Yao Liangsong founded OPPEIN Home in Guangzhou in 1994 and built it from a kitchen-cabinet manufacturer into a broad home-furnishings business, making the operating company he created the basis of his fortune. [1][2]
He founded the company that became the source of his wealth
OPPEIN's company history says Yao founded the business in 1994 with the goal of bringing modern kitchen products to Chinese consumers, establishing a direct founder link to the operating asset behind his fortune. [1]
Forbes' profile of his brother Yao Liangbo identifies Yao Liangsong as chairman of OPPEIN and confirms that the company was founded in Guangzhou in 1994, independently corroborating the family and company relationship. [2]
The reviewed record does not identify an inherited furniture company or inherited fortune as the platform for OPPEIN's creation, so the available evidence supports a primarily self-created business path. [1][2]
The business scaled from cabinets into a broader home platform
OPPEIN says its Guangzhou cabinet factory expanded by 1996 and annual sales reached 100 million yuan by 2000, when the company ranked first in its industry and launched a fully equipped kitchen product. [1]
The company added overseas operations and bathroom products in the early 2000s, showing that Yao's wealth came from sustained expansion of the business he founded rather than from passive ownership of a preexisting enterprise. [1]
Sources for background
Sources reviewed Oct 1, 2026.
- OPPEIN History · OPPEIN Home
- Yao Liangbo · Forbes · Apr 5, 2022
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