NIO CAPITAL - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Core Team
• Partner

Job Titles:

• Managing Director
• Member of the Core Team

Job Titles:

• Member of the Core Team
• Partner

Job Titles:

• Managing Director
• Member of the Core Team

Job Titles:

• Founding Member
• Managing Partner

Mr. Ian Zhu is a founding member of NIO Capital and played a key role in building the firm's investment team, setting up its venture and growth funds, and establishing its operations. His investment focus includes smart electric vehicles, low carbon energy networks, mobility and logistics services and manufacturing innovations. He led NIO Capital's investments in CATL (SZSE: 300750), Ronbay (SHSE: 688005), Tuhu (SEHK: 9690), Momenta, Pony.ai, Newlinks Technology, Inceptio Technology, Black Sesame Technologies (SEHK: 2533), TrunkTech, Seyond, and BoCloud, among others. Mr. Zhu has extensive experience in investment, fund management and business management. Prior to joining NIO Capital, he was a Managing Partner and Investment Committee member of Tsing Capital, where he led investments in Lucid (LCID:NASDAQ), Jing-Jin Electric (SHSE: 688280) and Horizon Robotics. Ian also worked in both start-ups and large technology companies like AT&T, where he managed diverse functions, including sales, business development, engineering and R&D. Mr. Zhu holds a master's degree in business administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business and dual bachelor's degrees in physics and economics from Peking University.

Job Titles:

• Managing Partner
• Founder, Chairman and CEO of NIO

Mr. William Li is the founder, chairman and CEO of NIO (NYSE: NIO) and a Managing Partner of NIO Capital. In November 2014, Mr. Li founded NIO with the goal of building the first User Enterprise in the world and to redefine the whole car ownership experience. NIO was listed on the New York Stock Exchange on September 12, 2018. Mr. Li is a serial entrepreneur. While he was still studying at Peking University, he founded Beijing Antarctic Technology Development Co., Ltd, one of the earliest internet companies in China. In 1997, he co-founded Kewen Books, which later developed into Dangdang. Mr. William Li has co-founded and invested in over 40 companies in the internet and automotive industries. In January, 2018, Mr. Li was recognized by Sina Finance, People's Daily and Channel Wu as one of the "Top 10 Economic Personages of 2017." Mr. Li was named "GQ Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year" in 2017. Mr. William Li was recognized by the China Automobile Dealers Association in 2008 as one of the top 10 most influential people in China's automobile industry in the past thirty years. Mr. William Li was born in Anhui, China. He received his bachelor's degree in sociology from Peking University where he minored in law.

Job Titles:

• Managing Director
• Member of the Core Team

Job Titles:

• Managing Director
• Member of the Core Team

Job Titles:

• Member of the Core Team
• Partner