Rupert HoogewerfSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Rupert Hoogewerf founded the China Rich List in 1999 and published the first four years results in Forbes magazine. Since then, the China Rich List has become an eagerly awaited annual event for China's private sector. Over the years, Hurun Report and Rupert have won numerous awards for their ground-breaking lists. Rupert won Neweekly magazine's prestigious 2002 Person of the Year award for his contribution to the understanding of wealth in China. In 2004, Rupert was named one of the 100 Top Influencers in China's Globalization by Global Entrepreneur magazine. In 2005, China Entrepreneur magazine named the Hurun Report China Rich List as one of the ten most important business events of the past twenty years. In 2008 Dragon TV nominated Rupert as one of the thirty most influential people since the Open Door Policy in 1978.

In 2009, the Shanghai government presented Rupert Hoogewerf with the Magnolia Award, for his contribution to the development of the Shanghai economy. Named after Shanghais official flower, the Magnolia Award is the highest honour bestowed by the City on foreigners who have contributed significantly to Shanghais economic performance, international relations, business environment, management standards and community development. This year, 45 people received the award, including the Dean of the Europe International Business School Rolf Cremer, the president of General Electric (China) R&D Center Guo Limo, and two British nationals. Previous winners have included senior staff members from Siemens, LOreal and Bayer.

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