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.
Ms. Jean Qing Liu is our Co-founder, Chief People Officer and Permanent Partner. Ms. Liu leads the DiDi Women’s Network, the first career development program for women in the Chinese internet sector. Prior to joining us in July 2014, Ms. Liu worked at Goldman Sachs (Asia) from August 2002 to June 2014. Ms. Liu was featured on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women International List from 2016 to 2020, and was named on Time’s 100 list of the World's Most Influential People in 2017. Ms. Liu was also selected for the list of “40 Overseas Returnees in 40 Years of China’ Reform and Opening-up” in December 2018 and the list of “China’s 70 Overseas Returnees” in December 2019. Ms. Liu received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Peking University and a master’s degree in computer science from Harvard University.
Mr. Bob Bo Zhang is one of our Co-founders and has served as the Chief Executive Officer of our autonomous driving business since August 2019. Mr. Zhang is responsible for the creation and development of our overall product, technology, and data analytics framework. Prior to joining us, Mr. Zhang was a senior technology leader at Baidu. Mr. Zhang received a bachelor’s degree in software engineering from Wuhan University and a master’s degree focusing on human-computer interactions and artificial intelligence from the Chinese National Academy of Sciences.
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. Chunbo Lai has served as the Chief Technology Officer since March 2026 and has previously served as the Head of Platform Technology of the Company since November 2024. Mr. Lai joined the Company in December 2015, and has successively served as the chief technology officer of China ride hailing business, the general manager of platform governance and safety, and the chief technology officer of international business. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lai worked at Baidu from July 2008 to November 2015. Mr. Lai received a master’s degree in Computer Science from Zhejiang 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.