Robin Zeng

Robin Zeng Yuqun (born 1968) is a Chinese billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology), and a vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce.^[1]

Robin Zeng
曾毓群
Zeng in 2023
Born	1968 (age 56–57) Ningde, China
Education	Shanghai Jiaotong University (BEng) South China University of Technology (MSc) Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (PhD)
Occupations	Businessman battery engineer physicist
Organization	All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce
Title	Founder and chairman of CATL
Term	2011-

Robin Zeng
Simplified Chinese	曾毓群
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zēng Yùqún

According to Forbes, Zeng is the world's 38th wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of US$40 billion as of 9 May 2025^[update].^[2]

Bloomberg ranks Zeng higher. As of 21 May 2025^[update], the Bloomberg Billionaires Index lists Zeng as the world's 37th wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of US$41.2 billion.^[3]

Early life

Zeng is from Fujian Province. He earned a marine engineering degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University, an MSc in electronics and information engineering from South China University of Technology in 2001, and a PhD in physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006.^[4]

Career

Zeng worked at a state-owned shipbuilding company in Fujian Province early in his career. He later joined an electronic parts factory after graduation where he worked for 10 years. He then co-founded Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) in 1999 with two former colleagues. The company produced lithium polymer batteries for digital gadgets, including iPhones, according to a Financial Times report in 2018. In 2005, ATL was acquired by Japan's TDK, but Zeng continued as a manager for ATL.

In 2012, Zeng and vice-chairman Huang Shilin spun-off the electric vehicle battery operations of ATL into a new company CATL, which manufactures lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, and became a world leader in the following years.^[5] In 2017, CATL went public on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.^[2] In 2024, CATL ventured into renewable energy, power grids and electrical energy storage systems.^[6]