Yang Rong (businessman)

Yang Rong (Chinese: 仰融; born 1957), also known as Yung Yeung and Benjamin Yeung, is a Chinese businessman who has lived in exile in the United States since 2001. Born in Anhui, Yang is the founder of the Liaoning-based Brilliance Auto Group, which became the first Chinese company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1992. In 2001, Forbes ranked him as China’s third-richest businessman. In 2002, amid disputes with Liaoning authorities under Governor Bo Xilai, Yang fled to the US with the assistance of Clark T. Randt Jr., then U.S. ambassador to China and former legal counsel for Brilliance’s U.S. listing. Yang pursued further automotive ventures, but none matched his earlier success.