Zhou Qunfei founded Lens Technology, which produces screens on the iPhone. Now, she has an estimated $ 9.2 billion fortune and holds the title of the youngest billionaire woman
Zhou's path seems a tough one at first. At age 16, the girl dropped out of school and hired as a laborer at a factory where lenses were designed for watches. But no one suspected the destiny of the one who had lost his mother when he was five years old and had always struggled with the shortcomings.
Zhou's encounter with success occurs unexpectedly at the age of 22. Then, with a few thousand dollars, the girl puts her courage at bay and puts the foundation of her first company, so she starts producing the lens for the clocks. Everything happened in 1993. "At that time of China's economic growth, there were a lot of opportunities for entrepreneurs, including women, and that allowed me to grow my business," she confesses.
But it moves into the mobile phone industry in 2003, after Motorola launches a challenge and leaves her company screen for her new Razr V3 phone. Follows orders from HTC, Nokia, Samsung and then Apple for its first iPhone. Zhou Qunfei became instantly a multi-billionaire in 2015, when Lens Technology was listed on the stock market.
Currently, the company has over 90,000 employees in the 32 factories and is estimated at $ 11 billion.