Wang Jianlin, male, was born in Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province on October 24, 1954. He has been the chairman of Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. since 1989.

He joined the army in 1970, transferred from the army in 1986 and graduated from Liaoning University. In July, he joined the people's Government of Xigang District of Dalian City as the director of the office. Since 1989, he has been the chairman of Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. Deputy to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, member of the Standing Committee of the 11th CPPCC National Committee, vice chairman of the 11th all China Federation of industry and commerce, vice chairman of China Chamber of Commerce, vice chairman of China Federation of enterprises, vice chairman of China Entrepreneur Association, vice chairman of China Federation of Commerce and vice chairman of China Charity Federation. On February 25, 2016, the 2016 Hurun global rich list was released. The Wang Jianlin family returned to China as the richest man with more than 170 billion Li Hejun. At the same time, it surpassed Li Ka Shing and became the richest Chinese in the world for the first time. On April 21, it was selected as "the most influential person in the world" published by time weekly.

On February 28, 2018, Hurun Research Institute released the 2018 Hurun global rich list. Wang Jianlin and his family bid farewell to the top position with a wealth of 170 billion yuan, ranking eighth in Greater China and 36th in the world. On October 10, the Hurun Research Institute released the 2018 Hurun rich list, with the Wang Jianlin family ranking fifth with 140 billion. On October 25, Forbes released the 2018 Forbes China 400 rich list, Wang Jianlin ranked fourth with 156.63 billion yuan.