Eric Tan | |
Birth Name: | Tan Siliang |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Education: | Tsinghua University University of Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Known For: | Chairman and co-founder, Qutoutiao |
Tan Siliang, also known as Eric Tan, is a Chinese billionaire businessman, the chairman and co-founder of Qutoutiao, a mobile content aggregator.[1]
Tan earned a bachelor of engineering degree in automation from Tsinghua University in 2002, and a master of engineering degree in artificial intelligence from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006.[1]
Tan worked for Yahoo China as a senior engineer.[1]
Qutoutiao was founded in 2016, and is based in Shanghai.[2] In September 2018, following Qutoutiao's IPO, Tan's net worth was estimated at US$1.7 billion.[1]