However, Zhang didn’t stay long in this business, switching to real estate soon after. In 15 years, he turned his small shop into a huge business group. Thanks to his dedicated work, Forbes ranked Jindong #5 with 33.61 billion Chinese Yuan (US$ 4.05 billion) in the magazine’s Forbes Mainland China Rich List of 2007. As for his private life, Zhang Jindong is married with two children.