BUSINESSPERSON

Meng Wanzhou

1972 - Today

Meng Wanzhou

Meng Wanzhou (Chinese: 孟晚舟; born 13 February 1972), also known as Cathy Meng and Sabrina Meng, also informally known in China as the "Princess of Huawei", is a Chinese business executive. She is the deputy chair of the board and chief financial officer (CFO) of Huawei, which was founded by her father Ren Zhengfei. On 1 December 2018, Meng was detained and interrogated at Vancouver International Airport by the Canada Border Services Agency and subsequently placed under house arrest on extradition request by United States Department of Justice under the indictment of bank and wire fraud regarding financial transactions in violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran by Skycom, which had functioned as Huawei's Iran-based subsidiary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meng Wanzhou has received more than 1,884,557 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Meng Wanzhou is the 595th most popular businessperson (down from 388th in 2019), the 969th most popular biography from China (down from 767th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Chinese Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

1.9M
Page Views (PV)
45.08
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
29
Languages Editions (L)
3.23
Effective Languages (L*)
3.32
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Meng Wanzhou ranks 595 out of 847. Before her are Marina Berlusconi, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Donald Trump Jr., Josef Neckermann, Francesc Xavier Bultó, and Bernard Knubel. After her are Alan Eustace, Marc Randolph, Andrey Melnichenko, Steve Wynn, Christian von Koenigsegg, and Robert Ripley.

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Marina Berlusconi
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 589
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
1865 - 1922
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 590
Donald Trump Jr.
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 591
Josef Neckermann
1912 - 1992
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 592
Francesc Xavier Bultó
1912 - 1998
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 593
Bernard Knubel
1872 - 1957
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 594
Meng Wanzhou
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 595
Alan Eustace
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 596
Marc Randolph
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 597
Andrey Melnichenko
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 598
Steve Wynn
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 599
Christian von Koenigsegg
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 600
Robert Ripley
1890 - 1949
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 601

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Meng Wanzhou ranks 235. Before her are Anders Thomas Jensen, Darío Silva, Peter Dubovský, Gabrielle Union, Dejan Petković, and Kiko. After her are Maya Rudolph, Yogi Adityanath, Andrey Melnichenko, Cristina Scabbia, Ewen Bremner, and Christian von Koenigsegg.

Others Born in 1972

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Anders Thomas Jensen
FILM DIRECTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 229
Darío Silva
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 230
Peter Dubovský
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - 2000
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 231
Gabrielle Union
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 232
Dejan Petković
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 233
Kiko
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 234
Meng Wanzhou
BUSINESSPERSON
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 235
Maya Rudolph
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 236
Yogi Adityanath
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 237
Andrey Melnichenko
BUSINESSPERSON
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 238
Cristina Scabbia
SINGER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 239
Ewen Bremner
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 240
Christian von Koenigsegg
BUSINESSPERSON
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 241