At the press conference of Xiaopeng G6, He Xiaopeng made a bold statement:Xpeng G6 will become the sales champion among the 250,000 new energy vehicles in China!
Since the start of the pre-sale, it has broken through 3 in less than 20 days50,000 orders.
Xpeng G6 is not inferior or even better than Tesla, and even Tesla founder Musk couldn't sit still when he saw the data of Xpeng G6.
From the current point of view, He Xiaopeng sold his entire net worth to Ma Yun at the age of 37 in exchange for 30 billion, built a car hard, and made a big bet, which has undoubtedly been won. Even if his life experience is placed in **, it is also a proper cool male protagonist.
In 1977, He Xiaopeng was born in Huangshi, Hubei, and his family was just an ordinary working class, and the economic conditions were very limitedHe Xiaopeng has known since he was a child that only learning is the only shortcut to get ahead.
Not only do I learn knowledge in class, but I also read some literary masterpieces when I get home every day, so He Xiaopeng's grades have always been among the best in the class.
After studying hard for 12 years, he was admitted to the computer science major of South China University of Science and Technology with excellent results in the college entrance examination, lived up to the cultivation and expectations of his parents for so many years.
When he arrived at university, after He Xiaopeng saw this colorful world, he was eager to get ahead like most young people, so He Xiaopeng set a small goal for himselfI hope to achieve financial freedom at the age of 40
Then He Xiaopeng no longer asked his family for money, and he studied while working, but He Xiaopeng was penniless after the tuition fee, thereforeHe Xiaopeng can only work a few more jobs to make ends meet
Although He Xiaopeng is not afraid of hardships and is diligent, many shops are happy to He Xiaopeng to work part-time, but he also suffers a lot because he is introverted and can't speak.
He Xiaopeng also knew his shortcomings, so he bought a lot of books on exercising eloquence from the store, and sat down to read them whenever he had time.
In 1999, 22-year-old He Xiaopeng ushered in his graduation ceremony, when his mentor provided He Xiaopeng with three business options, two state-owned enterprises and one private enterprise.
I don't know how many people's dreams of state-owned enterprises in that era, not to mention how much money they can make, at least they are stable iron rice bowls. Most of the graduates will basically choose to work in state-owned enterprises, but He Xiaopeng fell in love with the private enterprises that were gaining momentum at a glanceAsiaInfo Group
Because at that time, the Internet was emerging, and the CICA Group was made up of a few patriotic international students in order to realize themselves"Serving the country with science and technology".The dream of creating a company.
AsiaInfo has also participated in six major domestic backbone projects such as China Telecom, China Unicom, China Mobile, Netcom, and Yidi, also known as:"The Whampoa Military Academy of China's IT Industry".
After arriving at AsiaInfo Group, He Xiaopeng passed the interview very smoothly, and the dazzling scientific and technological knowledge in AsiaInfo Group made He Xiaopeng dizzy, feeling that his daily time was not enough, the company did not require overtime, and He Xiaopeng would take the initiative to stay overtimeThe thirst for knowledge has reached the point of madness.
After two years in AsiaInfo Group, He Xiaopeng has touched almost all the positions of AsiaInfo from entry to development and operation。I have also grown to the point where I can take charge of the company.
In 2000, AsiaInfo Group was successfully listed on the NASDAQ in the United States, and the company issued original shares to every employee in the company, and He Xiaopeng obtained it1,500 shares, with a market capitalization of nearly $30,000, which is undoubtedly an astronomical amount for He Xiaopeng, who is just 24 years old, is enough to go back to his hometown to buy a house and marry a daughter-in-law.
But the bad news came quickly, and in just the past few months, AsiaInfo Group's ** began to rapid**, and the equity in He Xiaopeng's hands also changed$30,000 dropped to $6,000
However, He Xiaopeng doesn't care about this, He Xiaopeng thinks that as long as he masters the core competition of the Internet, he will not worry about money at all, so He Xiaopeng is more diligent and diligent in learning technology.
After a few more years, He Xiaopeng felt that he had mastered enough technical skills and experience, and his life experience since childhood also made He Xiaopeng understand that there is no way out for part-time workIf you want to achieve financial freedom, you can only go out and start a business yourself
So in 2004, 27-year-old He Xiaopeng gave up a stable liferesolutely submitted a letter of resignation to the company
and told Liang Jie, who was both a classmate and a colleague, about his ambitions, and Liang Jie, who was inspired by He Xiaopeng, also rekindled his enthusiasmHe Xiaopeng also submitted his resignation report after that.
After that, He Xiaopeng and Liang Jie founded a company together, mainly engaged in Internet business, but the Internet environment at that time was still relatively poor, and He Xiaopeng and Liang Jie's experience was also a bit lacking, so it was unrealistic to do a mature market, so there must be a direction with development prospects.
So He Xiaopeng chose mailbox as the company's first business and named itucmailAt that time, people's mailbox was limited to ** and text messages, and the mailbox could allow people to send emails anytime and anywhere, so it was very promising to do mailboxes, but as soon as this project was put into the market, it sank into the sea, and there was no improvement at all.
But Ding Lei, a competitor who is also doing mailboxes, saw ucmail by chance, and after trying it out, he thought it was very good, in the spirit of sympathy between heroesDing Lei waved his hand and invested 800,000 yuan in He Xiaopeng as an angel investment in this project.
And when he knew that He Xiaopeng and Liang Jie didn't even have a decent office, they specially vacated one of their spare offices for He Xiaopeng and them to use.
With Bole's appreciation, plus the 800,000, He Xiaopeng is more confident to continue.
