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Yiersan
Yiersan (衣二三, also known as YCloset) was a Beijing-based women's fashion-rental subscription platform founded in 2015 by Liu Mengyuan, charging 499 yuan monthly and backed by Alibaba before it shut down in 2021.
Yiguo Fresh
Yiguo Fresh (易果生鲜) is a Shanghai fresh-food e-commerce company that launched China's first online fresh-grocery platform in October 2005 and entered bankruptcy restructuring in 2020.
Yin Qi (Chinese technology entrepreneur)
Yin Qi (印奇, born 1988) is a Chinese technology entrepreneur who co-founded the computer-vision company Megvii in 2011 and led it as chairman and chief executive for over a decade.
Yonyou
Yonyou (用友网络, Yonyou Network Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Beijing-based enterprise software company founded by Wang Wenjing in 1988, ranked first in China's ERP market and listed in Shanghai.
Yooli.com
Yooli.com (有利网) was a Chinese peer-to-peer lending marketplace founded in 2012 by Ren Yong, Liu Yannan, and Wu Yiran, which stopped new lending in 2020.
Youyi Wang
Youyi Wang (优易网) was a Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform in Nantong, Jiangsu, that ran from August 2012 until its operators fled with investors' money in December 2012.
Yu Dan (business executive)
Yu Dan (于丹) is a Chinese internet executive and CEO of Huafang Group, the live-streaming company behind Huajiao Live, listed in Hong Kong in 2022.
Yu Dunde
Yu Dunde (于敦德), born in 1981, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the Nanjing-based online travel agency Tuniu in 2006 and leads it as chairman and CEO.
Yu Kai
Yu Kai (余凯), also known as Kai Yu, is a Chinese AI scientist and entrepreneur who founded Horizon Robotics, a Beijing-based autonomous-driving computing company, in 2015.
Yu Liu
Yu Liu (刘禹) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who founded the translation platform 365翻译, sold it to Alibaba in 2015, and served as Mobike's president and then CEO from 2018 to 2019.
Yu Minhong
Yu Minhong, known internationally as Michael Yu, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded New Oriental in 1993 and led its 2006 New York Stock Exchange listing.
Yu Yi
Yu Yi (余熠), born 1984, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded U-bicycle, a Shanghai dockless bike-sharing startup that peaked at 520,000 bikes and 11 million users in 2017.
Yuan Chenglong
Yuan Chenglong (袁成龙) is a Chinese fintech executive who co-founded the Beijing P2P online lending platform Xiangshang Jinfu in 2013 and served as its CEO.
Yuan Shuai
Yuan Shuai (袁帅) is a Chinese video-game producer who co-founded Shanghai mobile game developer Lilith Games in 2013 with two Nanjing University classmates, and serves as Chief Product Officer.
Yuan Yue
Yuan Yue (袁岳, born 1965) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the market research firm Zero and chairs Dataway Horizon, a data analytics company listed in Shenzhen.
Yue Lihua
Yue Lihua (岳立华, born 1973) is a Chinese entrepreneur from Hunan who founded the Furong Xingsheng convenience-store chain and, from it, the community group-buying platform Xingsheng Youxuan.
Yuncheng Interactive, Fengyun Live
Yuncheng Interactive (云成互动) was a Beijing internet company founded by Zhang Xuan in 2011; its successor launched Fengyun Live, and LeTV Sports bought Zhangyu TV for 300 million RMB in 2016.
Yuncheng Interactive, later MetaApp
Yuncheng Interactive, later MetaApp, is a Beijing internet company founded by Hu Sen that operates 233乐园 (233 Playground), a mobile game platform whose sandbox technology runs games without downloads.
YY Live
YY Live (YY直播) is a Chinese live-streaming platform founded in 2005 in Guangzhou by Li Xueling, known for virtual-gift tipping, and acquired by Baidu in 2025.
Zebra Run
Zebra Run (斑马快跑) was a Chinese mobility startup founded in Wuhan in 2015 that offered ride-hailing, buses, and freight before entering bankruptcy reorganization in 2020.
Zeng Kaitian
Zeng Kaitian (曾开天, born 1975) is a Chinese executive who co-founded the games company 37 Interactive Entertainment and serves as its Vice Chairman and General Manager.
Zeng Liqing
Zeng Liqing (曾李青), known internationally as Jason Zeng, is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who co-founded Tencent in 1998 and served as chief operating officer from 1999 to 2007.
Zhang Bangxin
Zhang Bangxin (张邦鑫), born 1980, is the co-founder and CEO of TAL Education, the Beijing education-technology group he began as the Xueersi tutoring firm in 2003.
Zhang Chaoyang
Zhang Chaoyang (张朝阳), known in English as Charles Zhang, is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who founded Sohu in 1996 and chairs and leads it as chief executive.
Zhang Hailong
Zhang Hailong (张海龙) is a Chinese technology executive who co-founded Tongcheng Travel, the Suzhou-based online travel company, and built its original B2B travel trading platform.
Zhang Haoqian (Bluepha co-founder)
Zhang Haoqian (张浩千) is a Chinese synthetic biology entrepreneur and Peking University PhD who co-founded Bluepha (蓝晶微生物), a Beijing bio-manufacturing company founded in 2016 that produces biodegradable PHA plastics.
Zhang Huaiting
Zhang Huaiting (张怀亭) is a Chinese technology entrepreneur who helped found Baidu's Fengchao advertising system, co-founded the online education company Genshuixue, and now leads the AI education firm Yu'ai Weiwu.
Zhang Lin (fintech entrepreneur)
Zhang Lin (张林, born 1987) is a Chinese fintech entrepreneur who co-founded the peer-to-peer lending platform Tuandai Wang and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022.
Zhang Min (entrepreneur)
Zhang Min (张敏) is a Chinese entrepreneur and former Sina Weibo and Qunar product manager who founded Kaola Coach, a Beijing commuter-shuttle startup absorbed by Didi Bus in 2015.
Zhang Shishi
Zhang Shishi (张适时) is a Chinese internet-finance entrepreneur who co-founded the P2P lending platform Renrendai in Beijing in 2010 and led it as chief executive.