Qin Yinglin

Qin Yinglin is the world's richest farmer and a Chinese agriculture mogul, billionaire, and Communist Party member. He is the chairman and president of the pig farming enterprise Muyuan Foodstuff and one of China's wealthiest persons. His net worth was projected to be US$ 20.7 billion as of January 2022, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Forbes described him as "the country's largest pig breeder in the world's largest pork market."

Qin was born in the village of Hexi, Mashankou Town, Neixiang County, Nanyang, Henan, in 1965. He was raised in poverty.

When Qin was in high school, his father scraped enough money and purchased 20 pigs, all but one of which perished. This inspired Qin to pursue a degree in pig farming so that he could assist others in his community make money by breeding pigs. He got admitted to Henan Agricultural University in 1985.

Qin is the world's richest farmer, owning 883 million shares of Muyuan stock, or 40.06 percent of the firm. Qin's wife, Qian Ying, is also a millionaire, and the couple owns the bulk of Muyuan.

Net worth: : $24.1 billion