Managerial philosophy and advice from the Chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group, China's largest company.
Wang Jianlin was born on October 24, 1954, soon after China's Communist revolution. He was raised in Cangxi County as the eldest of five brothers. His father was a war veteran of the Red Army and at 15 years old Wang followed in his father's footsteps by enrolling in the People's Liberation Army in 1970. He left the army in 1986 and formed a property company in the north-eastern city of Dalian. Today, Wang Jianlin serves as the Chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group, the world's biggest property developer, as well as the world's largest movie theatre operator.
