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Born | 1968 (age 56–57) Ningde, China |
Education | Shanghai Jiaotong University (BEng) South China University of Technology (MSc) Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (PhD) |
Occupation | Businessman |
Organization | All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce |
Title | Founder and chairman of CATL |
Term | 2011- |
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Simplified Chinese | 曾毓群 | ||||||
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Robin Zeng Yuqun (born 1968) is a Chinese billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology),and a vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. [1] Zeng is the 40th wealthiest,with an estimated net worth of US$ 39.5 billion as of February 2025 [update] ,according to Forbes and Bloomberg Billionaires Index . [2]
Zeng is from Fujian Province. He earned a marine engineering degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University,an MSc in electronics and information engineering from South China University of Technology in 2001,and a PhD in physics from the Institute of Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006. [3]
Zeng worked at a state-owned shipbuilding company in Fujian Province early in his career. He later joined an electronic parts factory after graduation where he worked for 10 years. He then co-founded Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) in 1999 with two former colleagues. The company produced lithium polymer batteries for digital gadgets,including iPhones,according to a Financial Times report in 2018. In 2005,ATL was acquired by Japan's TDK,but Zeng continued as a manager for ATL.
In 2012,Zeng and vice-chairman Huang Shilin spun-off the electric vehicle battery operations of ATL into a new company CATL,which manufactures lithium-ion rechargeable batteries,and became a world leader in the following years. [4] In 2017,CATL went public on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. [5] In 2024,CATL ventured into renewable energy,power grids and electrical energy storage systems. [6]