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Jim Ratcliffe

Jim Ratcliffe, also known as Sir James Arthur Ratcliffe, is a British billionaire industrialist who founded and majority-owns Ineos and controls Manchester United's football operations.

Jim Rogers

Jim Rogers, born James Beeland Rogers, Jr., is an American investor who co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973 and created the Rogers International Commodity Index in 1998.

Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn (Emanuel James Rohn) was an American entrepreneur and motivational speaker who gave more than 6,000 seminars over four decades and mentored Tony Robbins, Les Brown, and Brian Tracy.

Jim Tananbaum

Jim Tananbaum is an American healthcare venture capitalist who founded Foresite Capital in 2011 and is known for early investments in 10x Genomics and Denali Therapeutics.

Jim Walton

Jim Walton is an American billionaire banker, a son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, who chairs Arvest Bank Group and crossed $100 billion in net worth in 2024.

Jim Weddle

Jim Weddle, also known as James D. Weddle, is an American financial services executive who served as the fifth managing partner of Edward Jones from 2006 to 2018.

Jim Yong Kim

Jim Yong Kim is a Korean American physician who served as president of the World Bank Group from 2012 to 2019, after leading Dartmouth College and the WHO's HIV/AIDS department.

Jim Zhang (张金铭)

Jim Zhang (张金铭) is a partner at GSR Ventures who invests in early-stage AI applications, embodied intelligence, and smart hardware, joining the firm in 2026.

Jimi Heselden

Jimi Heselden, born James William Heselden, was an English entrepreneur and philanthropist from Leeds who invented the Hesco Concertainer blast wall and bought Segway Inc. in 2009.

Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa, born James Riddle Hoffa in 1913, was an American labor leader who made the Teamsters the largest US union, was convicted of fraud, and disappeared in 1975.

Jimmy Treybig

Jimmy Treybig, also known as James G. Treybig, is an American technology entrepreneur who founded Tandem Computers in 1974, builder of the first commercial fault-tolerant computers.

Jimu (积目)

Jimu (积目) is a Chinese interest- and subculture-based social and dating app for young people, launched in 2016 in Beijing and acquired by Inke for $85 million in 2019.

JIN Co., Ltd. (eyewear retailer; now JINS Holdings)

JIN Co., Ltd., now JINS Holdings, is a Japanese company founded by Hitoshi Tanaka in Maebashi in 1988, whose JINS brand, launched in 2001, runs Japan's largest eyewear chain.

Jin Leqin

Jin Leqin (金乐亲) is a Chinese businessman and OPPO co-founder who led the company's industrial design center and served as senior vice president until stepping back in 2021.

Jin Liangshun

Jin Liangshun (金良顺), born in 1954 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, is a Chinese businessman who chaired Jinggong Group until all 11 of its bonds defaulted in 2019.

Jin Zhijiang

Jin Zhijiang (金志江) is a Chinese business executive, general manager of BBK Education Electronics in Dongguan and the leader behind the Xiaotiancai kids' phone watch.

Jinchuan Group

Jinchuan Group is a Chinese state-owned mining and metals company controlled by the Gansu provincial government and based in Jinchang, where it operates China's largest nickel deposit.

Jinde Asset

Jinde Asset, formally Shanghai Jinde Private Fund Management Co., Ltd. (上海金锝私募基金管理有限公司), is a Shanghai-based quantitative hedge fund manager founded by Ren Sihong in 2011. Its flagship fund Dejin No.1 has run since May 2012.

Jing Hong

Jing Hong is a Chinese venture capital and growth-equity investor, founding partner and CEO of Gaocheng Capital, known for early investments in Alibaba, Meituan, and DiDi.

Jinghai Company

Jinghai (京海) was a Beijing computer-room engineering company founded by Wang Hongde, a Chinese Academy of Sciences engineer, in 1982, and one of the four best-known firms of Zhongguancun's first wave.

Jingjia Micro

Jingjia Micro (景嘉微) is a Chinese fabless chip designer in Changsha, Hunan, founded in 2006, whose JM5400 of 2014 was China's first fully self-owned GPU chip.

Jingjie Biology (景杰生物) (PTM Bio)

Jingjie Biology (景杰生物), which brands itself internationally as PTM BIO, is a Hangzhou-based proteomics company founded in 2010, selling proteomics research services and post-translational modification antibody reagents.

Jinglan Muhe (京蓝沐禾)

Jinglan Muhe (京蓝沐禾) is a Chinese manufacturer of water-saving irrigation equipment founded in 2010 in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, and acquired by Jinglan Technology in 2016.

Jingling Group (鲸灵集团)

Jingling Group (鲸灵集团) is a Chinese private-domain e-commerce company founded in November 2017 by former Alibaba executive Wu Qiangqiang, operating WeChat mini-program flash-sale platforms for smaller Chinese cities.

Jingneng Microelectronics (晶能微电子)

Jingneng Microelectronics (晶能微电子) is a Chinese power-semiconductor company founded in 2022 in Hangzhou as Geely Technology Group's power chip platform, making IGBT and SiC modules for electric vehicles.

Jingwu Zang

Jingwu Zang (臧敬五) is a Chinese physician-scientist and former GSK China R&D head who founded I-Mab Biopharma, a Shanghai immuno-oncology company, serving as chairman and CEO from 2016.

Jingxi Zhixing

Jingxi Zhixing, also known as BWI Group, is a Chinese automotive chassis supplier based in Zhangjiakou, making MagneRide suspension and brake-by-wire systems for over 50 global brands.

Jingxi Zhixing Zhangjiakou Automotive Electronics (京西智行张家口汽车电子有限公司)

Jingxi Zhixing Zhangjiakou Automotive Electronics (京西智行张家口汽车电子有限公司) is a Chinese intelligent-chassis supplier based in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, producing MagneRide active suspension and brake-by-wire systems, and was mass-producing as of 2025.

Jingye Group

Jingye Group (敬业集团) is a private Chinese steel group founded in 1990 by Li Ganpo and based in Hebei; it bought British Steel in 2020.

Jingyi Technology

Jingyi Technology (京颐股份), fully Shanghai KingYee Information Technology Co., Ltd., is a Shanghai smart healthcare IT company founded in 2004 by Li Zhi and Shao Huagang, serving over 13,000 medical institutions.