Cheng Wei

Cheng Wei (; born 19 May 1983) is a Chinese businessman. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of DiDi, a Chinese mobile transportation platform with global operations. In 2012, after eight years at Alibaba Group's regional and Alipay's operations, Cheng founded Beijing Xiaoju Technology Co Ltd in Zhongguancun.

Biography Cheng was born in 1983 in Jiangxi, China.

In 2012, Cheng left Alibaba to found Beijing Xiaoju Technology Co and launch Didi Dache—translated to "Beep Beep Call a Taxi"—as the initial incarnation of his ride-hailing service.

In August 2016, DiDi acquired all assets of the Chinese division of Uber.

Recognition Fortune named Cheng to its "40 Under 40" list in 2015 and selected him as one of its "Businessperson of the Year" honorees in 2016. The same year, Forbes Asia named him its Businessman of the Year, and Wired included him on the Wired 100. In 2017, Time placed him on its list of the 20 most influential people in technology.