ZHANG Xiaolong (Allen Zhang)

Allen joined Tencent in March 2005, initially as General Manager of the Guangzhou R&D division. He led the QQ Mail team to grow into the largest email service provider in China. In 2011, Weixin was launched, and he was regarded as the Founding Father of Weixin. In September 2012, he was promoted to Senior Vice President in charge of product and team management of Weixin/WeChat and QQ Mail. In May 2014, Allen was promoted to Senior Executive Vice President, overseeing the development of Weixin Group.

Allen is among the first generation of internet software developers in China. Prior to joining Tencent, Allen independently developed Foxmail in 1997 and served as Corporate Vice President of Boda China, where he was responsible for corporate email development and accumulated substantial experience in internet products. Allen received his Master’s degree in Telecommunications from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1994.