海航董事長意外身亡！外媒都震驚了...

The chairman and co-founder of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has died following an accident during a business trip in France, the company confirmed on Wednesday.

中國海航集團董事長兼聯合創始人在法國商務旅行中遭遇事故身亡，週三該公司證實了這一消息。

Wang Jian, aged 57, suffered 'severe injuries' in a 15 metre- (49 foot-) fall in Provence in southern France on Tuesday, according to the police.

據警方透露，週二現年57歲的王健在法國南部的普羅旺斯從15米（49英尺）的地方摔下，“嚴重受傷”。

Mr Wang, who had a net worth of US$1.7 billion (£1.3 billion) according to Forbes, was one of the key players in HNA's aggressive expansion from a regional company to the massive conglomerate it is today.

《福布斯》雜誌估計淨資產爲17億美元（13億英鎊）的王健，是海航集團從一家地方公司擴張爲如今如此龐大的集團企業的關鍵人物之一。

HNA is the owner of Hainan Airlines, China's fourth-largest airline and the largest private airline in China. Mr Wang held 15 per cent of the group's shares.

海航集團擁有中國第四大航空公司，也是中國最大的民營航空公司海南航空。王健持有該集團15%的股份。

'He stood on the edge of a sharp drop to get his family to take a picture of him and fell,' said lieutenant-colonel Hubert Meriaux of the Vaucluse gendarmerie force.

“他站在一個陡坡的邊上，讓他的家人拍下他的照片，然後摔倒了，”沃克呂茲省憲兵部隊的梅里奧上校說。

Witnesses described him falling from a small wall while travelling in the hilltop village of Bonnieux in Provence, according to Financial Times.

據《金融時報》報道，目擊者描述說，王健在普羅旺斯的博尼約山頂村莊旅行時從一堵矮牆上掉了下來。

Mr Wang graduated from the Civil Aviation University of China and received an MBA from the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands, according to his company.

據他的公司介紹，王健畢業於中國民航大學，獲得荷蘭馬斯特裏赫特管理學院工商管理碩士學位。

Launched in 1993 on the southern island of Hainan, HNA expanded into finance, hotels, logistics and other businesses in a multibillion-dollar global acquisition spree in recent years.

海航集團於1993年在中國海南島成立，近年來進軍金融、酒店、物流等領域，在全球範圍內進行了一場規模達數十億美元的收購熱潮。