Founder, ZhenFund
Angel Investor
Mr. Xu, Xiao-Ping is the Founding Partner of ZhenFund(真格基金),a leading early-stage fund which has been ranked number one in top “Early-stage Firms of the Year”by Zero2IPO Group for 5 consecutive years. He is known as one of China’s pioneering angel investors with the following distinctions including “2010 Most Respected Angel Investor” from The Founder Magazine, “2013 Best Angel Investor” from The Founder Magazine, “2014 Best Angel Investor” from CV Source, “2014 Chinese Business Leaders Award” from Phoenix TV. Forbes magazine selected him into Midas List, the world's top 100 investors of the year for three consecutive years since 2016.
Prior to founding ZhenFund, Mr. Xu was a Co-Founder of New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU), the largest provider of private education in China.
Mr. Xu received his bachelor’s degree from China Central Conservatory of Music and obtained a master's degree of University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He is currently the president of China Angel Club, China’s top angel investor organization, President of China Angel Committee by CSRC (China Securities Regulatory Committee).