Xunlei Limited

Board of Directors

  • Mr. Jinbo Li

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

    Mr. Jinbo Li has been our chairman and chief executive officer since April 2020. Mr. Li is a successful serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years' experience in China's internet and technology industry. Mr. Li was part of Xunlei’s founding team and contributed to establishing and leading the core R&D team during the crucial early stage of Xunlei from 2004 to 2009. Mr. Li left Xunlei in January 2010 and acted as the chief executive officers of two internet ventures from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Li founded Itui International Inc., a company focusing on developing mobile applications for social networking services, in 2014 and acted as its chairman and chief executive officer since then. Mr. Li received his bachelor’s degree in 1998 from Shandong University in China and master’s degree in 2001 from Peking University in China.

  • Mr. Yubo Zhang

    Director and President

    Mr. Yubo Zhang has been appointed as our president since April 2020. Prior to rejoining us in April 2020, Mr. Zhang served as the chief executive officer of Beijing Nesound International Media Corp, Ltd., or Nesound, from April 2015 to April 2020. During his tenure at Nesound, Mr. Zhang combined the respective advantages of live broadcasting and traditional film & television businesses and built a multifaceted platform incorporating self-produced exclusive contents, star development plans and Internet services. Mr. Zhang joined our company for the first time in August 2005 and was one of the core founding members of our company. During his ten years with us, Mr. Zhang served various management positions including a senior vice president of our company and the president of a major subsidiary of our company from August 2005 to March 2015. Mr. Zhang received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical design and manufacturing from Jilin University of Technology in China in 1999.

  • Ms. Jenny Wenjie Wu

    Independent Director

    Ms. Jenny Wenjie Wu has been serving as our independent director since June 2014. Ms. Wu has also been serving as an independent non-executive director of Kingsoft Corporation Limited (3888.HK) since March 2013. Ms. Wu served as the chief investment officer of New Hope Group from November 2018 to February 2020. Prior to joining New Hope Group, Ms. Wu was a founding and managing partner of Baidu Capital from November 2016 to November 2018. Ms. Wu successively served as deputy CFO, CFO and CSO of TRIP.COM GROUP LIMITED (NASDAQ: TCOM) from December 2011 to November 2016. Ms. Wu was an equity research analyst covering China Internet and Media industries in Morgan Stanley Asia Limited and in Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited from 2005 to 2011. Prior to that, Ms. Wu worked in the Department of Enterprises Operations and Management in China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited (0144.HK), a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, from 2003 to 2005. Ms. Wu holds a Ph.D. degree in finance from the University of Hong Kong, a master’s degree in philosophy in finance from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Nankai University, China. Ms. Wu is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) since 2004.

    Independent Director
  • Mr. Ya Li

    Independent Director

    Mr. Ya Li has been serving as our independent director since March 2017. Mr. Li founded Beijing Humanistic Intelligence Inc. in 2019 and currently serves as the chief executive officer of this company. Mr. Li currently is also a visiting research fellow and master’s supervisor at Beijing University. From February 2015 to January 2019, Mr. Li served as the chief executive officer of Yidian Zixun. From May 2006 to September 2017, Mr. Li served successively as the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, the president, and a director of Phoenix New Media (NYSE: FENG). From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Li served as the chief operating officer and the chief financial officer of Techedge Inc. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Li served as the president of China Quantum Communications Inc. Mr. Li also served as directors for U.S. China Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Finance Society, National Council of Chinese Americans, and Council on U.S.-China Affairs from 1996 to 2005. Mr. Li holds an Executive MBA degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a master degree in Computer Science from Temple University, and a bachelor degree in Control Systems Engineering from the University of Science & Technology of China.

    Independent Director
  • Mr. Peng Shi

    Director

    Mr. Peng Shi has been serving as a director of our company since April 2020. Mr. Shi has also been serving as the president of product at Beijing Itui Technology Co., Ltd since March 2018. Prior to joing Beijing Itui, Mr. Shi served as the general manager at Qutoutiao Inc. Beijing branch from January 2018 to March 2018, the product director of Toutiao.com, a Chinese news and information content platform operated by Beijing Bytedance Technology Co., Ltd, from 2016 to 2017, the product vice president of Quanmin.tv, a live streaming platform operated by Shanghai Maimiao Information Technology Co., Ltd. from 2015 to 2016, the senior product officer of UCWeb Inc from May 2014 to June 2015, a senior product manager at Baidu, Inc. from April 2013 to May 2014, and a product manager at Qihoo 360 Technology Co., Ltd. from March 2010 to April 2013. Mr. Shi received his bachelor’s degree in software engineering from Beihai College of Beihang University in China in 2011.