| Robin Zeng | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Birth Place: | Ningde, China |
| Alma Mater: | Shanghai Jiaotong University (BEng) South China University of Technology (M.Sc) Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (PhD) |
| Organization: | All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce |
| Founder and chairman of CATL | |
| Term: | 2011- |
| S: | 曾毓群 |
| Hp: | Zēng Yùqún |
Robin Zeng Yuqun (born 1968) is a Chinese billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology), and a vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce.[1] Zeng is 32nd wealthiest, with an estimated net worth of billion, according to Forbes and billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[2]
Zeng is from Fujian Province. He earned a marine engineering degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University, an MSc in electronics and information engineering from South China University of Technology in 2001, and a PhD in physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006.[3]
In 1999, Zeng founded Amperex Technology Limited (ATL), a company manufacturing lithium polymer batteries. In 2005, ATL was acquired by Japan's TDK company, but Zeng continued as a manager for ATL.
In 2012, Zeng and vice-chairman Huang Shilin spun-off the electric vehicle battery operations of ATL into a new company CATL, which manufactures lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, and became a world leader in the following years.[4] In 2017, CATL went public on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.[5] In 2024, CATL ventured into renewable energy, Power grids and energy storage systems.[6]
As of March 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$49.8 billion, making him one of the richest people in the world.[7]