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Meet The Chinese Gaming Tycoon, Xu Bo, Who Has Fathered 100 Children Worldwide
…as He Allegedly Seeks Dozens of U.S.-Born Children Through Surrogacy to Inherit $1.1bn Empire
A new investigation has thrust a Chinese video game billionaire into the global spotlight over claims that he is deliberately building an unusually large family in the United States as part of a long-term plan to preserve his wealth and corporate legacy.
Xu Bo, the founder and chairman of Guangzhou Duoyi Network, one of China’s most successful mobile gaming companies is reported to be pursuing the birth of roughly 20 children in the United States through surrogacy arrangements.
Xu’s personal fortune is estimated at about $1.1 billion, built largely from the explosive growth of mobile gaming in China.
Despite amassing his wealth domestically, reports suggest Xu is reluctant to transfer his fortune or business control to children born in China. Instead, he has allegedly turned to U.S.-based surrogacy, seeking legal parental rights over multiple unborn children while already having fathered several through the same process.
An investigation by The Wall Street Journal found that Xu has been involved in numerous surrogacy agreements in the United States, with court filings indicating his intention to secure custody and parental recognition. The number of children involved could reportedly run into the dozens.
According to the investigation, Xu has made striking claims in private and legal settings, including assertions that he has more than 100 surrogate-born children and ambitions to have as many as 50 sons. He has also reportedly argued that having many children is a solution to most of life’s challenges.
During a court hearing in 2023, Xu is said to have expressed his hope that around 20 U.S.-born children would one day inherit and manage his gaming empire, ensuring continuity of control long after his lifetime.
However, some of the more extreme claims surrounding Xu’s family size have been contested. His company has denied reports that he has hundreds of children worldwide and maintains that only a small number of the children linked to him were born in the United States, disputing parts of the media coverage.
The controversy places Xu within a growing global conversation about ultra-wealthy tech founders and their unconventional approaches to legacy planning. Like other billionaires who have openly discussed large families as a means of extending influence and control, Xu’s reported actions highlight how immense wealth is reshaping ideas of inheritance, family, and corporate succession in the modern tech era.