Qi Shi Net Worth

Qi Shi has an estimated net worth of $12.5 billion, according to Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, Qi Shi profile (figures as of Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026). That is up from $2.7 billion in 2019.

Qi Shi is a Chinese businessman and the founder and chairman of East Money Information, which runs one of China's most popular financial and stock information websites. He was born Shen Jun in October 1970, and Forbes describes him as self-made.

He studied at Shanghai Jiaotong University and later earned an executive MBA from Fudan University. Before starting his company he worked as a financial futures researcher and wrote as a financial columnist.

It was during his years as a columnist that he took the pen name Qi Shi, which means "in fact" in Chinese. He liked the name enough to keep it, and he is now known by it in business. He lives in Shanghai.

His career shows how a writer can become a tech founder. He moved from studying markets to writing about them, and then to building the platform where millions of people follow them.

How Qi Shi made his money

Qi founded East Money in 2005. The company built a website where ordinary investors could follow stock prices, read market news and discuss shares with each other. As millions of people in China started trading stocks, the site became a daily habit for many of them. In July 2015 it had 23.6 million users a day.

East Money is listed in Shenzhen, and its value grew as it added more financial services on top of its information site. That made Qi's stake one of the most valuable in China's financial technology sector.

Because his fortune is tied to East Money's share price, it tends to rise when Chinese stock trading is busy and fall when markets are quiet. His wealth is a measure of how much China's retail investors rely on the platform he built.

Qi's background helped him spot the opportunity. As a researcher and columnist he knew what retail investors wanted to read, and he built a site that gave it to them for free. Over the years East Money turned that loyal audience into a business that does much more than publish news, and it now ranks among the best-known financial brands in China.

How Forbes has valued Qi Shi

Forbes valued Qi at $2.7 billion in 2019 and $3.9 billion in 2020. His figure jumped to $10.4 billion in 2021, then eased to $9.9 billion in 2022, $7.8 billion in 2023 and $6.3 billion in 2024.

It nearly doubled to $12.2 billion in 2025 and rose to $12.5 billion on the 2026 World's Billionaires List, the latest published figure.