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Wang Wei and SF Express: A biography of one of China's greatest entrepreneurs [Pehme köide]

China’ s economic rise and influence has been one of the most significant developments in the global economy of recent times. A driving force behind this expansion has been the private entrepreneurs and companies of China, some of which have literally redefined the economic and business landscape, both inside and outside of China. With a $15,000 loan from his father, the former high school dropout and factory worker, Wang Wei, started up his courier delivery service, SF Express, in 1993. This book is a classic rags-to-riches story of a young entrepreneur who grew SF Express into a logistics empire with revenues of $7 billion and 400,000 employees by 2015. The phenomenal rise of Wang and his company was further propelled by a $30 billion public listing in Shanghai in 2018. By any standards, this is one of the most remarkable entrepreneurial stories of recent times.

China’s economic rise and influence has been one of the most significant developments in the global economy of recent times. A driving force behind this expansion has been the private entrepreneurs and companies of China, some of which have literally redefined the economic and business landscape, both inside and outside of China. With a $15,000 loan from his father, the former high school dropout and factory worker Wang Wei started up his courier delivery service, SF Express, in 1993. This book is a classic rags-to-riches story of a young entrepreneur who grew SF Express into a logistics empire with revenues of $7 billion and 400,000 employees by 2015. The phenomenal rise of Wang and his company was further propelled by a $30 billion public listing in Shanghai in 2018. By any standards, this is one of the most remarkable entrepreneurial stories of recent times.
Chapter One The Origins of Sf Express
8(32)
Chapter Two A Shift from Franchising to Regular Chains, Coupled With Internal Managerial Promotions
40(30)
Chapter Three Speed is King
70(24)
Chapter Four Strengthening B2B and Carrying Out Bold Innovations
94(24)
Chapter Five Renaming Sf Heavy Goods and Going Public
118(28)
Chapter Six Committing to Retail and Building a Business Ecosystem
146(28)
Chapter Seven A Transformation into the Realm of Logistics Real Estate
174(28)
Chapter Eight Befriending the Far and Attacking the Near
202(18)
Appendix: Wang Wei's Speeches 220(23)
Afterword 243(3)
Acknowledgements 246(2)
Bibliography 248(3)
Endnotes 251(4)
About the Author 255
Zhou Xibing, finance and economics writer and instructor of President's Leadership Class in university. Having studied family business for 20 plus years, Zhou has in-depth unique and systematic understanding of family cultures, inheritance, operation and management, and system building as well as carrying forward of family mottos and family traditions.