Mr. Will Wei Cheng is our Founder and has served as Chairman of our board of directors since January 2013 and our Chief Executive Officer since February 2015. Mr. Cheng founded Beijing Xiaoju Science and Technology Co., Ltd. in 2012 and, shortly thereafter, launched the DiDi Dache app to provide online taxi services. Since then, Mr. Cheng has led us to become the world’s leading mobility technology platform, having overseen our acquisition of Kuaidi and Uber China, diversification of our service offerings and expansion around the globe. Prior to founding us, Mr. Cheng worked at Alibaba from 2005 to 2011, most recently as deputy general manager of Alipay, with responsibility for Alipay’s business-to-consumer functions, and before that, in a number of sales-related positions, including as regional manager at Alibaba. Mr. Cheng has been featured on Fortune China’s 50 Most Influential Business Leaders list for three consecutive years from 2017 to 2019. In 2017, Mr. Cheng was selected as a Global Game Changer by Forbes. In 2016, Mr. Cheng was named Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year and Forbes Asia’s Businessman of the Year. Mr. Cheng has received honors and awards such as “National Outstanding Individual in Poverty Alleviation,” “Beijing Youth ‘May 4th’ Medal” and “Beijing Outstanding Young Talent.” Mr. Cheng received a bachelor’s degree in administration management from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology in July 2004.
Mr. Alan Yue Zhuo has served as our Director since May 2024 and as our Chief Financial Officer since April 2021. Prior to that, he was our vice president of finance and operation management from December 2018 to April 2021. Mr. Zhuo joined us in February 2017 as the deputy general manager of our ride hailing department, where he was responsible for platform operations. Prior to joining us, Mr. Zhuo worked at Sculptor Capital Management (formerly known as Och-Ziff Capital Management) in Hong Kong from September 2014 to February 2017. Mr. Zhuo has also served as an independent director on the board of Guming Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Exchange stock code: 01364) since February 2025. Mr. Zhuo received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Peking University.
Mr. Calvin Shaorong Liu has served as the Company’s General Counsel since June 2024. Prior to joining the Company, he served as General Counsel and Vice President of Kuaishou Technology (Hong Kong Stock Exchange stock code: 01024). Mr. Liu received a master's degree in law from Xiamen University and an LLM degree from the University of Southern California.
Ms. Fengxia Liang has served as our director since April 2022. Ms. Liang currently serves as Associate General Counsel of Tencent Holdings Limited, an internet company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 00700). Ms. Liang joined Tencent in March 2008. Prior to joining Tencent, she worked at Deloitte as Senior Legal Counsel, and prior to that she practiced law at an Asian law firm specializing in M&A and commercial transactions. Ms. Liang received her LLM degree from University of London and LLB degree from Fudan University.
Mr. Zhihui Yang has served as our independent director since April 28, 2023. Mr. Yang currently serves as the executive president and chief financial officer of New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU; HKEX: 9901). He held multiple positions since he joined New Oriental in April 2006, including vice president of finance, deputy director of president office and senior financial manager. He has served as New Oriental’s chief financial officer since April 2015 and executive president since January 2021. Prior to joining New Oriental, Mr. Yang served as the financial director of Beijing Hua De Xin Investment Co., Ltd., and worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a senior auditor. Mr. Yang has also served as an independent director on the board of BingEx Limited (NASDAQ: FLX) since October 2024. Mr. Yang received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Guanghua School of Management of Peking University.
Mr. Gaofei Wang has served as our independent director since June 29, 2021. Mr. Wang has served as a director and the Chief Executive Officer of Weibo Corporation since August 2020 and February 2014, respectively. Since Weibo’s inception, Mr. Wang has had various product and business development roles at Weibo and was promoted to general manager in December 2012. Mr. Wang joined SINA Corporation in August 2000 and worked in the product development department until early 2004 when he transferred to the mobile division of SINA, or SINA Mobile. He served as general manager of SINA Mobile from November 2006 to November 2012. Mr. Wang received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Peking University and an EMBA degree from the Guanghua School of Management of Peking University.