Wang Chuanfu, chairman and president of BYD, speaks at a press conference in Hong Kong, March 20，2014. [Photo/IC]

Wang Chuanfu, chairman, president and CEO of BYD

During the first half of last year, carmaker BYD posted explosive growth, selling vehicles powered by new forms of energy, principally electric cars. That division saw revenue surge more than 10-fold to 2.7 billion yuan. The automaker currently has around a 37 percent share of China's new energy vehicle market.