Wang Jian, co-chairman of once-acquisitive HNA Group, dies in accident in France

Wang Jian, co-chairman of once-acquisitive HNA Group, dies in accident in France

Signage for HNA Group Co. is displayed atop the company's building in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Photographer: Giulia Marchi/Bloomberg

HNA Group Co., the once-acquisitive Chinese conglomerate that’s been selling billions of dollars in assets this year, said that Co-Chairman Wang Jian died after an accident on Tuesday in Provence, France. He was 57.

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