胡光墉(1823-1885),字雪岩,安徽绩溪县人。他是一个商人,先后在上海、杭州等地经营丝、茶、典当、钱庄、军火、药材等生意,精巧运作,发家致富。他依靠浙江巡抚王有龄在官场上的势力,结交中外各式人等,投机倒把,大发其财。赚了钱,“奉母命”为各省水灾、饥荒捐款赈济。他不甘心只做一个商人,于是出资纳捐,当上道台,还兼营浙江藩库,亦官亦商,左右逢源,生意越做越红火,资本越来越雄厚,成为名噪一方的“胡财神”。 Hu Guangtao (1823-1885), the word snow rock, Anhui Jixi County. He is a businessman who has run businesses such as silk, tea, pawn, banks, arms, medicine and other businesses in Shanghai and Hangzhou to work smartly and make fortunes. He relied on the influence of governor Wang Youling in Zhejiang on the officialdom to make all kinds of people both at home and abroad. Earn money, “Fengmai life ” for the provinces floods, famine donations relief. He was not willing to only be a businessman, so funded to donate, when on the road to Taiwan, but also 兼营 Zhejiang Fanfan, also Yishang Shang, both ways, more and more prosperous business, more and more abundant capital, become a famous “Hu Fortuna”.