"The rich are changing" - Hurun

Rupert Hoogewerf

China's rich are not only becoming experts in for example wine tasting, but have in general a more globalized outlook, says Rupert Hoogewerf, in China better known as Hurun, in an article in the Chinese media.
Hurun, also a speaker at Chinabiz Speakers, is making the so-called "China Rich List", a project that has given him access to many of the new rich in China.

When Rupert travelled to Chengdu, a local Chinese millionaire also discussed wines with him. They drank an expensive red wine which might be sold at 9,000 yuan a bottle), and smoked some fine cigars. Even more surprisingly, when the clock struck twelve at midnight and they both felt a little bit hungry, the rich man asked him whether he would like to have some Spanish ham.

It is a difference from a few year ago when I asked Rupert for help in identifying a speaker from his list for a combined meeting of Amcham Shanghai and the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club. There was only one condition: this person should be able to talk English. That was not easy, I remember.