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Wang Chuanfu

Chinese chemist and billionaire entrepreneur (b. 1966, Wuwei County, Anhui). Founder, Chairman and CEO of BYD Company Limited, which he established in February 1995 in Shenzhen with cousin Lu Xiangyang. Led BYD to become one of the world's largest EV and battery manufacturers.

Chinese · 5 current roles · 1 founding

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Physical AI footprint (4)

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  • BYD Company Limitedverified→
    Founder

    Chinese conglomerate founded in 1995 by Wang Chuanfu; the world's largest EV maker (overtook [Tesla](/companies/tesla) in BEV sales in 2025) and a major battery

    2 verified deployments · Walker S2 at BYD Assembly Plant (China) →1 model
  • BYD Autoverified→
    Founder, Chairman & CEO

    BYD Auto (HKEX: 1211 / SZSE: 002594) is a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer — [World](/companies/world-labs)'s largest EV maker by sales.

    1 model
  • BYD Roboticsverified→
    Chairman & CEO (BYD)

    BYD Robotics is the humanoid robotics division of [BYD](/companies/byd), China's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, codenamed the Yao-Shun-Yu project.

    1 model
  • BYD Batteryverified→
    CEO

    BYD Battery, battery division of BYD Company, producing lithium iron phosphate batteries for EVs and [Energy](/companies/energy-robotics) storage.

    1 model

Current roles (5)

Foundings (1)

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Co-founders (2)

Sources (3)

  1. Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Chuanfu
  2. BYD Media Hub · https://media.byd.com/wang-chuanfu
  3. Forbes · https://www.forbes.com/profile/wang-chuanfu/

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