George Zhu

George Zhu, or Zhu Zhaojiang, is Chinese businessman and president of Transsion Holdings.[1]

George Zhu
Born1973
China
Occupation(s)Businessman, entrepreneur
Years active1996 - 2004 Ningbo Bird, 2005 - Transsion
Known forFounding Transsion and Tecno Mobile
TitlePresident of Transsion Holdings

Background

Zhu was born in Kaiping, China. He founded Tecno Telecommunications Limited, now known as Transsion Holdings based in Hong Kong. The company produces mobile phones and electronic appliances. Zho was also co-founder of Zhima Tech, a wireless company made for collections of data.[2][3]

He was a former executive for Rockwell International in China before starting his own company. He was also associated with Cisco, Tencent, ZTE, and Google and was listed among China's under-30s businessmen in Forbes.[4]

Notes
  1. Khan, Haider Ali. "'Our Focus Is On Tier-III And -IV Cities'". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. "Transsion Holdings - A Teardown of The Company That Controls Africa's Mobile Phone Industry". gadgets-africa.com. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  3. "The Chinese phone giant that beat Apple to Africa". The New Times | Rwanda. 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  4. Flannery, Russell. "2014 Forbes China 30 Under 30: Ex-Rockwell Exec George Zhu Collects Data For Retailers". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-17.


  1. infinix is also his sub Sidney.
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