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 an exiled Chinese billionaire businessman who became a political activist and controls Beijing Zenith Holdings (via proxies Li Lin and Jiang Yuehua), and other assets. At the peak of his career, he was the 73rd richest person in China. Guo was accused of corruption and other misdeeds by the Chinese authorities and moved 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 says the charges are politically motivated and are a product of a campaign of political retribution carried out against him by the Chinese Communist Party government. Guo is a colleague of Steve Bannon and a member of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
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| Born | May 10, 1970 or October 5, 1968 Shen County, Shandong, China | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation(s) | Businessman, political activist | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organization(s) | New Federal State of China (Founder) Rule of Law Foundation | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yue Qingzhi (m. 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 郭文貴 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郭文贵 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| English | Miles Kwok | ||||||||||||||||||||
Guo claims to be a whistle-blower, but some of his statements were unable to be verified by newspapers such as The New York Times. Between 2018 and 2020, Guo launched two media projects with Bannon, G News and GTV Media Group. 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.
Guo has been utilizing an online misinformation network to promote unproven COVID-19 treatments and to disseminate conspiracy theories regarding vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna.