Zhang, who with husband Pan Shiyi co-founded Soho, ranked No. 21 on the 2012 Forbes China Rich List released this month.

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People like Li YanHong and Robin Li, founders of Baidu.com, or famed entrepreneur Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba group, which owns the most popular e-commerce sites, or Pan Shiyi and wife Zhang Xin, the Donald Trumps of China.

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Zhang Xin cofounded property developer Soho China with her husband, Pan Marita, after experience working on Wall Street for Goldman Sachs and Travelers.

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