Biography

Portrait of Hesai Chairman of the Board, Executive Director, Co-Founder, and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Li Yifan

LI Yifan

Chairman of the Board, Executive Director, Co-Founder, and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. LI Yifan is the Chairman of the Board, an executive Director and our Co-Founder, and has been serving as our Chief Executive Officer since our inception. Prior to co-founding Hesai, Dr. Li worked at Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) in Silicon Valley from August 2013 to October 2014. Dr. Li received his master’s degree in mechanical engineering and his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in August 2009 and August 2013, respectively, with a research focus on robotics. Dr. Li also holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering, majoring in measurement and control technology and instrumentation, from Tsinghua University in July 2009. Dr. Li’s numerous accolades include being named as Fortune Magazine’s “40 Under 40 in China,” MIT Technology Review’s “2020 Innovators Under 35 of China,” and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum for the Class of 2021.