Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Michael Yufeng Chi is our founder and has served as the chairman of our board of directors since our inception. Mr. Chi founded Beijing Jinhongen Co., Ltd. in 1996, the predecessor of Hongen Education. Mr. Chi has been overseeing and directing the business of Hongen Education since its inception. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Chi also served as the vice president and the chief technology officer of Tsinghua Unisplendour Corporation Limited, an information technology infrastructure product and service provider in China listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. In 2004, Mr. Chi founded the Perfect World Group, a leading global entertainment company focusing on original content creation and technology. From 2006 to 2015, Mr. Chi served as the chairman of the board of Perfect World Co., Ltd., a leading online game developer and operator in China that was listed on the Nasdaq from 2007 to 2015. Mr. Chi currently serves as the chairman of the board of Perfect World Group, the chairman of the board of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 002624), a leading online games and film company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University. Mr. Chi received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Tsinghua University in 1994, an MBA from China Europe International Business School in 2004, and a doctoral degree in business administration from Singapore Management University in 2019. Mr. Michael Yufeng Chi is the brother of Mr. Hanfeng Chi.
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Peng Dai has served as our chief executive officer since July 2017 and served as our director since June 2020. Mr. Dai joined us since our inception and has led the establishment and development of a series of our tech-powered, intellectual development products. Prior to joining us, Mr. Dai served as the senior strategy and investment director of Perfect World Group from September 2015 to January 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Dai served as the strategy and business development director of the mobile business group of Lenovo from January 2012 to August 2015, where he was responsible for global strategic operations and business development of Lenovo’s smart phone, tablet and smart television business. Mr. Dai worked as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group with a focus on serving technology companies in respect of strategy, operation and mergers and acquisitions from September 2008 to December 2011. Mr. Dai received a bachelor’s degree in computer science and technology, a master’s degree in computer science and technology and a doctoral degree in computer science from Tsinghua University in 2002, 2004 and 2008, respectively.
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Ms. Vivien Weiwei Wang has served as our director since June 2020, as our chief financial officer since September 2020 and as a director of Perfect World Group since September 2020. Prior to that, Ms. Wang served as the senior vice president and secretary of the board of directors of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (SZSE:002624) from 2016 to 2020, and was responsible for capital markets, corporate development, investment, finance, supply chain management, intellectual property, internal control and risk management. Ms. Wang served, first as the vice president and subsequently as senior vice president of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (a then Nasdaq-listed company) and held various senior positions at Perfect World Group from 2007 to 2016. Ms. Wang has extensive experience in the U.S. and Chinese capital markets and has more than two decades of expertise in finance and investments. Ms. Wang was extensively involved in the IPO and Nasdaq-listing of Perfect World Co., Ltd. in 2007, and led its privatization in 2015 and its subsequent listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2016. Before joining Perfect World Group, Ms. Wang worked as a senior financial analyst at Autodesk, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed technology company based in North California, from 2006 to 2007. Prior to that, Ms. Wang worked as a senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP from 2000 to 2004. Ms. Wang received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University in 2000 and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management in 2006.
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Wenbin Lu has served as our chief technology officer since July 2019. Mr. Lu joined us since our inception and is responsible for our overall technology research and development and technical team management, including application development, data and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining us, Mr. Lu worked at Perfect World Group since April 2010 and held several roles as senior engineer, technology manager and director of technology, where he was responsible for technology research and development with a focus on online games. Prior to that, Mr. Lu worked as an engineer at Renren Inc., a NYSE-listed company which operated social media services in China, from April 2009 to April 2010, with a focus on technical research and development. From July 2008 to April 2009, Mr. Lu worked as an engineer at the China office of AOL Inc., a web portal and online service provider in the United States. Mr. Lu received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in computer science from Tsinghua University in 2005 and in 2008, respectively.