Ci Ran

FOUNDER and CEO, moody

As a serial entrepreneur, Ci Ran founded his first and second business at the age of 18 and 19, aiming to promote entrepreneurship amongst high school students. After graduating from Cornell University with a major in securities analysis and a minor in mathematics, he worked as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan and Sequoia Capital. Determined to revolutionize the contact lenses industry using China’s technology, aesthetics, and creativity, Ran founded the contacts brand - " moody " (parent company: VIM Technology) in 2019 at the age of 27, which is now ranked no.1 in China's colored contact lenses industry. The company is also one of the fastest-growing unicorns in China's recent FMCG sector. " moody " aims to provide customers with top-quality and exquisitely designed daily disposable colored contact lenses. As a brand whose mission is to empower customers with comfort, color and fun, moody partnered with the world’s leading manufactures and eye care professionals in R&D to continuously bring expertise and innovation to the industry.

Guo Jianjun

FOUNDER and CHAIRMAN, Well-Link Times

Guo Jianjun, founder and chairman of Well-Link Technology Co., Ltd. (Well-Link for short), has more than 10 years of experience in cloud gaming and cloud rendering technology development and application. He has witnessed China's rapid development mobile network from 3G to 5G, and has a deep understanding of network streaming and development of gaming, film and other entertainment technologies. When Well-Link was established in 2019, Guo Jianjun’s judgment on the construction of the future virtual world, led Well-Link to construct the computing infrastructure of the Internet 3.0 era, and completed the business layout of multiple key technical directions. In July 2023, Well-Link released the second part of the MR product " The Grass of Genesis " and the AI product " The Realm of the Moon ", showcasing a new direction for the integration of the Chinese gaming and film industries. Moreover, Well-Link constructed a channel for XR industrialization to enable a large number of developers to develop XR content and enjoy the benefit of Well-Link’s platform.

Timothy So

FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN and CEO, YoKID Daycare Group

Dr. Timothy So was born in 1984 in Hong Kong, China. He founded YoKID Daycare Group in 2015. As a pioneer of high-quality daycare services and ESG standard setter for enterprise daycare, YoKID Daycare Group is an enterprise with the largest investment scale in the domestic daycare industry, the largest number of daycare branches and the deepest layout of the whole industrial chain. Dr. So holds a Bachelor of Psychology degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Doctor of Psychology degree from the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded the Cambridge Rising Star. At the same time, he served as a visiting professor of Tsinghua University, director of Professional Committee of Nurseries for China Cares for the Next Generation Working Committee, and founding director of Yabuli Youth Forum. He was awarded the Practice Excellence Award by the Ministry of Education of The People's Republic of China, 30 Outstanding Young Innovation Leaders in China by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, Forbes·100 Outstanding Overseas Returnees , Fortune·40 Under 40. YoKID Daycare Group have received Dark Horse·Top 30 China's Unicorn in 2018 and For Good Awards·Top 10 Business for Good in 2022.