Ma Mingzhe
Ma Mingzhe (; born 1955) is a Chinese businessman who serves as the chairman of Ping An Insurance. Biography Ma Mingzhe (Chinese: 马明哲; born 1955) co-founded Ping An Insurance in 1988 as China’s first joint-stock insurer, and the company has grown into a financial group covering insurance, banking and investment services. In June 2020, Ma has stepped down as chief executive and remained as chairman of the company. Ma opened the doors of Ping An to foreign investors including HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. His company was one of the earliest companies to launch a successful float on a huge scale in Hong Kong. The Times calls him "a seasoned infighter who engineered the emergence of Ping An as an independent insurer from its earlier domination by the Chinese state banks, which were its principal shareholders." He was named 3rd on Forbes China’s 2020 ranking of China’s best 50 CEOs. He also received one of the "Directors of the Year Awards" from The Hong Kong Institute of Directors in 2021. Career and education Founding of Ping An Insurance and early career Ma has worked in the insurance industry for his entire career. In the mid-1980s, Ma worked as a