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Hu Weiwei (entrepreneur)
Chinese journalist and businesswoman (born 1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hu Weiwei (Chinese: 胡玮炜, born 1982) is a Chinese journalist and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of bicycle-sharing company Mobike.
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Hu Weiwei | |
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胡玮炜 | |
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Born | 1982 (age 41–42) |
Nationality | Chinese |
Alma mater | Zhejiang City College |
Occupation(s) | Journalist Businesswoman |
Known for | CEO of Mobike (2016–2018) |
She is also a great inventor. She invented smart dockless (station-free) shared bikes. She founded the bicycle-sharing company Mobike. Mobike provides station-free bikes in cities, which allows citizens to ride the bike to the places without public transportation. Users can unlock a bike by scanning a QR-code on the bike. Her invention solves the “last one kilometer” problem.[1] In major cities of China, although the complex subway system can transport passengers to most places of the city, passengers still need to walk for a few hundred meters or more to reach their jobs or home. Hu’s invention helped citizens to solve this problem at a relatively low cost.
Mobike started its operation in 2016 and grew very fast. In June 2017, Mobike was valued at US$3 billion. Until 2018, Mobike operated in more than 200 cities and 19 countries around the world.