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Zhou Yahui is a Chinese entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and chairman of Kalends Inc., a Chinese mobile internet company, and the CEO of Opera Software, a Norwegian software company. He is also the chairman and CEO of Opay, a mobile payment platform. Yahui has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Science and Technology of China. He began his career as a software engineer at Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing. He then joined the founding team of Tencent, a Chinese internet giant, where he served as the vice president of the company. Yahui is an active investor in the Chinese tech industry. He has invested in a number of companies, including Didi Chuxing, Meituan-Dianping, and Mobike. He is also a board member of several companies, including the Chinese search engine Baidu. Yahui is a philanthropist and has donated to a number of charities, including the China Children and Teenagers' Fund and the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. He is also a member of the China Entrepreneur Club.

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Occupation Chairman and CEO of Kalends Inc. CEO of Opay Chairman and CEO of Opera Software
Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 1977-02-, 1977
Birthday 1977-02-
Birthplace Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Nationality China

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Who Is Zhou Yahui's Wife?

His wife is Li Qiong (divorced)

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Zhou Yahui Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2023 US$2.2 billion (August 2016)
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2020

On the 13th of April 2020 it was announced that Zhou Yahui would resign as chairman of Beijing Kunlun due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He resigned in order to focus on his e-commerce and payment platform Opay based in Africa. He was replaced by Wang Liwei.

2019

In March of 2019, Beijing Kunlun was forced to sell Grindr by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). CFIUS viewed Beijing Kunlun's ownership of Grindr as a national security threat as Grindr has sensitive personal info such as location, messages and even HIV status which could be accessed by engineers in the Kunlun office in Beijing. Grindr was sold a year later on March 2020 to San Vincente Acquisition LLC for $608 million dollars.

2016

Beijing Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. focuses on the distribution and sale of video games in China through their GameArk application. Beijing Kunlun finalized their purchase of a 60% stake in the gay dating app Grindr in January 2016.

Zhou was married to Li Qiong, his elementary school classmate. They divorced in September 2016. Li Qiong received $1.1 billion worth in Beijing Kunlun Tech shares, making it one of the most expensive divorce settlements in China.

2011

An official name change to Beijing Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. was done in March 2011. Zhou is the main owner of the aforementioned company with 30% of shares.

2004

Zhou became an executive manager for the social networking service Renren in November 2004. In March 2007 he stopped working for Renren when he became the general manager of Beijing JiNaiTe Technology Co., Ltd. Zhou worked for JiNaiTe Tech for one year until he founded his own company, Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd.

1999

Zhou's career started in 1999 when he started a website called "Vulcan Net" funded by Tsinghua University. Vulcan Net was a website dedicating for uploading animations made by people in the local area, especially students in the university. Zhou and Tsinghua University closed Vulcan Net sometime in 2004 due to unprofitability.

1977

Zhou was born in February 1977 in Lijiang, China. In 1999 he received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in optical engineering in 2006, both from Tsinghua University in Beijing.

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