Colin Huang

Colin Huang or Huang Zheng (Chinese: 黄峥; pinyin: Huáng Zhēng, born 1979/1980) is a Chinese billionaire businessman. He is the founder and CEO of e-commerce company Pinduoduo.

Colin Huang
Born
Huang Zheng

1979/1980 (age 39–40)[1]
NationalityChinese
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin
Zhejiang University
OccupationBusinessman
Net worthUS$43.8 billion (June 2020)[2]
TitleFounder and CEO, Pinduoduo

Education

Huang earned a master's degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin.[3]

Career

Huang joined Google as an engineer in 2004. [4] He also interned at Microsoft. [3]

Following the July 2018 initial public offering of Pinduoduo on NASDAQ, Huang's 47% stake was valued at $14 billion, making him the 13th richest person in China.[1][3]

Pinduoduo

The Shanghai-based company Pinduoduo, also known as PDD, was founded in 2015 and reported revenue of 1.4 billion yuan ($280 million) in 2017. In 2019, its revenue was $4.33 billion dollars. It became publicly traded following an initial public offering in the United States in July 2018.

References
  1. Fang, Alex. "IPO Of Chinese E-Commerce Firm Pinduoduo Mints New Young Billionaire". forbes.com. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. "Forbes profile: Colin Zheng Huang". Forbes. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. "A Former Google Employee Just Became One of China's Richest People". fortune.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. "How the pandemic boosted the net worth of China's fastest-rising billionaire". Fortune. Retrieved 2020-06-24.


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