Hu Weiwei

Hu Weiwei (, born 1982) is a Chinese journalist and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of bicycle-sharing company Mobike.

Early life and education Hu was born in Dongyang in 1982. She studied at the Department of Journalism of the Zhejiang City College (2000–2004) and graduated with a bachelor of communication.

Career Hu worked for the Daily Economic News (每经网), a Chinese business newspaper, mainly covering tech news on cars. She then worked for The Beijing News and for Business Value specialising in technology news. In 2014 Hu founded the media platform GeekCar.

Through her contacts in the automobile and technology sector, Hu assembled a team in late 2015 to start a bicycle-sharing company and launched Mobike in January 2016. Wang was reportedly opposed to the takeover and left Mobike at the end of that month, with Hu taking on the role of CEO. Hu left Mobike in December 2018 "for personal reasons". Hu is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Recognition In 2017, Hu and her business partner Xia Yiping were named to Fortune's 40 Under 40 List.

In 2018, Hu Weiwei made the Forbes Asia Emergent Women 25 List.

Personal life Hu has a son who was born in circa 2010.