Liang Wenfeng

Liang Wenfeng's achievements are remarkable for their efficiency and impact. In just a few years, he built High-Flyer into one of China's largest quantitative hedge funds, managing $14 billion in assets. Then he pivoted to AI and created DeepSeek, which challenged the world's most well-funded AI labs by producing models that matched or exceeded their performance at a fraction of the cost. His DeepSeek-R1 model demonstrated that high-level AI reasoning can be achieved with limited computing resources, a feat that reshaped global conversations about AI development. In 2025, Time magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in AI, and Fortune listed him among the Most Powerful People in Business. These honors reflect his outsized influence on both finance and technology.