Li Chunan built his fortune through an early investment and long ownership position in LONGi Green Energy, alongside his own industrial businesses, before selling most of his LONGi stake in 2020 while retaining a smaller holding. [1][2][3]
He built an industrial career before becoming a major LONGi shareholder
Bloomberg reports that Li graduated from Lanzhou University, worked as a sales manager and founded an electrical industrial company in 1993, giving him an operating and entrepreneurial base before his investment in LONGi. [1]
Bloomberg says Li invested in LONGi in August 2003 and later served as a director from 2007, placing him close to the company's growth during the period when monocrystalline solar manufacturing expanded from a specialist business into a global industry. [1]
LONGi's 2018 annual report identifies Li Chun'an as a former company director and records other industrial leadership roles, including chairman of Dalian Linton NC Machine, which supports the picture of a businessman with activity beyond a passive securities portfolio. [2]
A long-held solar stake became the main financial engine of his wealth
LONGi's 2019 annual report showed Li Chun'an as an acting-in-concert shareholder alongside Li Zhenguo and Li Xiyan, with the three together holding a large block of the listed solar company even though Li Zhenguo and Li Xiyan were the controlling shareholders. [3]
Bloomberg says Li once owned about 10% of LONGi, sold most of that position to Hillhouse Capital in December 2020 and retained a smaller direct stake afterward. The fortune therefore came from entrepreneurial work and a very early solar investment that appreciated over many years, not from an inherited operating company. [1][3]
Sources for background
Sources reviewed Oct 6, 2026.
- Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Li Chunan · Bloomberg
- Annual Report 2018 · LONGi Green Energy Technology
- Annual Report 2019 · LONGi Green Energy Technology
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