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With Lens Technology, Zhou Kunfei became China’s richest woman in 2026 Hurun reports. With a net worth of 127 billion yuan, he witnessed the legend of starting from zero and led the company to expand from mobile phone glass supplier to diversified hard technology industries.
According to the latest “2026 Hurun Rich List”, Lens Technology founder Zhou Kunfei has officially ascended the throne of “China’s Richest Woman” with a personal wealth of 127 billion yuan. If the joint wealth of her and her husband Zheng Junlong is included, the couple’s net worth has reached 128 billion yuan, ranking 33rd on the Hurun Report’s overall list. He also remains the richest man in Hunan. This is not only an important milestone in Zhou Qunfei’s business career, but also once again confirms the importance of China’s tough technology and high-level manufacturing in the global industrial chain.
The story of Zhou Kunfei’s rise to the top is a standard history of starting from scratch. Born in 1970 in a poor mountain village in Jiangxiang, Hunan, she had a difficult childhood. Her mother died when she was five, her father became blind and her family was in extremely difficult circumstances. At the age of 15, Zhou Cunfei had to leave school and go to Shenzhen to work as an assembly line worker in a watch glass processing factory.
In his spare time, Zhou Kunfei used night school to self-study technology research and development, business management and accounting knowledge, and gradually mastered the entire main process of glass processing. At the age of 23, he started his own business with 20,000 Hong Kong dollars saved over the years and set up a small glass processing workshop in a rental house.
The real turning point came with the rise of consumer electronics. In 2003, Zhou Kunfei founded Lens Technology, focusing on the research, development and manufacturing of mobile phone protective glass. In 2004, with their excellent craftsmanship and quality control, they successfully won a special order for protective glass for Motorola V3 mobile phones, gaining popularity in the market. Subsequently, lens technology further attacked Applesupply chain Provides high-quality glass panels for the iPhone series, and has since established Zhou Kunfei’s industrial status as the “global glass queen”.
Today, the lens technology business has gone far beyond the early mobile phone screen glass. With the development of technology, the company’s product line has been extensively expanded to new energy vehicles, humanoid robots, AI servers and various smart terminal devices, becoming an indispensable core supplier for the world’s top technology giants such as Apple, Huawei, Tesla and Nvidia.
Data from this year’s list shows that the proportion of self-made women entrepreneurs on the list has exceeded 70%. Zhou Qunfei stands out in the hard-core technology and precision manufacturing fields, which were considered male-dominated in the past, demonstrating the ultimate resilience of female entrepreneurs in technological innovation and supply chain integration.
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According to the 2026 Hurun Rich List, Zhou Kunfei has become China’s richest woman with a personal wealth of 127 billion yuan; If the joint wealth with her husband Zheng Junlong is included, the couple’s net worth is 128 billion yuan, ranking 33rd on the overall list.
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He was born in 1970 in a poor mountain village in Hunan. At the age of 15, she moved to Shenzhen to work in a watch glass factory. He taught himself technology, management and accounting through night classes. At the age of 23, he started a business with 20,000 Hong Kong dollars of savings and gradually established his own glass processing business.
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Lens Technology was known for its mobile phone protective glasses in the early days. Later, it successfully entered the supply chains of Apple, Huawei, Tesla and Huida, and expanded into high-level manufacturing fields such as new energy vehicles, humanoid robots and AI servers.
