[1] His father was a Russian language translator for the Chinese Air Force, and his mother was a university professor.
[2] At age 7, Wang's family moved to Hong Kong, where he attended primary and secondary school.
[citation needed] Wang's career started in print and dyeing factories in Shunde District, Foshan, a commercial and manufacturing center in Guangdong province with easy river access to Hong Kong.
[2] In the early 1990s, factories in Shunde needed to get samples to Hong Kong-based buyers, but frequently had issues with long shipping delays.
To speed up this process, Wang founded ShunFeng Express as a small courier service with six employees.