Chinese Millionaire Wants to Buy the New York Times, Distributes Epic Business Card
Jan 10, 2014 00:25
Chen Guangbiao wants to buy the New York Times for at least $1 billion. That piece of information should be news on its own, but there's something about Chen that garnered more attention than his bid to own NYT: his business card.
Chen is one of China's top 400 richest people, estimated to have a personal fortune worth $740 million in 2012. But he really made his name by high-profile charity donations - something he brands as "flashy philanthropy."
If you want to know what Chen is all about, look no further, because he's included what he wants you to know about him, on his business card.
The card is amongst a number of promotional materials he gives out to U.S. journalists. We don't know how Chen got all those titles, but it's incredible anyway.
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