1951年出生于廣西柳州，1974年至1978年就讀于蘭州鐵道學(xué)院，本科學(xué)歷。1984年組建深圳現(xiàn)代科教儀器展銷中心（“萬科企業(yè)股份有限公司”前身），任總經(jīng)理；1988年起任萬科企業(yè)股份有限公司董事長兼總經(jīng)理，1999年2月辭去公司總經(jīng)理一職，現(xiàn)任公司董事長。 

萬科企業(yè)股份有限公司目前是中國最大的房地產(chǎn)上市公司。 

作為登山運動的愛好者，王石2003年成功登頂珠穆朗瑪峰，至今保持著國內(nèi)登頂珠峰的最年長記錄。他又于2004年、2005年先后完成了攀登世界七大洲最高峰和穿越北極的探險，是成功登頂七大洲最高峰的四個華人之一。 

Wang Shi, male, was born in 1951 in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province. He received his undergraduate education at Lanzhou Railway College from 1974 to 1978. He participated in the organisation and establishment of the “Shenzhen Exhibition Centre for Modern Scientific Education Equipment” (former “China Vanke Co., Ltd.”) and became its General Manager in 1984.  Mr Wang had been the Chairman and General Manager of China Vanke Co., Ltd (the “Company”) since 1988 and resigned from the General Manager position in February 1999. He is now the Chairman of the Company.  

China Vanke Co., Ltd. is currently the largest property developer listed in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). 

As a mountaineer, Wang Shi successfully climbed onto the peak of the Everest in 2003 and is still keeping the record of being the eldest mountaineer in the PRC reaching the peak of the mount. He also completed climbing onto peaks of other highest mounts around the world and the expedition of cutting across the Arctic in 2004 and 2005 respectively. He is one of the four native Chinese people successfully climbing onto peaks of the highest mounts around the world.