Author 丨 city world Feng Chenchen
Editor 丨 Langming
A colorblind man who doesn't know anything about ophthalmic technology has become the new richest man in Hunan by opening an eye hospital.
In the 2019 Forbes China Rich List released recently, an entrepreneur named Chen Bang took the title of Hunan's richest man with a fortune of 54.09 billion yuan, and he is the chairman of Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.
Miraculously, Chen Bang was still worth only 18 billion yuan in 2018, ranking No. 3 among Hunan's billionaires. In just one year, his wealth has increased to three times of the original, which makes people quite surprised, but also curious about his road to wealth creation.
In fact, Chen Bang's entrepreneurial path was not a smooth one. He was born in a military school, but due to color blindness defects into the state-owned enterprises. After that, he joined the wave of gold rush to the south, and became a billionaire at the age of 27 with his real estate business. This experience is just a flash in the pan, but Chen Bang after hitting rock bottom, relying on 30,000 yuan and unique vision, to become the new richest man in Hunan.
Left the army because of color blindness
Throwing away the "iron rice bowl" to engage in real estate, at the age of 27 became a billionaire
1965. The first time I saw him, he was born in Changsha, Hunan Province. He started his military life at the age of 17, and was admitted to the military school at 19. If not for his physical handicap, Chen Bang could have made a great career in the military.
In fact, Chen Bang wanted to work in the army, but because of his red-green color blindness, he had to leave the army early to work in a state-owned enterprise. But for this at the time of the envy of countless people "iron rice bowl", Chen Bang is not satisfied. With a stable salary, he always wanted to break out of the world.
Finally, in 1986, Chen Bang made up his mind to start his own business. Since then, Chen Bang followed the "gold wave" to Hainan, all the way to try to salesman, trade, food wholesale work, and even acted as a coconut brand coconut milk , and continue to accumulate experience and funds. Until a chance, he found the opportunity of real estate.
At that time, Hainan real estate is hot, many real estate big shot to make a fortune, earn a lot of money. To this end, Chen Bang began to enter the real estate industry, and finally became a billionaire at the age of 27. But the good times do not last long, Hainan real estate project bubble burst brought about by the financial crisis, the Chen Bang overnight back to the original shape.
To add insult to injury, around 1995, Chen Bang had built a cultural theme park in Taiwan, China, and since then tens of millions of dollars of investment hit the water. He was so exhausted that he was admitted to the third hospital in Changsha.
So far, Chen Bang's entrepreneurial road after a wave of small high tide, quickly fell into the trough of life. "It is really an unforgettable memory, although thus sinking for a period of time, and at the same time also inspired me to defy the fighting spirit and courage." Recalling the scene, Chen Bang can not help but sigh so.
Successful in the second venture
30,000 to enter the eye health care, the chain of hospitals opened to foreign countries
In the late 90's, private capital was allowed to enter the field of health care, which provided a second opportunity for Chen Bang.
In a chat with a friend, Chen Bang smelled a business opportunity in the field of health care, and after some research, he found that the field of ophthalmology, which was still in the cold at the time, was a good piece of meat and potatoes, and the future is promising.
Do it, In 1997, Chen Bang dumped 30,000 yuan of the last savings, in the form of installments to buy an imported ophthalmology equipment, to take the form of a "hospital in the hospital", and the third hospital in Changsha cooperation , in the hospital to set up ophthalmology specialists, to do myopic examinations and routine myopic examinations, and to do the same. The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers. Relying on the advantageous resources of the public hospital, Chen Bang earned a lot of money.
"Mainly because I wanted to try a new field," Chen Bang said of his decision to downplay the situation. However, with the policy regulation in 2000, Chen Bang had to leave Changsha to open a specialized hospital in Liaoning. Unfortunately, the loss of resources to rely on the Aier Eye, business fell apart, business partners also chose to leave.
After 2002, Chen Bang decided to make a last-ditch effort to set up a chain of hospitals in the form of a joint venture, with four hospitals in Changsha, Wuhan, and Chengdu at the same time. The opportunity was once again on Chen Bang's side, as ophthalmology had become a popular specialty, and Aier Ophthalmology was doing well, with a reputation that rivaled that of Tongji Hospital in Beijing.
Since then, Aier Ophthalmology has extended its reach to first-tier cities such as Shanghai and Shenzhen, and opened 19 chain eye hospitals in 11 provinces and cities across the country in just a few years. It can be said that the road of chain branding has brought Aier Ophthalmology back from the dead.
The official website of Aier Ophthalmology shows that as of 2019, the Group has established more than 300 professional eye hospitals in 30 provinces and cities in mainland China, covering more than 70% of the national health insurance population, with an annual outpatient volume of more than 6.5 million people, and in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong, China, there are more than 80 eye hospitals.
Hunan's new richest man was born
Listed on the day of his fortune soared 1.5 billion, and now worth 60 billion
With the plate more and more bigger and bigger, the listing of the matter of water.
In 2009, Aier Ophthalmology successfully landed on the GEM, Chen Bang's wealth soared. At that time, Chen Bang directly held 23.8 million shares of Aier Ophthalmology, its holding of Hunan Aier Investment held 60 million shares of Aier Ophthalmology, Chen Bang's actual shareholding amounted to 65,446,000 shares, accounting for 65% of the total share capital, according to the issue price of 28 yuan/share, the market value of the holdings of more than 1.8 billion yuan.
In fact, the scene on the first day of the listing of Aier Ophthalmology is very hot, not only the opening price of up to 48.86 yuan / share, the disk was once touching high to 72 yuan / share. At the close of business, Aier Ophthalmology reported 51.90 yuan / share, which makes Chen Bang's fortune, doubled in one day. That is to say, the capital market let him one day his fortune soared more than 1.5 billion.
However, in the face of geometric growth in personal wealth, Chen Bang is a little calmly frankly, "I will not care about the stock price every day, that are on the books of wealth. After a nap, there may be more than a few hundred million, or less than a few hundred million."
2019 was a year of great fame for Chen Bang. On the Forbes China Rich List that year, Chen Bang took the title of Hunan's richest man with a fortune of 54.09 billion yuan. As recently as 2018, Chen Bang's fortune on the rich list was just 18 billion yuan, ranking No. 3 among Hunan's richest people. In just one year, his fortune has increased by two times, which is not amazing.
Wind data show that since the listing of Aier Ophthalmology, whether it is operating income or net profit, are in a steady state of growth. The performance has guaranteed the steady growth of Aier Ophthalmology's share price, making its share price soar from about 20 yuan/share at the end of 2018 to 41.44 yuan/share at the latest close, and its total market value is as high as 128.4 billion yuan.
As of October 2019, Chen Bang held 16.37% of Aier Eye directly and 30.24% of Aier Eye through Aier Medical Investment Group Co. In other words, Chen Bang currently controls close to 47% of the shares of Aier Ophthalmology, and with the latest total market capitalization for conversion, Chen Bang is worth more than 60 billion yuan, which is 6 billion yuan higher than the 54.09 billion yuan wealth announced in the 2019 Forbes China Rich List.
It is worth mentioning that just on the evening of January 8, Aier Ophthalmology issued a number of announcements in a row, planning to acquire 30 ophthalmology hospitals by issuing shares and paying cash, with the subject price of 1.87 billion yuan. This means that Chen Bang and his Aier Ophthalmology, is still traveling on the road to climb.