In Depth: Dreame’s $100 Trillion Vision Tests China’s Make-Everything Tech Playbook

Yu Hao has a habit of speaking in extremes.

The founder and CEO of Chinese cleaning-appliance maker Dreame Technology has said he could become the world’s richest person within five years. He has described a future in which his company evolves into a “hundred-trillion-dollar” ecosystem spanning everything from household appliances to cars, chips and even space infrastructure. Over the next two decades, he has suggested that the ecosystem could help boost global productivity and wealth by a factor of 100.