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Jimmy Lai

1948 - Today

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Lai Chee-ying (Chinese: 黎智英; born 8 December 1947), also known as Jimmy Lai, is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He founded Giordano, an Asian clothing retailer, Next Digital (formerly Next Media), a Hong Kong-listed media company, and the popular newspaper Apple Daily. He is one of the main contributors to the pro-democracy camp, especially to the Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Lai has received more than 746,445 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jimmy Lai is the 293rd most popular businessperson (down from 246th in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from China (down from 567th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Businessperson.

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  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jimmy Lai ranks 293 out of 601. Before him are David Stern, François-Henri Pinault, Chuck Feeney, Lazare Ponticelli, B. C. Forbes, and Edward Colston. After him are Colonel Tom Parker, Ken Aston, Serge Dassault, Ghislaine Maxwell, Bruce Buck, and Mark Thatcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jimmy Lai ranks 195. Before him are Peter Turkson, James Taylor, Steve Winwood, Friedrich Koncilia, Sho Kosugi, and Kenny Loggins. After him are Patty Pravo, Zdravko Tolimir, Baldwin Lonsdale, Pascal Bruckner, Chris Squire, and James Nachtwey.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jimmy Lai ranks 649 out of 1,392. Before him are Xu Beihong (1895), Ma Huan (1380), Cai Yuanpei (1868), Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901), Lau Kar-leung (1934), and Salchak Toka (1901). After him are Chen Boda (1904), Wang Fuzhi (1619), Tang Xianzu (1550), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), and Huang Tingjian (1045).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In China

Among businesspeople born in China, Jimmy Lai ranks 6. Before him are Jack Ma (1964), Li Ka-shing (1928), Ren Zhengfei (1944), Rebiya Kadeer (1946), and Morris Chang (1931). After him are Ma Huateng (1971), Lei Jun (1969), Lee Shau-kee (1929), Wang Jianlin (1954), Henry Luce (1898), and Li Ning (1963).

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