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Zhao Qi (semiconductor industry executive)

Zhao Qi (赵奇, born 1973) is a Chinese semiconductor executive who has led United Nova Technology, the Shaoxing power-semiconductor foundry, since its 2018 founding and became chairman in 2024.

Zhao Weiping

Zhao Weiping (赵伟平), born 1961, is a Chinese entrepreneur known as the "fireworks king" who founded Panda Fireworks and supplied the 2008 Beijing Olympics fireworks.

Zhejiang Jiecang Linear Motion Technology

Zhejiang Jiecang Linear Motion Technology (浙江捷昌线性驱动) is a Chinese maker of linear actuators and drive systems for adjustable desks and medical beds, listed in Shanghai since 2018.

Zhi Min Ling

Zhi Min Ling (凌志敏, Ling Zhimin), born 1961, is a Chinese-American engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded APsystems, a solar microinverter maker in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, listed on Shanghai's STAR Market.

Zhongfu Shenying

Zhongfu Shenying (中复神鹰) is a Chinese manufacturer of high-performance carbon fiber based in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, founded in 2006 and listed on the Shanghai STAR Market since 2022.

Zhou Boyun

Zhou Boyun (周伯云, born 1967) is a Chinese businessman who founded Shanlin Jinrong, a Shanghai P2P lender that raised 73.7 billion yuan from investors before collapsing in 2018.

Zhou Feng

Zhou Feng (周枫) is a Chinese technology entrepreneur, co-founder and chief executive of Youdao, the Beijing-based online learning company spun out of NetEase, since 2007.

Zhou Guang

Zhou Guang, known in English as Maxwell Zhou, is a Chinese autonomous-driving entrepreneur who founded DeepRoute.ai in Shenzhen in 2019 and serves as its chief executive.

Zhou Guangping

Zhou Guangping (周光平) is a Chinese hardware engineer, a former Motorola executive, who co-founded Xiaomi in 2010, led its hardware and supply chain, and resigned in 2018.

Zhou Hongyi

Zhou Hongyi (周鸿祎) is a Chinese technology entrepreneur, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Beijing internet security company Qihoo 360, known for making antivirus free and for the 2010 3Q war with Tencent.

Zhou Jian (robotics entrepreneur)

Zhou Jian (周剑), also known as James Zhou, is a Chinese entrepreneur born in 1976 who founded UBTECH Robotics in Shenzhen in 2012 and serves as its chairman and chief executive officer.

Zhou Qunfei

Zhou Qunfei (周群飞), born 1970 in Hunan, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Lens Technology, the Apple and Samsung supplier of smartphone cover glass, and became China's richest woman.

Zhou Yahui

Zhou Yahui (周亚辉, born 1977) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who founded Kunlun Tech in 2008 and the Nigerian payments firm OPay, and chairs Opera.

Zhou Yingjie

Zhou Yingjie (周颖洁) is a Chinese businesswoman who co-founded Xingsheng Youxuan, the Changsha-headquartered community group-buying company, serving as its president and later chief executive; Fortune named her sixth on its 2021 China 40 Under 40 list.

Zhuang Chenchao

Zhuang Chenchao, also known as CC Zhuang (庄辰超), is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who co-founded Qunar.com in 2005 and served as its chief executive officer from 2011 to 2016.

Zhuo Zhihe

Zhuo Zhihe (卓志哲) is a Taiwanese semiconductor executive who joined MediaTek in 1997 as its first employee, served as founding president, became vice chairman in 2005, and retired in 2015.

Zid (e-commerce company)

Zid (زد) is a Saudi e-commerce enablement platform founded in 2017 in Riyadh by Mazen AlDarrab and Sultan AlAsmi, serving more than 12,000 active merchants in 2024.

Zig

Zig, formerly ZigPay, is a Brazilian entertainment-technology company based in São Paulo that provides ticketing, cashless payments, and management software for bars, nightclubs, restaurants, and events like Rock in Rio.

Zigbang

Zigbang (직방) is a Seoul-based South Korean property technology company, founded by Ahn Sung-woo in 2010, whose rental listing platform became a 2022 unicorn valued at KRW 2.5 trillion before its valuation fell sharply.

Zilog

Zilog is an American semiconductor company founded in 1974 by Federico Faggin and Ralph Ungermann after leaving Intel, best known for creating the Z80 microprocessor.

Zimplistic

Zimplistic is a Singapore-based food-technology company founded in 2008 by Pranoti Nagarkar and Rishi Israni, best known for the Rotimatic, a kitchen robot that makes a flatbread in about 90 seconds.

Zip Co (Australian company)

Zip Co is a Sydney-based Australian financial services company, founded in 2013, known for its buy-now-pay-later installment products in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.

Ziv Aviram

Ziv Aviram (זיו אבירם) is an Israeli technology entrepreneur who co-founded Mobileye in 1999 and led it as CEO until Intel bought the company in 2017 for $15.3 billion.

Zohar Zisapel

Zohar Zisapel (זהר זיסאפל) was an Israeli entrepreneur who co-founded RAD Data Communications with his brother Yehuda in 1981, building the RAD Group, which seeded over a hundred Israeli startups.

Zoom Communications

Zoom Communications, formerly Zoom Video Communications, is a San Jose enterprise communications company founded by Eric Yuan in 2011, best known for its Zoom video meetings platform.

Zuper

Zuper is a field-service-management software company founded in 2016, headquartered in Seattle with an Indian entity in Chennai, led by CEO Anand Subbaraj and serving HVAC, plumbing, and cleaning businesses.

Zuse KG

Zuse KG was a German computer manufacturer founded by Konrad Zuse in Neukirchen, Hesse, in 1949; at its 1964 peak it was West Germany's second-largest computer maker.

Zygmunt Solorz

Zygmunt Solorz, also known as Zygmunt Solorz-Żak, is a Polish media and telecom entrepreneur who founded Polsat in 1992 and built the Cyfrowy Polsat group.