Coco the Alaskan Malamut, pet to son of China’s richest man may be the most pampered pooch in the world.
Chinese media reports that the pet dog has been given eight iPhone 7 handsets by his doted owner, the only son of China’s richest man Wang Jianlin, worth £23 billion.
Pictures have emerged on China’s social media Weibo showing the lucky dog posing next to a stack of eight boxes believed to contain a £800 phone in each.
Coco’s eccentric owner Wang Sicong, 28, was educated at Winchester College and is worth £430 million.
These pictures were believed to be uploaded by Wang Sicong to the dog’s very own social media account on Weibo, which has nearly 1.9 million followers and is ironically named ‘Wang Keke is a bitch’.
The images were posted in the afternoon of September 16, the first day the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 went on sale.
The post has gathered thousands of shares and comments with some people saying that the dog was cute. Some hoped Wang Sicong could give them a free iPhone 7 too, while others lamented about the vanity of the gesture.
In China, an iPhone 7 costs 6,988 yuan (£803) while an iPhone 7 Plus costs 7,988 yuan (£918).
Sicong is a successful businessman and one of the richest entrepreneurs under the age 30 in China.
As the pet of Wang Sicong, Coco has some how become a celebrity in her own right in China as her owner calls her: ‘The dog princess of the people.’
Through her Weibo account, Sicong shows off the ostentatious lifestyle he has created for his dog with luxury products most animals can only dream of.
This is not the first time Coco has impressed the public with her cutting-edge gadgets.
In May 2015, the pooch was pictured wearing not one, but two £800 Apple Watches given to her by her generous owner.
The pet was also given a pink Fendi handbag by his owner in the same month.
The only son of mega-rich property tycoon Wang Jianlin, 61, Wang Sicong is the golden boy with the gentle manner, cut-glass English accent, who is the sole heir to his father’s fortune.
Wang Jianlin is worth a whopping $30 billion (£23 billion), according to Forbes.
As China’s most eligible bachelor, Sicong is the darling of China’s tabloids due to his enviable lifestyle and rarely pictured without a beautiful model on his arm.
Like most privileged children of China’s mega-wealthy, he was educated abroad – first at a primary school in Singapore and then to £30,000 a year Winchester College – one of England’s top public schools – and on to University College London where he studied philosophy.
Back in China, in 2009 he was handed a gilded position in the Dalian Wanda conglomerate by his father – and £53 million to start his own business.
‘I told him I would allow him to fail twice. If he fails for the third time, he would have to come back and work in my company earnestly,’ his father told China Central Television (CCTV).
He set up Pusi Capital, a private equity firm based in capital city Beijing, to invest in projects and companies he likes.
His private equity firm has invested in 22 companies in the past seven years, from online gaming firms to film-making studios to Korean restaurants.
They help Sicong grow his portfolio of fortune eight times – from £53 million to £430 million – in the past six years, as revealed by Hurun Rich List, which tracks the fortune of wealthy Chinese businessmen.
Humans couldn’t even lay their hands on the iphone7 when it went on sale officially last Friday because it was sold out, yet a dog got eight. Please who is the Dog calling with 8 iphones? His ancestors? Can it even use any gadget at all? Seriously shaking my head.
Na wa o! So what exactly will a do with 8 iPhones? Some people are just silly. Hiss
He’s a comedian.
Money intoxicates, they say…some of us might do worse if we had that much money, so I won’t criticise, I’d just pass.
Pure madness. Anyway, Apple must make money from those foolish folks. The last time I checked, Bill gate has not got the iPhone 7 let alone buying for his dogs. Iranu
Vanities, that money could have been spent on better things…