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Guo Wengui (Chinese: 郭文贵; born May 10, 1970—self claim or October 5, 1968), also known under the Cantonese name Ho Wan Kwok (郭浩云), Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, is a self-exiled Chinese billionaire businessman, political activist, and convicted fraudster who controls Beijing Zenith Holdings (via proxies Li Lin and Jiang Yuehua) and other assets. At the height of his career, he was the 73rd-richest person in China. Guo was accused of corruption and other misdeeds by the Chinese authorities and fled to the United States in late 2014 after learning he was going to be arrested under allegations of bribery, kidnapping, money laundering, fraud, and rape. Guo said the charges were politically motivated and part of a campaign of political retribution carried out against him by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Guo is an associate of Steve Bannon and a member of U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Guo claims to be a whistle-blower, but newspapers such as The New York Times have been unable to verify some of his statements. Between 2018 and 2020, Guo launched two media projects with Bannon, G News and GTV Media Group, which spread misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including unproven treatments and conspiracy theories about vaccines. In 2021, Guo reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to pay $539 million in refunds and fines in connection with illegal fundraising for the companies. In March 2023, Guo was arrested by U.S. federal authorities on fraud charges. In July 2024, Guo was convicted in New York of defrauding followers. At the sentencing hearing on January 6, 2025, where both Guo and his associate, Yvette Wang, were supposed to be sentenced, only Wang was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role. The court is yet to schedule another sentencing date for Guo.
Guo was born in Shen County, Shandong, China. He is the seventh of eight children. He began his business career in Zhengzhou, before moving to Beijing to secure various construction deals during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[citation needed] In 2006, he delivered a Beijing deputy mayor's sex tape to the police. The deputy mayor, who had contested one of Guo's land deals, was subsequently imprisoned, allowing Guo to build the Pangu Plaza.
In 2014, Guo departed China after one of his political connections faced arrest. He moved to the United States in 2015. Guo, long prominent in real estate development and investment circles, came to fame in 2015 after a lengthy investigative report by Caixin media, controlled by Hu Shuli, was released, detailing Guo's political connections, business dealings, and hardball tactics against former rivals.
Guo responded by claiming Hu defamed him and responded with a set of personal accusations against Hu, claiming Hu had a romantic entanglement with his business rival. He opened a Twitter account in early 2017, frequently criticizing individuals within the Chinese establishment. He has reserved particular scorn for He Jintao, the son of former Central Commission for Discipline Inspection secretary He Guoqiang.
Many officials with whom he was said to have ties have fallen under the dragnet of the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping, including Ma Jian, the former deputy director of Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS), and Zhang Yue, the former Political and Legal Affairs Secretary of Hebei.[citation needed] While generally supportive of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Guo has characterized parts of the corruption campaign as a political witch hunt.
From the beginning of 2017, Guo is in self-imposed exile in New York City, where he owns an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, overlooking Central Park. He has continued to promote a political agenda bringing attention to corruption in the Chinese political system from his New York home. In November 2018, Guo put his 15 room apartment up for sale for US$67 million, despite having paid US$67.5 million in cash for it in 2015; previous attempts to sell for US$86 million in October 2015 and US$78 million in 2016 yielded no buyers.
Guo is a member of U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and Mark's Club in Mayfair, London.
Guo Wengui
Guo Wengui (Chinese: 郭文贵; born May 10, 1970—self claim or October 5, 1968), also known under the Cantonese name Ho Wan Kwok (郭浩云), Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, is a self-exiled Chinese billionaire businessman, political activist, and convicted fraudster who controls Beijing Zenith Holdings (via proxies Li Lin and Jiang Yuehua) and other assets. At the height of his career, he was the 73rd-richest person in China. Guo was accused of corruption and other misdeeds by the Chinese authorities and fled to the United States in late 2014 after learning he was going to be arrested under allegations of bribery, kidnapping, money laundering, fraud, and rape. Guo said the charges were politically motivated and part of a campaign of political retribution carried out against him by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Guo is an associate of Steve Bannon and a member of U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Guo claims to be a whistle-blower, but newspapers such as The New York Times have been unable to verify some of his statements. Between 2018 and 2020, Guo launched two media projects with Bannon, G News and GTV Media Group, which spread misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including unproven treatments and conspiracy theories about vaccines. In 2021, Guo reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to pay $539 million in refunds and fines in connection with illegal fundraising for the companies. In March 2023, Guo was arrested by U.S. federal authorities on fraud charges. In July 2024, Guo was convicted in New York of defrauding followers. At the sentencing hearing on January 6, 2025, where both Guo and his associate, Yvette Wang, were supposed to be sentenced, only Wang was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role. The court is yet to schedule another sentencing date for Guo.
Guo was born in Shen County, Shandong, China. He is the seventh of eight children. He began his business career in Zhengzhou, before moving to Beijing to secure various construction deals during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[citation needed] In 2006, he delivered a Beijing deputy mayor's sex tape to the police. The deputy mayor, who had contested one of Guo's land deals, was subsequently imprisoned, allowing Guo to build the Pangu Plaza.
In 2014, Guo departed China after one of his political connections faced arrest. He moved to the United States in 2015. Guo, long prominent in real estate development and investment circles, came to fame in 2015 after a lengthy investigative report by Caixin media, controlled by Hu Shuli, was released, detailing Guo's political connections, business dealings, and hardball tactics against former rivals.
Guo responded by claiming Hu defamed him and responded with a set of personal accusations against Hu, claiming Hu had a romantic entanglement with his business rival. He opened a Twitter account in early 2017, frequently criticizing individuals within the Chinese establishment. He has reserved particular scorn for He Jintao, the son of former Central Commission for Discipline Inspection secretary He Guoqiang.
Many officials with whom he was said to have ties have fallen under the dragnet of the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping, including Ma Jian, the former deputy director of Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS), and Zhang Yue, the former Political and Legal Affairs Secretary of Hebei.[citation needed] While generally supportive of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Guo has characterized parts of the corruption campaign as a political witch hunt.
From the beginning of 2017, Guo is in self-imposed exile in New York City, where he owns an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, overlooking Central Park. He has continued to promote a political agenda bringing attention to corruption in the Chinese political system from his New York home. In November 2018, Guo put his 15 room apartment up for sale for US$67 million, despite having paid US$67.5 million in cash for it in 2015; previous attempts to sell for US$86 million in October 2015 and US$78 million in 2016 yielded no buyers.
Guo is a member of U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and Mark's Club in Mayfair, London.
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