At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top China based CEO’ operating in the Market Research 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.
Tao Hu
Founder and CEO of TokenInsight
Matt Hu is a CEO at Blofin.
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About Blofin, TokenInsight: TokenInsight is dedicated towards providing accurate data and ratings for cryptocurrency companies through transparency.

Lucas Englehardt
CEO of BloggerInsight
Lucas is the founder and CEO of WaimaiChaoren. Previously he worked in finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston and GCS Business Capital in Shanghai. He later lead the Asia focused online marketing agency BloggerInsight. Lucas is bilingual in English and Mandarin, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Union College (New York).
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About BloggerInsight, Delivery Hero: BloggerInsight is a research community that provides advices on Chinese internet, high tech, and new media markets.

Sheng Liu
Founder & CEO of Innolight
Sheng Liu co-founded InnoLight Technology in 2008. Prior to that, he worked for many years in a number of companies in the optical transceiver industry including Agere Systems (formerly Lucent), Pine Photonics Communications and Opnext. Sheng Liu has been active in the Chinese American high tech communities. He is currently president of Suzhou Industrial Park Optical Communication Industry Alliance, and a member of the Tsinghua Entrepreneur & Executive Club (TEEC). He was also awarded National Thousand Talents Program. Sheng Liu received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. from Chinese Science Academy, and B.S. from Tsinghua University, Beijing.
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About Innolight, Suzhou Industrial Park Optical Communication Industry Alliance: InnoLight Technology is a leading high speed optical transceiver supplier in China, who researches, designs, builds and markets the best.

Matthieu David
CEO & President of Daxue China
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About Daxue China: Daxue China is a consulting firm that offers market research and management services to businesses based in China.
Jianqiu Yu
CEO of Gushan Environmental Energy
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About : Gushan Environmental Energy us the largest biodiesel producer in China.

Vladimir Djurovic
CEO of Labbrand
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About Labbrand: Labbrand is a brand consultancy company, working collaboratively with consumers & corporations to build and strengthen brands.
Andrew Collins
Group CEO of MAILMAN GROUP
Andrew Collins is Founder & Group CEO at Mailman Group.
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About MAILMAN GROUP, Shopilist: Mailman Group is a social media innovation and technology company, provides social media services.
Kenny Su
Founder & CEO of Kdan Mobile Software
Kenny Su is the founder and CEO of Kdan Mobile Software, a mobile software development and business analytic company. The success of the launch of Kdan Mobile Software builds upon Kenny’s extensive experiences and knowl-edge in the field of mobile multimedia. Prior to founding the company, Kenny spent five years working at Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the largest applied technology R&D institution in Taiwan, as a software engineer and project manager. In that role, he led and participated in several pilot and international projects. In 2006, Kenny represented ITRI to participate in the Expert Group of JSR291, a part of Java Community Process. In 2007, he served as a technical consultant at Tsai Yu Network, Ltd., managing various important projects and helping design the employee training program.
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About Kdan Mobile Software: Kdan Mobile is a Taiwanese startup that makes cloud-based software focusing on workplace mobility solutions.
Ray Veras
Founder & CEO of PJdaren – 评价达人
Ray Veras is Co-Founder and CEO of PJdaren, China’s first Key Opinion Consumers (KOC) activation platform that help brands to engage their ideal consumers with end-to-end solutions to build trust, collect insights and drive sales. Under Ray’s leadership, PJdaren has become a data driven, efficient marketing & research platform with a distinct marketplace position. Ray has helped build the platform as a power-house of users generated content (UGC) that also collects an average of over 600 data points per member that marketers can activate for insights. With the growth of the company, Ray has focused on core product evolution such as creating the ultimate hub for brands to source and activate their ideal consumers group in China to spark cross-platform UGC and conversations that influence brand choice at scale. Originally from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Ray received his BA in Economics with a specialization in Econometrics at Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, before going on to receive a M.S. in Market Research, specialized in Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development from the Korea Development Institute (KDI). Prior to PJdaren, Ray worked as a Financial Manager and Researcher for several companies in The Dominican Republic and South Korea. In addition to his work with PJdaren, Ray is a vivid promoter of Entrepreneurship and Youth’s empowerment.
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About PJdaren – 评价达人: PJdaren helps brands engaging their ideal consumers (KOC) in china to spark UGC, build trust and drive sales.

Colin Bogar
Chief Executive Officer of Property Passbook
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About MGI Pacific, Property Passbook: Data Driven Wealth Management For Global Real Estate Investments
Depeng Wang
CEO of GrandOmics
As a senior in the field of sequencing, he started the application of Sanger sequencing technology in 2000 and has been engaged in the application of next generation sequencing technology since 2007, including early incubation and promotion of NIPT, PGD/PGS, HLA typing, whole exome sequencing and so on. With the development of third-generation sequencing technology, he started sequencing services based on third-generation sequencing technology in 2012 and initiated and participated in the completion of the first near complete reference Chinese human genome“HuaXia1(HX1)” led by professor Wang kai and Su guohui. Since 2016, he has been engaged in research on Chinese structural variation data and participated in several major research projects based on third-generation sequencing technology.
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About GrandOmics: Grandomics provides molecular diagnosis, research, and carrier screening for single gene diseases.