It didn't take long for He Xiaopeng to launch the company's second projectIt's called UCWEB, which is exactly what we know as UC Browser.
UCWeb has received a lot of praise when it was first put into the market, gaining a group of fans and users, seeing that the project is booming and about to go on the right track, but an accident happened.
In the Internet outlet, temporary brilliance is nothing, with the emergence of many competing projects, coupled with the replacement of servers, the company's only little capital and some of the funds they earned are all squanderedThe industry is like a black hole, bottomless.
He Xiaopeng and Liang Jie, who had no funds, could only advertise and pull investment everywhere, and happened to catch up with the ** that was encouraging scientific and technological innovation projects, so He Xiaopeng applied and got itThe subsidy of Guangzhou Tianhe District** is 100,000 yuan.
Although it is a drop in the bucket, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, which also gives He Xiaopeng time to take a breath.
At this time, Li Xueling, the editor-in-chief of NetEase, who worked next door, learned of He Xiaopeng's predicament, and decided to help because the two usually had a good relationship, so he introduced He Xiaopeng at that timeVice President of Lenovo Investment - Yu Yongfu.
Yu Yongfu. Yu Yongfu has heard of UC for a long time, and he has used it for a while, and he thinks it is really easy to use, and he is very optimistic about this project, and then he returned to the company to propose to invest in UC.
And a seminar was held on this, but the proposal at the meeting was not adopted because of a vote, and Yu Yongfu was also very unwilling, so heintroduced another business brother to He Xiaopeng - Lei Jun
Yu Yongfu and Lei Jun.
Lei Jun was still the general manager of Jinshan at the time, and his eyes lit up directly after seeing UC, indicating that the project was investedBut there is one condition, that is, Yu Yongfu must be in the company.
Yu Yongfu struggled for a long time, but still chose to resign from his position as vice president of Lenovo Investment to serve as the CEO of UC.
Lei Jun is also resolute, as soon as Yu Yongfu joined UC, he immediately invested in UC2 millionYu Yongfu has worked the Internet for many years and has rich resources and experience, which has made UC famous for a while.
In 2014, UC has ranked third among many browsers, and the company's size has risen from hundreds to thousands.
UC is no longer the poor worm that used to pull investment everywhere, but people will come to UC every day to discuss investmentJust when UC was advancing by leaps and bounds, He Xiaopeng's decision made everyone explode.
When a company achieves a certain size, many things are not decided by one person, and the rapid development of UC will inevitably suffer from the concerns of peers.
If there is a market, there will be competition, and after multiple rounds of financing, the equity has long been shuffledMore than 66 percent of the shares have gone into the hands of Jack Ma of Alibaba, Now He Xiaopeng has no weight in the companyInstead of waiting for perdition, it is better to take the initiative yourself.
Then He Xiaopeng made a bold and wise decision, that is, to give UC directly to AlibabaIn the end, Alibaba acquired UC for 30 billion yuan, which also created the largest M&A case in the history of China's Internet.
37-year-old He Xiaopeng, looking at the 30 billion yuan he sold with half his life, fell into deep thought, the goal of achieving financial freedom has been completed, so much money is enough for him to live the second half of his life, but He Xiaopeng is not reconciled.
After selling UC, He Xiaopeng also joined Alibaba, successively serving as the president of Ali Mobile Business Group and chairman of Ali Games and other senior positionsWhile learning Alibaba's operating model, I am trying to break away.
It didn't take long for the news of Tesla's first entry into the Chinese market to follow, this was He Xiaopeng's first contact with new energy vehicles, and after test driving Tesla in the store, he felt very good and immediately realizedChina's automotive industry will usher in a big change!
In 2017, He Xiaopeng submitted a letter of resignation to Alibaba and issued a document saying.
It takes a lot of courage for a 40-year-old middle-aged person to invest all his savings and start a new business, He Xiaopeng's relatives and friends also dissuaded He Xiaopeng from thinking twice, but He Xiaopeng had already made up his mind and naturally would not change easily.
After leaving the job, he contacted his former friend Xia Yan, because He Xiaopeng wanted to do the automotive industryXia Yan is the one who shouted out to be "China's Tesla".After friendly exchanges between the two sides, He Xiaopeng became Xia Yan's first investor.
He Xiaopeng relied on his contacts who have been immersed in the Internet for many years, and it took only one year for Xiaopeng Motors to complete the financing of 2 billion.
It took only two months for He Xiaopeng to join Xiaopeng Motors, the first mass-produced carg3It was on stageIt became the first qualified Internet car manufacturer in China and won the first green cardFor a time, Xiaopeng Motors had unlimited scenery.
With the big sales of the G3 model, the old customers who originally bought it were not happy, and the new car was not only lower than the old car, but even lower than the old car, which triggered a large-scale rights protection of car owners.
Later, under the coordination of multiple parties, a compensation plan was given, and the turmoil ended, and this farce also made He Xiaopeng understand that the automobile industry should not only build cars well, but also be responsible for customers, and not chill customers' hearts.
In 2020, Xpeng Motors was listed in New York, setting a record for the highest IPO in the history of global new energy, and He Xiaopeng also made it to the top with $5.5 billion2021 Forbes World's Richest List502nd place.
In 2021, Xpeng Motors completed its second listing in Hong Kong, and it is also the first new energy vehicle manufacturer to be listed in Hong Kong.
He Xiaopeng's legendary experience from a poor man to a billionaire is admirable, as a new generation of entrepreneurs, whether he can finally defeat all the powerful and stand firm in the footsteps of China's auto industry, it will take time to observe and prove.