China’s cooling economy is an ominous sign for Chinese automakers, whose sales depend on middle-class buyers with extra money to spare. And while the slowing economy is pushing Chinese car buyers toward low-cost options like Great Wall Motor, analysts aren’t sure how long that momentum will last. Meanwhile, Wang is turning her attention to its biggest export market, Russia, and also to Zimbabwe, where sales more than doubled in the first six months of 2015. Wang, who has spent her entire career at Great Wall Motor, is the first and only female chief executive in the Chinese car industry. —Claire Groden