Zhou Chengjian Net Worth

Zhou Chengjian has an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Zhou Chengjian profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is down from a peak of $1.5 billion.

Zhou Chengjian is a Chinese businessman and the founder of Shanghai Metersbonwe, one of China's largest home-grown clothing chains. He was born in 1966 in Qingtian County, in Lishui, Zhejiang province, and Forbes describes him as self-made.

He began his career as a tailor when he was young. He started his own business in 1986, when he was 20 years old, and later earned an EMBA degree from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou while running his company.

In 2016 he was reported to be among a number of Chinese businessmen who had mysteriously gone missing. About a week later, news reports said he had returned to work. That same year, his daughter Hu Jiajia took over as chairman of Metersbonwe, in November 2016.

Zhou is one of several entrepreneurs from Zhejiang province who built big consumer brands from very modest starts. He went from sewing clothes by hand to running a national chain, and the brand he created became familiar to young shoppers across China.

How Zhou Chengjian made his money

Zhou moved to Wenzhou in the 1990s and founded the Metersbonwe Group after borrowing just 200,000 yuan. The company focused on casual clothes for young people and grew into a famous fashion brand and China's largest casualwear retail brand.

His skills as a tailor gave him an early understanding of how clothes are made and what customers want. He used that knowledge to build a brand of his own instead of sewing for others.

Metersbonwe made Zhou one of China's best-known fashion entrepreneurs. His daughter now holds a major share of the group as well as the chairman's role, so the business has passed to the next generation of his family. He has also made large donations to local education.

How Forbes has valued Zhou Chengjian

Forbes valued Zhou at $1.4 billion in 2019. His figure slipped to $1.3 billion in 2020 and 2021, then rose to $1.5 billion in 2022, his highest in the period.

It eased to $1.4 billion in 2023 and $1.3 billion in 2024 and 2025, then returned to $1.4 billion on the 2026 World's Billionaires List. As of October 20, 2026, the Forbes real-time billionaires tracker showed $1.3 billion. His fortune has stayed in a narrow range for years.