Leo Zheyuan Li (李柘远)

Entrepreneur Leo Zheyuan Li (李柘远) has over six million followers across Chinese social media platforms and is an intellectual property (IP) expert. In China, IP has taken on a wider meaning to include anything with a brand that can be monetized. This can be a television show with a loyal fan base, a successful restaurant, or a person.

Leo hold holds degrees from both Yale and Harvard. At the age of 18, he was admitted to Yale University and received a full four-year scholarship (the first person from Fujian to do so). At the age of 22, after graduating summa cum laude, he joined the world’s top investment bank-Goldman Sachs.

In 2016, he was admitted to the Harvard Business School MBA. At the end of 2019, he returned to China after graduating from Harvard, and currently serves as a partner of Jinying Technology Co., Ltd. and is the founder of the brand XueZhang Leo (学长Leo), a culture and education brand. He is also the author of the book Take Action Now.

• A Conversation With Entrepreneur And IP Expert Leo Zheyuan Li 李柘远 [In Mandarin]