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Last updated: November 11, 2026 · $11.70T tracked

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No. 265China

Zhu Yiming

Semiconductors · Hefei, Anhui

Net worth

$12.2B

Today

+$452M+3.84%

Past month

−$1.7B−11.97%

As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST

Zhu Yiming is the chairman of Shanghai-listed memory chip giant CXMT, which raised in July 2026 $8.6 billion in one of the largest listings in Asia ever. The company, also known as Changxin Memory Technologies, is the world's fourth largest producer of DRAM chips by market share, after Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron, according to Counterpoint Research. Zhu is also the chairman of Shanghai-listed GigaDevice Semiconductor, a supplier of flash memory chips. With support from the Hefei municipal government, he cofounded CXMT in 2016 amid China's drive to control AI and semiconductor supply chains. Before returning to China in 2005, the U.S.-trained mogul worked for iPolicy Networks and Monolithic System Technologies in Silicon Valley.

Net worth over time

−11.97%−$1.7B over the past month
$14B$13B$11B
Oct 12Nov 11

Principal holdings

3 positions
CompanyShareValue

CXMT Corporation

SHANGHAI: 688825-CN

76.3%$9.3B

Private and other holdings

13.3%$1.6B

GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing)

SHANGHAI: 603986-CN

10.4%$1.3B

Also known for

  • He is a permanent resident of Singapore.