Mr. CHENG Yixiao is our co-founder, executive Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He is also a member of the Nomination Committee and holds directorship in certain subsidiaries of the Group. Mr. CHENG is responsible for formulating the Group's long-term strategies, overseeing the management of the business and operations of the Group, including leading the day-to-day operations, supervising product-related matters and strategic investments and acquisitions of the Group.
Prior to founding the Group in 2021, Mr. CHENG was a software engineer and developer at Hewlett-Packard from August 2007 to July 2009, and worked at Renren Inc. (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with stock symbol of RENN) from September 2009 to February 2011. “GIF Kuaishou”, our original mobile app for users to create and share animated images, was launched by Mr. CHENG in 2011.
Mr. CHENG received his bachelor’s degree in software engineering from the Software College of Northeastern University in Liaoning Province, the PRC, in July 2007.
Mr. SU Hua is our co-founder and executive Director. He is also a member of the Remuneration Committee and holds directorship in certain subsidiaries of the Group. Mr. SU is responsible for contributing long-term value to the Group.
Mr. SU joined the Group in November 2013. Prior to that, Mr. SU worked as an engineer at Google China from December 2006 to October 2008, and Baidu, Inc. (a company listed on Nasdaq with stock symbol of BIDU with its secondary listing on the Stock Exchange with stock code of 9888) from January 2010 to May 2011.
Mr. SU received his bachelor’s degree in computer software from the School of Software, Tsinghua University in Beijing, the PRC, in July 2005.
Mr. Jin Bing is our Chief Financial Officer. He is primarily responsible for overall finance (accounting, financial management, etc.), audit and internal controls, and capital market activities of our Group.
Mr. Jin has strong and diversified financial background and experience. From August 2010 to March 2014, Mr. Jin worked at Citi’s China Investment Banking Department. From March 2014 to April 2017, Mr. Jin served several positions including as the Head of China Technology of Investment Banking and Capital Markets, Asia Pacific, at Credit Suisse, where he worked with many listed and private Chinese technology companies for various financing and mergers and acquisitions transactions. From May 2017 to April 2021, Mr. Jin served as the chief financial officer of Joyy Inc. (formerly known as YY Inc., a company listed on NASDAQ with stock code of YY). From May 2021 to January 2022, Mr. Jin served as the chief financial officer of Zuoyebang. He also previously worked in other areas including public service, consulting and corporate banking.
Mr. Jin received his bachelor's degree in English from Beijing Foreign Studies University, the PRC, in June 2000, his master's degree in Pacific International Affairs from the University of California, San Diego, the United States, in June 2004, and his MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the United States, in May 2010.
Mr. YIN Xin is one of the founding team members of the Group. Mr. YIN also holds directorship in certain subsidiaries of the Group. He is primarily responsible for centralized procurement, administration, IT center and infrastructure construction of the Group.
Mr. YIN joined the Group in 2012. He has been in charge of, among others, server-side research and development, software and hardware architecture, system maintenance, and investment and business proposals. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. YIN has accumulated a deep understanding and experience in the technology and internet industry and worked at Renren Inc. (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with stock symbol of RENN) from September 2009 to March 2012.
Mr. YIN received his bachelor’s degree in software engineering in July 2007 and his master’s degree in software engineering in July 2009, both from the Northeastern University in Liaoning Province, the PRC.
Mr. YANG Yuanxi is one of the founding team members of the Group. Mr. YANG also holds directorship in certain subsidiaries of the Group. He is primarily responsible for corporate social responsibility and content security of the Group.
Mr. YANG joined the Group in 2011. He has been in charge of, among others, Android client-side research and development, internal data platform development, business development for user growth, and overseas new product initiatives. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. YANG worked at Hewlett-Packard from August 2007 to August 2009. He served at Deke Software (Dalian) Limited Company, a China-based company engaged in internet and technology business, from September 2009 to September 2010. He also worked at Huawei from October 2010 to December 2011.
Mr. YANG received his bachelor’s degree in computer science and technology from Dalian University of Technology in Liaoning Province, the PRC, in July 2007.