From rural girl to tycoon: China woman, 55, marries lover, 25, with US$7.3 million dowry

A 55-year-old Chinese medical aesthetics tycoon has shocked the internet by marrying her 25-year-old husband, reportedly with a 50 million yuan (US$7.3 million) dowry. Yu Wenhong, 55, was born into a financially modest family in Dalian, Liaoning province, in northeastern China. After her father died, she began working in the beauty industry at the age of 18 to support her mother and younger brother. She started as an eyebrow tattooing technician and later went on to establish her own beauty salon. In 2004, she founded Young Merry Real International Group in Hong Kong, gradually building a medical aesthetics business empire….