Li Xiang is the CEO of PCPOP.COM. Born in 1981 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, he holds a high school diploma. Starting his venture in 1999, Li transformed a personal website into the PCPOP company in just two years. Within four years, his income surged from a few thousand yuan to over 100 million yuan. Today, PCPOP is valued at 200 million yuan.
Dai Zhikang, CEO of Comsenz World, was born in 1981 in Heilongjiang. Inspired by his family’s cultural atmosphere during middle school, he wrote his first DOS programming book. Later, drawing inspiration from movie forums, he developed Discuz!, software that automatically generates communities. Starting with software development, he earned income while attending school. His earnings grew rapidly from tens of thousands to millions of yuan, making Discuz! the leader in the community software field and boosting his net worth past 100 million yuan.
Zhao Ning, CEO of Very Online, was born in 1983. He served as a contributor for chinabyte.com and tom.com. In the early 2000s, he registered a website named "Zhongguancun Boy" and subsequently dropped out of school to start a business. Very Online, which he established, focuses on professional IT hardware. The company achieved monthly profitability soon after its launch, and Zhao Ning’s net worth now exceeds 100 million yuan.
Gao Ran, President of MySee, was born in 1981 in Hunan. After graduating from a secondary technical school in 1998, he was admitted to the Journalism Department of Tsinghua University. He worked as a financial reporter for The Economic Observer for half a year. Leveraging his network, he entered the IT industry to start a business. In mid-2000s, he co-founded MySee with alumni Deng Di, focusing on video live streaming. A venture capital investment from the US helped raise the company's valuation to over 100 million yuan.
Mao Kankan is the Chief Architect and CEO of Beijing Aihang Industrial Company, as well as the President of Majoy. Born in 1983 in Beijing, he has a middle school diploma. He formally started his business in the early 2000s, creating the MaJoy project, a portmanteau of "Magic" and "Joy." Remarkably, without investing a single cent, he secured nearly 20% of the shares in this project, which generates an annual revenue of 1.5 billion yuan, relying solely on his creativity and vision.
Zheng Li is the CEO of 163888 Karaoke Net. Born in 1982 in Chongqing, he graduated from the Physics Department (associate degree) of Sichuan University and started his business in the early 2000s. The early days were difficult, but the song "Mice Love Rice" was premiered on 163888, marking a significant milestone. After the internet transformed music production and distribution, he was among the first to recognize the huge business opportunity in grassroots internet music.
