Peng Lei

Peng Lei (also Lucy Peng; Chinese: 彭蕾[1]) is a Chinese businessperson. She is one of the founders of the Chinese e-commerce business cluster Alibaba Group. From January 2010 to February 2013, she was the CEO of Alipay, which operates the third-party online payment platform Alipay.com. In March 2013, she was appointed CEO of the new Alibaba Small and Micro Financial Services Group.[2] She served as Chief People Officer, the chief human resources officer for Alibaba Group for over 10 years. As of 2014, she is listed as the 53rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.[3]

Peng earned a degree in business administration in 1994 from Hangzhou Institute of Commerce of Zhejiang Gongshang University. Following her graduation, she taught at the Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics for five years. She co-founded Alibaba in 1999, and her first tasks there were marketing and human resources.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Peng Lei, the frontrunner for Alibaba's next CEO". Want China Times. 17 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Alibaba Financial Arm to Boost Apps as China Net Users Go Mobile". Bloomberg. October 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Timmons, Heather (May 8, 2014). "Alibaba’s gender diversity puts Silicon Valley to shame". Quartz.

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