The Unicorn; Didi Kuaidi; 独角兽企业; 5/174

The Unicorn; Didi Kuaidi; 独角兽企业; 5/174


5.Didi Kuaidi

Company Information

Valuation $16 billion
Sector Software
Headquarters Beijing, China
Founded 2012
CEO Cheng Wei

Didi Chuxing

Didi Chuxing (Chinese: 滴滴出行), formerly Didi Kuaidi (Chinese: 滴滴快的), is a Chinese transportation network company headquartered in Beijing.[1] It provides vehicles and taxis for hire in China via smartphone applications. Formed from the merger of rival firms Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache (backed by the two largest Chinese Internet companies, Tencent and Alibaba respectively), it is valued (as of February 2016) at approximately US$20 billion.[2] Its closest ride-hailing app rival in mainland China, Uber China, is valued at approximately US$8 billion.

程维 (滴滴打车创始人)

程维,男,1983年生江西省上饶市铅山县河口镇,小桔科技创始人兼CEO,该公司推出了网络智能叫车系统——滴滴打车[1]  ,并成为打车软件领域的领导企业。程维曾在阿里巴巴履职八年,期间成为阿里巴巴最年轻的区域经理,后担任支付宝B2C事业部副总经理。2012年,程维从支付宝离职创立了小桔科技。
滴滴打车用两年时间从无到有,从小到大,成为移动互联网领域的先锋企业之一,程维也因此被视为善于洞察商机和具有开创精神的创业家,同时也是未来移动出行信息平台的实践者和探索者。

 

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