Huang Guangyu started his career as a trash collector and then went on to sell refurbished appliances. He parlayed that business into Gome, which he founded in 1987. By 2007, he was named China's richest man. But he was arrested in 2009, and convicted in 2010 of insider trading and bribery. He spent a decade in prison, and was released on probation in June 2020. Huang then emerged from jail with a net worth of $2.6 billion, ownership (or control through family members) of about 30% of Gome, and a secret-passage-filled Manhattan mansion purchased by his wife, Dù Juān 杜鹃, who had kept control of the company while he was behind bars (see A Chinese billionaire behind bars. And his wife, who kept the empire together).