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The co-founder and chairman of big Chinese conglomerate, HNA Group, has died in a fall in southern France, his firm has confirmed.
Wang Jian, 57, "accidentally fell" in Provence, whereas on a enterprise journey to France, a firm assertion stated.
Various native studies say he fell whereas attempting to take images in the village of Bonnieux on Tuesday.
Mr Wang helped flip HNA into one of many world's greatest firms, with property in aviation, tourism and finance.
It has main stakes in Deutsche Bank, lodge chain Hilton and skyscrapers in London and employs greater than 400,00 individuals worldwide.
HNA Group stated, in its assertion, it had misplaced an "exceptionally gifted leader and role model, whose vision and values will not stop to be a beacon for all who had the good fortune to know him".
French police stated Mr Wang's loss of life was not being handled as suspicious.