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Place of Birth: Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China
About Yu Minhong
- Yu Minhong, or Michael Yu (Chinese: ???; born 4 September 1962) is the founder and president of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.
- (?????????), and a member of the central committee of China Democratic League.
- As the owner of one of the largest private educational services, Yu is known as the "richest teacher in China", and "Godfather of English Training".
- On Hurun Report's China Rich List 2013, he had an estimated wealth $1.1 billion and was ranked No.
- 245 on the list.
- On the same list of 2015, he had an estimated wealth of $1.09 billion and was ranked No.
- 487.
- Also he was ranked No.1759 on Hurun Global Rich List 2015, with an estimated wealth of $1.1 billion.
- As of November 2018, he is ranked #148 on Forbes China Rich List 2018 and #1020 on Forbes Billionaires 2018, with an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion.Approximately 70% of Chinese students studying in the United States and Canada have taken English classes from the firm.
- In addition, the online education section has attracted more than 2 million registered users since beginning in 2003.
- New Oriental was the first Chinese private education company to list shares on the New York Stock Exchange.Yu stated, "My biggest dream is to found a private university, and for it to be one of China's top educational institutions after 40-50 years of development.
- When applying for higher education, my dream is for the best high school graduates to take my university into consideration, along with the likes of Tsinghua and Beijing University."Yu is a member of the Standing Committee of the China Democratic League.
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