Robin Zeng

Robin Zeng
Zeng in 2023
Born	1968 (age 56–57) Ningde, China
Alma mater	Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (PhD)
Occupation	Businessman
Organization	All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce
Title	Founder and chairman of CATL
Term	2011-

Robin Zeng
Simplified Chinese	曾毓群
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zēng Yùqún

Robin Zeng Yuqun (born 1968) is a Chinese billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology). Zeng is also a vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. Zeng is 43rd wealthiest, with an estimated net worth of US$37.9 billion as of October 2024, according to Forbes and US$38.2 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Early life

Zeng is from Fujian Province. He holds a Bsc Marine Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Msc Electronics and Information Engineering from South China University of Technology in 2001 and a Ph.D. in physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006.

Career

In 1999, Zeng founded Amperex Technology Limited (ATL), a company manufacturing lithium polymer batteries. In 2005, ATL was acquired by Japan's TDK company, but Zeng continued as a manager for ATL.

In 2012, Zeng and vice-chairman Huang Shilin spun-off the EV battery operations of ATL into the new company CATL, which manufactures lithium-ion rechargeable batteries and rose to become one of the world's leading manufacturers in the years that followed. In 2017, the company went public on Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

As of March 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$46.8 billion, making him one of the richest people in the world.