Eric Tan

Chinese businessman1

Tan Siliang (Chinese: 谭思亮), also known as Eric Tan, is a Chinese billionaire businessman, the chairman and co-founder of Qutoutiao, a mobile content aggregator.2

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Companies

Early life and education

  • 1990 to 2002Tsinghua University3
  • 2002 to 2006University of Chinese Academy of Sciences3 4

Tan earned a bachelor of engineering degree in automation from Tsinghua University in 2002, and a master of engineering degree in artificial intelligence from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006.

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Career

Tan worked for Yahoo China as a senior engineer.

Qutoutiao was founded in 2016, and is based in Shanghai. In September 2018, following Qutoutiao's IPO, Tan's net worth was estimated at US$1.7 billion.

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Personal life

  • BornPeople's Republic of China7
  • CitizenshipPeople's Republic of China8

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