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China's richest man loses $15 BILLION in 24 minutes!!

By Reuters | May. 22, 2015
Li Hejun
Chairman and CEO of Hanergy Group, attends a news conference at the company's headquarters in Beijing in 2013. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS

China's richest man, Li Hejun, is having a really bad week.

China's Hanergy Thin Film Power Group is under investigation by Hong Kong's market watchdog, a source told Reuters just hours after the company lost half its market value of nearly $40 billion in 24 minutes on Wednesday.

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