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Zeev Farbman

Zeev Farbman (born 1979) is an Israeli computer scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded Lightricks in 2013, the Jerusalem company behind Facetune, and now leads its generative-AI video unit, LTX.

ZEMO

ZEMO (零迈移动服务) is a Taipei company founded in 2021 by Lu Hsueh-ju that runs an all-electric vehicle fleet for corporate transport and EV dispatch, serving companies like ASUS and Acer.

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.

Zeng Wanhui

Zeng Wanhui (曾万辉, born 1970) is the co-founder, chairman, and president of Changsha Jingjia Microelectronics, a Changsha-based designer of military graphics display-control equipment and domestic GPU chips.

Zeng Yuqun

Zeng Yuqun (曾毓群), known in English as Robin Zeng, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded battery giant CATL in Ningde, Fujian, in 2011 and chairs it.

Zenith Bank

Zenith Bank is a Nigerian commercial bank founded by Jim Ovia in 1990, listed on the Nigerian and London stock exchanges and among Nigeria's largest banks.

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 Congyuan (Huali Industrial Group)

Zhang Congyuan (Chang Tsung-yuan), born 1948, is a Taiwanese footwear manufacturer who founded and chairs Huali Industrial Group, one of the world's largest contract makers of branded athletic shoes.

Zhang Guoming

Zhang Guoming (张国铭, born 1964) is a Chinese semiconductor-equipment executive who served as director and general manager of Hwatsing Technology, a Tianjin CMP-equipment maker, from 2019 to 2025.

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 Hejun

Zhang Hejun (张和君), born 1952 in Ningbo, China, is an entrepreneur who founded the plastics business that became Deye Technology, a leading energy-storage inverter maker, and is worth an estimated $11.2 billion.

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 Jianzhong

Zhang Jianzhong (张建中), also known as James Zhang, is a Chinese semiconductor executive who co-founded Beijing GPU developer Moore Threads after 14 years at Nvidia.

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.

Zhang Sichuan

Zhang Sichuan (张思川) is a director of Hello Group (挚文集团), the Beijing company behind the Momo app, and was its chief operating officer until July 2026.

Zhang Siding

Zhang Siding (张巳丁) is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded the Peking University bike-sharing startup ofo in 2014 with Dai Wei, ran its operations, and left in 2019 to found BLANK.

Zhang Wen (technology executive)

Zhang Wen (张文) is a Chinese technology executive, founder, chairman, and CEO of Shanghai Biren Technology, a GPU designer he founded in 2019 after serving as president of SenseTime.

Zhang Wenming

Zhang Wenming (张文明, born 1984) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who co-founded the Wuhan-based game live-streaming platform DouYu, serving as co-CEO until resigning in December 2021.

Zhang Xiaolei

Zhang Xiaolei (张小雷), born 1969, is the Chinese founder of Qianbao Network, a Nanjing online platform exposed as a Ponzi scheme; he was sentenced to 15 years for fundraising fraud in 2019.

Zhang Xiaolong

Zhang Xiaolong (张小龙, known as Allen Zhang) is a Chinese software engineer who created Foxmail and WeChat and has led Tencent's Weixin Group since May 2014.

Zhang Xuan

Zhang Xuan (张旋), known in English as Xuan Zhang, is a Chinese internet entrepreneur, educated at Tsinghua University, who founded the live-streaming platform Fengyun Live, acquired by LeSports in 2016.

Zhang Yalin

Zhang Yalin (张亚林, born 1978) is a Chinese semiconductor executive who co-founded the AI chip maker Enflame Technology in 2018 and serves as its COO and general manager.

Zhang Zhidong

Zhang Zhidong, known as Tony Zhang (张志东), is a Chinese software engineer who co-founded Tencent with Ma Huateng in 1998 and served as Chief Technology Officer until 2014.

Zhao Lidong

Zhao Lidong (赵立东) is a Chinese semiconductor entrepreneur, founder, chairman, and CEO of Enflame Technology, a Shanghai maker of AI accelerator chips founded in 2018.

Zhao Lixin

Zhao Lixin (赵立新) is the founder, chairman, and CEO of GalaxyCore, a Shanghai semiconductor company he founded in 2003 after returning from Silicon Valley; it listed on the STAR Market in 2021.