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This list showcases the top Beijing based CEO’ operating in the Information Services space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Yang Jie
Executive Director, Chairman and CEO of China Telecom
Age 56, Executive Director and Chairman of the Company, in charge of the overall management of the Company, joined the Board of Directors of the Company in March 2019. He is currently the Chairman of CMCC and a director and the Chairman of China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (“CMC”). Yang formerly served as Deputy Director General of Shanxi Posts and Telecommunications Administration, General Manager of Shanxi Telecommunications Corporation, Vice President of China Telecom Beijing Research Institute, General Manager of Business Department of the Northern Telecom of former China Telecommunications Corporation, President and Chairman of China Telecommunications Corporation, and President and Chief Operating Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of China Telecom Corporation Limited. Yang graduated from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications majoring in radio engineering in 1984 and obtained a doctorate degree in business administration from the ESC Rennes School of Business, France in 2008. Yang is a professor-level senior engineer with extensive experience in management and telecommunications industry.
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About China Telecom: China Telecom as China’s major basic telecom operators, is implementing the transformation and upgrading strategy.
Jiannan Zhang
Founder & CEO of DoraHacks
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About DoraHacks: Hackers community and hackathon organizer
Victor Zhou
Founder & CEO of Zhihu
Yuan Zhou (周源) is the founder and chief executive officer of Zhihu, a socialized website for questions and answers. In 2008, he established Meta.cn, a search engine marketing tool. Before that, he worked as a software engineer. Zhou holds a master’s degree in computer science from Southeast University.
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About Zhihu: Zhihu is a Chinese social network platform dedicated to questioning and answering.
Wenyuan Dai
Founder and CEO of 4Paradigm
He was the chief scientist of Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab. He has directed Baidu Fengchao online marketing system, Baidu brain and other heavyweight core products, so that Baidu’s liquidity capacity increased by 8 times in 4 years, mobile terminal realization ability continues to exceed Wall Street expectations. Received the first prize of the “6th Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award” Innovation Award and was selected as “Fortune” in 2017. China’s 40 business elites under 40 years old He was selected as an MIT TR 35 outstanding technology innovation elite under 35 years old.
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About 4Paradigm: 4Paradigm is an AI tech firm that helps enterprises improve work efficiency while reducing risk and achieving greater commercial value.
Wenfeng Sang
Founder & CEO of Sensors Data
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About Sensors Data: Sensors Data ia a big data analysis company.

Florian Windeler
CEO of Squair
Florian is the founder of Squair. He was born and raised in Germany. As a German currently living in China, he knows about the consequences of bad air in China. That is why he is passionate about bringing Squair to China.
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About Squair: Squair offers patented technology, iconic design and materials that help to clean air.
Guang Yu
Founder & CEO of Zmeng Network Technology (ZMT)
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About Zmeng Network Technology (ZMT): ZMT is a technical development, information technology transfer, technology promotion and other services Company.
Xiaoyong Li
CEO of Gongkong
Li Xiaoyong currently works as the CEO for Gongkong. From 1997 to 1998, he worked as an automation system design engineer in Shanghai Ruihua Automation System Co., Ltd.; from 1998 to 1999, he was a product manager at Omron (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; from 1999 to 2010, he was a sales engineer and regional manager at Schneider Electric. , General Manager of Schneider OEM China, Schneider Asia Pacific global strategic customer; from 2010 to 2013, he served as Deputy General Manager of Industrial Control Division of Shanghai New Times Electric Co., Ltd.
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About Gongkong: Gongkong is a news online platform.
Shana Penna
Founder & CEO of Inmogeia Technologies
Shana is an internationally focused entrepreneur creating technology that makes an impact. Her passion is stimulated by developments in global health technology trends that use emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and blockchain. She has dedicated her career to finding the intersection between technology and transformational outcomes. Prior to founding Inmogeia Technologies, Shana was the cofounder of an assistive technology company, Puffin Innovations, which used AI and internet of things connectivity to empower those with severe disabilities. She received an MBA from the prestigious MIT Sloan dual degree program at Tsinghua University in Beijing China.
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About Inmogeia Technologies: Inmogeia Technologies is a digital platform empowering people to better manage their autoimmune diseases.
MingHong Xu
CEO of Edeng
Xu MingHong currently works as the CEO for Edeng. Has many years of experience in related fields.
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About Edeng: Edeng is a information service platform.