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Liu Xiucai, a Chinese-American citizen, chairs Cathay Biotech, a Shanghai-headquartered industrial chemicals supplier. His estimated net worth is $1.4 billion as of February 1, 2026. Liu, who is 68 years old, built his wealth through the chemicals industry. He founded Cathay Biotech, which went public in 2020. Liu's career includes a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and postdoctoral positions at Yale and Columbia Universities.
Liu Xiucai was born in Chuzhou, Anhui Province in 1957. In 1977, at the age of 20, he was admitted to China University of Science and Technology to study chemistry. He earned a doctoral degree in biochemistry in the United States and held researcher positions from 1991 to 1994. Details regarding his early life and upbringing are not widely publicized.
Inspired by a seminar that predicted the need for bio-based chemicals, Liu started his own business in China. He founded Cathay Biotech Inc. in Zhongguancun in 1997. The company was a bio-based industrial biotech company and went public on the Shanghai STAR stock market. Liu also serves as a professor at the Eastern China University of Science and Technology. Cathay Biotech went public in 2020.
Liu's company, Cathay Biotech, focuses on the development and commercialization of bio-based compounds and polymers. In 2006, the company received $26 million in its first round of capital raising. Liu's career included a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and postdoctoral positions at Yale and Columbia Universities.
Information about the specific philanthropy amounts is not available.
Founded Cathay Biotech Inc. in Zhongguancun.
Cathay Biotech went public at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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