Yuan Zhou

Chief Executive Officer at ZHIHU INC.

Net worth: 69 M $ as of 2026-06-29

45 year

Consumer Services

Technology Services

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Yuan Zhou founded Beijing Zhizhe Tianxia Technology Co., Ltd. and Zhihu, Inc. Currently, Mr. Zhou occupies the position of Chairman of Beijing Zhizhe Tianxia Technology Co., Ltd. and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Zhihu, Inc.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
ZHIHU, INC. 86.19%	2026-04-26	15,233,755 ( 86.19% )	48 M $	2026-06-29
ZHIHU, INC. CLASS A 6.98%	2026-03-30	21,407,800 ( 6.98% )	22 M $	2026-06-29

Yuan Zhou active positions

Companies	Position	Start
ZHIHU INC.	Chief Executive Officer	2009-12-31
Beijing Zhizhe Tianxia Technology Co. Ltd. Beijing Zhizhe Tianxia Technology Co. Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Operates a socialized website for questions and answers	Founder	2011-06-27

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Private companies	4
Southeast University Southeast University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu University of Technology Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Beijing Zhizhe Tianxia Technology Co. Ltd. Beijing Zhizhe Tianxia Technology Co. Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Operates a socialized website for questions and answers	Technology Services
Zhihu, Inc. Zhihu, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as a Q&A online content community	Technology Services

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