Huang Jiajia

Huang Jiajia

Huang Jiajia, founder and CEO of 51talk. Born in 1985 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, he graduated from the Department of foreign languages, Tsinghua University.

51talk was founded in 2011. In November of the same year, 51talk website was officially launched, and Xu Xiaoping's Zhenge fund angel investment was obtained. Since then, it has been invested by DCM, Shunwei capital, Sequoia Capital and other well-known institutions at home and abroad.

In 2015, it was selected as the "entrepreneurial upstart under the age of 30" by the entrepreneurial state in 2014.

On June 10, 2016, Huang Jiajia sounded the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange, and 51talk was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the first share of China's online education listed in the United States.

Character experience

In 2007, Huang Jiajia and her classmate Shu Ting began to work as a website for teaching Japanese to learn Chinese;

In November 2011, the 51talk website founded by Huang Jiajia was officially launched;

In December 2011, Huang Jiajia won the full support of Xu Xiaoping, one of the founders of New Oriental and partner of Zhenge fund. 51talk became one of the earliest investment projects of Zhenge fund phase II;

In August 2014, she participated in the recording of the program, and successfully recruited a female doctor on the spot;

In September 2014, as an outstanding representative of post-85 entrepreneurs, he participated in Sequoia Capital's xfoundernight (founder's night), and performed the inspirational song "fantastic" with Shen NANPENG, Xu Xiaoping and other investors;

In May 2016, Huang Jiajia released the 51talk online education platform strategy;

In June 2016, Huang Jiajia officially rang the bell on the New York Stock Exchange, and 51talk became the first share of China's online education listed in the United States.

In August 2016, 51talk held a press conference in Beijing for its listing. Huang Jiajia announced that she would deepen her strategy in K12, fully promote the platform strategy, and bring the world's best learning resources to Chinese children.

Entrepreneurial history

Huang Jiajia's first venture began in 2007. At that time, Huang Jiajia and Shu Ting, who were about to graduate from Tsinghua University, saw the market opportunity of online language training. However, considering that the Chinese market was not yet mature, they put the "first stop" of language training in Japan. By the time Huang Jiajia and Shu Ting faded out of talkchina in 2011, this Chinese language training website had already ranked in the top three of Japanese Chinese language training websites.

In October 2011, 51talk was only one month away from its launch, but the funds were not available. On a dark and windy night, Huang Jiajia and other founders secretly lurked in the dark Yanyuan of Peking University. With the pioneering spirit of young people, they forcibly stopped the car of Xu Xiaoping, the founder and well-known investor of New Oriental, who came back from the speech of Peking University. Huang Jiajia submitted the business plan carefully completed by the team to Xu Xiaoping, but in the end, the plan fell into the sea. After that, Huang Jiajia got the opportunity to communicate with Zhenge Fund (founded by Xu Xiaoping), and finally used 20 or 30 minutes to pry Xu Xiaoping's investment purse, and finally successfully endorsed 51talk. 51talk became one of the earliest investment projects of Zhenge fund phase II, and was invested by several well-known institutions at home and abroad, such as Shunwei capital, DCM, Sequoia, etc.

"Starting a business is a kind of fun and a kind of enjoyment of the process." Huang Jiajia said with a smile that he was "three no entrepreneurship", "no money, no one, and no so-called industry rules". At the beginning, there were only three people. The "customer service" that was once praised by users was my professional identity during that period.

51talk, founded in 2011, is headquartered in Beijing with branches and offices in Shanghai, Wuhan and the Philippines.

According to the third quarter financial report released by 51talk in December 2017, the number of active students in 51talk quarter reached 176600, the number of foreign teachers at the end of the quarter reached 14800, and the cash income from K-12 students accounted for 76.3% of the total cash income.

Honorary achievements

In December 2014, he was awarded the title of "man of the year in education industry in 2014" by Beijing business daily.

In December 2014, he won the title of "2014 outstanding contributor to education" of Netease golden wing award.

In January 2015, he was awarded the title of "entrepreneurial upstart under the age of 30" by Chuangye bang in 2014.

In December 2015, he was awarded the title of "top 10 most influential people of China's reform in 2015" by the China Reform Summit Forum and the 14th China reform personage tour.

In January 2016, he won the Beijing News "2015 education industry selection activity education person of the year" award.

In October 2016, he won the outstanding contribution award of 2016 Netease golden wing award.

In January 2017, he was awarded the title of "2016 Beijing education leader" by Beijing Morning Post.

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