How Zhou Qunfei became the world’s richest self-made woman
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No country has more self-made female billionaires than China. The Communist party, under Mao Zedong, promoted gender equality, allowing women to flourish after capitalism started to take hold, says Huang Yasheng, an expert in China’s entrepreneurial class and a professor of international management at MIT. In a country with few established players, entrepreneurs like Ms Zhou were able to quickly make their mark when they entered business in the 1990s as China’s economic engine was revving up.