1951年出生于广西柳州，1974年至1978年就读于兰州铁道学院，本科学历。1984年组建深圳现代科教仪器展销中心（“万科企业股份有限公司”前身），任总经理；1988年起任万科企业股份有限公司董事长兼总经理，1999年2月辞去公司总经理一职，现任公司董事长。 

万科企业股份有限公司目前是中国最大的房地产上市公司。 

作为登山运动的爱好者，王石2003年成功登顶珠穆朗玛峰，至今保持着国内登顶珠峰的最年长记录。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极的探险，是成功登顶七大洲最高峰的四个华人之一。 

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.