Robin Zeng
Chinese billionaire business magnate
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.2
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Born Mar 1968.1
About
As of 2026, Zeng is among wealthiest people in the world with an estimated networth of US$63.0 Billion according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedShanghai Jiao Tong University3
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.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.6
- Date not recordedFounded Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited4
- Date not recordedMember of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference5
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. In 2017, CATL went public on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
In 2024, CATL ventured into renewable energy, power grids and electrical energy storage systems.
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Personal life
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- 10Wikimedia CommonsRobin Zeng photo by 中国新闻社, CC BY 4.0