certifiable wealth has decreased this year.
Bloomberg data says Hui has made more money than anyone else in 2017: $31.9 billion.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos saw his net worth increase by $21 billion, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's net worth increased $22.5 billion this year.
Hui's net worth is now up to $39.3 billion. That now makes him mainland China's richest man.
Hui Ka Yan is the founder and chairman of China Evergrande Group, which differing media outlets name as the country's largest or second-largest property developer.
The company has built more than 500 projects in 180 Chinese cities, and has seen its share prices surge nearly 400% in 2017. The recent surge in China Evergrande stock prices (and subsequently, in Hui's wealth) is largely the result of a debt restructuring plan the company undertook as it aimed to relist its stock in Shenzhen (it is currently listed in Hong Kong).
Hui's net worth has increased by a factor of four just since March of 2017.
Hui is in 50s and found Evergrande in 1996, and all the while has welcomed the spotlight. He has owned a soccer team, the Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, which features one of the highest-earning players in the world. Hui also purchased a five-bedroom mansion in Sydney with an infiniti pool overlooking Sydney Harbor, which he was subsequently forced to liquidate because the purchase violated foreign investment rules.
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