AsianFin -- Liang Wenfeng, 40, the founder of DeepSeek, and Sam Altman, 39, the founder of OpenAI, made their debuts on the Hurun Global Rich List with fortunes of 33 billion yuan and 13 billion yuan respectively.

Rupert Hoogewerf, Chairman and Chief Research Officer of Hurun Report, said, "Liang holds over 80% of DeepSeek's shares. If DeepSeek reaches the current trillion-dollar valuation of OpenAI, he is expected to become the richest person in China."