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Liang Wenfeng

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Liang Wenfeng serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DeepSeek. A Chinese AI founder whose 2025 breakthrough changed the economics and psychology of global model competition.

Liang Wenfeng
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FigureAsia Asia Wealth Index

Snapshot as of 15 July 2026

Asia wealth rank
No. 93
Estimated net worth
$11.5B
Primary market
China
Field
Technology & Digital Systems

Professional record

A Chinese AI founder whose 2025 breakthrough changed the economics and psychology of global model competition. His contribution was proving that highly capable AI systems could emerge from a leaner, engineering-led model, pressuring incumbents to explain cost, performance and openness more rigorously. His influence reaches AI labs, chip markets, enterprise buyers, policy circles and developers assessing where the next competitive layer of artificial intelligence will form.

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