As a world-leading company in blockchain industry, Huobi Group was founded in 2013 with a mission to making breakthroughs in core blockchain technology and the integration of blockchain technology and other industries. Huobi Group has expanded into public chain, digital assets trading and wallet, mining pool, proprietary investment, incubation, Digital Asset Research etc., and established a global digital economy industry ecosystem, by investing in over 60 upstream and downstream companies in the blockchain industry. Huobi Group is working with Argentina, Russia, Thailand, Nigeria and many other countries along the “Belt and Road” on the development of blockchain technology and real-world blockchain applications.
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- 2013Year
- In September, · Huobi is established;
- In December, · Huobi became one of China's largest digital asset trading platform with a cumulative turnover of over 30 billion RMB;
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- 2014Year
- In April, · Huobi became the world's largest digital asset trading platform with a cumulative turnover of over 120 billion RMB;
- In April, · raised investment from Sequoia Capital;
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- 2015Year
- In April, · Huobi sponsored the "Digital Asset Research Project" at the Internet Finance Laboratory of Wudaokou Finance Institute of Tsinghua University (formerly the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China);
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- 2016Year
- In December, · Cumulative turnover of Huobi Group reached 2 trillion RMB;
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- 2017Year
- In October, · Huobi initiated its global strategic layout by establishing Huobi Korea Team and putting it into official operation;
- In December, · Huobi completed its business layout in Japan with the Group's cumulative turnover exceeding 850 billlion USD;
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- 2018Year
- In August, · the Group acquired Pantronics Holdings Ltd (01611.HK), a Hong Kong-based listed company.
- In December, · Cumulative turnover of Huobi Group reached 2 trillion RMB;
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- 2019Year
- In April, · Huobi Global 24-hour trading volume for spot market reached Top 1 (According to CoinMarketCap);
- In June, · Huobi announce plan for Huobi Chain together with Nervos to build infrastructures for financial market;
Team Members
Leon Li
Chairman, Founder&CEOLeon Li is founder and CEO of Huobi Group. As an alumnus of Tsinghua University’s Department of Automation, Leon became an early pioneer and a serial entrepreneur in the field of financial technology. Before establishing Huobi Group in 2013 and building it into one of the world’s leading providers of financial services in digital assets, Leon was a computer engineer at Oracle, the world’s largest database provider.
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Jiawei Zhu
COO Chief Operating OfficerRobin Zhu is in charge of the Operation Center Management of Huobi Group, who has rich experience on Corporate Management, Practical Data Analysis and Operational Management. He has worked for Oracle and Capgemini Consulting before. He also has solid experience and in-depth research in the blockchain industry, and a unique insight on blockchain security and big data application.
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Xianfeng Cheng
CTO Chief Technology OfficerMars Cheng is head of the Huobi Technological Research and Development Center. He is a member of the China National Committee of Internet Financial Security Experts and the Blockchain Professional Committee of the China Computer Society. Prior to Huobi , Mars was Chief Operating Officer of OneAPM, and VP of Building Block Technology. He was also an early promoter of MongoDB and Docker in China.
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Chris Lee
CFO Chief Financial Officer
& Board SecretaryChris takes charge of finance, administration, legal, global business development, M&A, capital market, and corporate governance of Huobi Group. He was the CEO of OKEx, CFO of OKC Group and PAX Global Technology Ltd (0327.HK). Chris has over 15 years' experience in corporate governance, strategic planning & execution, global expansion and capital market in digital payment and fintech.
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Simon Wu
CSO Chief Security OfficerSimon Wu, the CSO of Huobi Group, is currently in charge of company security and risk control management. Before joining Huobi, Simon previously worked at Didi Chuxing, NSFOCUS, international consulting firms, and government institutions, where he has gained extensive technical research and management experience regarding information security, business security and rick management.
