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 | Qingdao Haier: Haier Group's CEO Zhang Ruimin answers questions during an interview with Reuters at its headquarters in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, August 13, 2003. Zhang, who has an obsession with the United States, is hoping the Chinese home appliance giant's niche products grab the attention of the patriotically brand-loyal Americans. Zhang is banking on the youth to establish a U.S. beach-head for the $9 billion conglomerate, which makes more than 80 products including refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, computers and mobilephones. click to open  |  | Qingdao Haier: Haier Group's CEO Zhang Ruimin poses next to one of his company's best-selling refrigerators in the United States, at Haier headquarters in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, August 16, 2003. The seldom-interviewed head of the world's fifth-largest maker of white goods, ranked 19th on Fortune's list of the most influential executives outside the United States, is now bent on cracking the U.S. U.S. market. He piloted Haier from the verge of bankruptcy to become a world-renowned brand. click to open |
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