看不懂的SOL
看不懂的SOL|10月 25, 2026 01:27
Yesterday, while on a business trip to Hangzhou, we discussed the 10 most successful entrepreneurs who left Alibaba. Cheng Wei, formerly head of Alipay's B2C division, left to found Didi Chuxing, building a leading ride-hailing platform in China. He Xiaopeng, former president of Alibaba's Mobile Business Group, founded XPeng Motors, focusing on smart electric vehicles, humanoid robots, and low-altitude aircraft, achieving impressive overseas sales among emerging electric vehicle manufacturers. Sun Tongyu, founder of Taobao, left Alibaba to become an early investor and strategic advisor to Pinduoduo, contributing to Pinduoduo's rapid rise. Gan Jiawei, formerly a core member and vice president of Alibaba's China Supplier team, left to become COO of Meituan, where he built Meituan's ground sales system. Wu Zhixiang, one of Alibaba's early employees (number 46), founded Tongcheng Travel, which rose to become one of the top three OTA platforms in China. Zhao Jiehui, former general manager of Alibaba Cloud's enterprise business, founded Manpu Technology, creating the Deepexi data intelligence platform and aiming for a Hong Kong IPO. Lin Zhenyu, former marketing manager of Alibaba's Alimama, founded Yiwang Yichuang, specializing in e-commerce outsourcing, which is already listed on the A-share market. Lü Guangyu, also a core member of Alibaba's China Supplier team, later joined Dianping as COO, driving the merger of Meituan and Dianping. Zhang Hui, former director of Alibaba's B2B business, founded Yunmanman, merged with Huochebang to form Manbang Group, which is listed on the US stock market. Jin Lijian, former head of Alibaba's RPA, founded Yingdao RPA, received investment from Tencent, and became a unicorn in the RPA field. Alibaba is known as the "Whampoa Military Academy" of the internet industry. Those who joined Alibaba honed their business acumen, organizational management, and traffic operation skills. While they then transferred these skills to new sectors, success is difficult to replicate. The market environment has changed dramatically. The internet boom has faded, and competition is intensifying in sectors like e-commerce, transportation, and new energy. Sun Tongyu, Cheng Wei, and He Xiaopeng are the three most well-known and commercially successful among these ten individuals.
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