Entrepreneur Leo Zheyuan Li (李柘远) has over six million followers across Chinese social media platforms and is an intellectual property (IP) expert. In China, IP has taken on a wider meaning to include anything with a brand that can be monetized. This can be a television show with a loyal fan base, a successful restaurant, or a person.
Leo hold holds degrees from both Yale and Harvard. At the age of 18, he was admitted to Yale University and received a full four-year scholarship (the first person from Fujian to do so). At the age of 22, after graduating summa cum laude, he joined the world’s top investment bank-Goldman Sachs.
In 2016, he was admitted to the Harvard Business School MBA. At the end of 2019, he returned to China after graduating from Harvard, and currently serves as a partner of Jinying Technology Co., Ltd. and is the founder of the brand XueZhang Leo (学长Leo), a culture and education brand. He is also the author of the book Take Action Now.
A Conversation With Entrepreneur And IP Expert Leo Zheyuan Li 李柘远 [In Mandarin]