Dr. Gu is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Rockets Capital, and the Vice Chairman and President of XPeng Inc. (NYSE: XPEV). 

His main areas of responsibility at XPeng include strategy, finance, legal, investments, and globalization efforts. Since joining XPeng in 2018, Dr. Gu has successfully led many landmark capital raising activities for the company, totaling over $8.3 billion. These have included XPeng’s listing debut on the New York Stock Exchange in 2020, raising $1.7 billion in one of 2020’s most successful US IPOs for a Chinese company, and the subsequent $2.5 billion follow-on issuance, the largest ever first-time follow-on ADS offering by a Chinese company. During his 20-year investment banking career, Dr. Gu has advised numerous global leading companies on their strategy and landmark transactions, totaling over $200 billion in transaction volume.

Dr Gu holds an MBA from Yale University, a Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from University of Washington and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from University of Oregon.

Mr. Yuan has over 25 years of experience in investment banking and private equity industries. He spent over 12 years in investment banking in both New York and Hong Kong, and assisted numerous prominent Chinese companies in completing their IPO, corporate finance and M&A transactions. Prior to co-founding Rockets Capital, he worked at Hony Capital for over 12 years, where he was responsible for all of Hony’s equity investment operations, including private equity, venture capital, Goldstream hedge fund, and Horizon mutual fund, with a total AUM of over US$10 billion.

Mr. Yuan holds a Juris Doctorate’s degree from Yale Law School, a Master’s degree in International Relations from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Nanjing University.

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Mr. Zhang is the Executive Director and a founding team member of Rockets Capital, leading the Smart EV and Clean-Tech investments. 

Mr. Zhang has around 10-year experience in Clean-Tech and Smart-Tech investment. Prior to Rockets Capital, he served as the lead of Strategic Investment (Director) in XPeng. Before XPeng, Mr. Zhang worked at Puchao Capital, Tsing Capital and Deutsche Bank, as Co-Founder / Director, Analyst and Energy & Materials Research Associate, respectively. 

Mr. Zhang’s representative deals include Sunwoda EVB, Breton, Zvision, Inventchip, Autra Tech, and Hi-AR, etc.

Mr. Zhang received his Master of Science in Management degree from London Business School and his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from The University of Nottingham.

Mr. Bao has over 10 years of private equity investment and post-investment experience. Prior to joining Rockets Capital, he worked at SDIC, Hony Capital and FirstRed, focusing on new energy, advanced manufacturing and high tech investment, with a total investment over RMB 6 billion. Mr. Bao also worked at Infore Environment(000967.SZ) as Vice President and CIO in 2020 to 2021.

Mr. Bao holds Master Degree in Materials Science and Quantitative Analysis from University of Rochester，and EMBA from Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University.

Jiabin Gui (Felix) serves as an Associate at Rockets Capital. 

Prior to joining Rockets Capital, he worked for Huashan Capital as an Associate. Felix holds a Bachelor’s degree in Materials Physics from Nanjing University, and a Master’s degree in Applied & Engineering Physics from Technische Universität München. 

Mr.Xiang serves as an Associate at Rockets Capital.

Prior to joining Rockets Capital, Mr Xiang worked at XPeng Motors Corporate Finance  and  Investments  Department.  He  contributed  to  the  Hong  Kong Listing project of Xpeng Motors, and fully participated in several strategic investment transactions, including Sunwoda EVB, Zvision, InventChip, etc. Mr. Xiang  has  Summer  Intern  experiences  in  local  and  international  top-tier investment banks with return offers extended; he also has strong internship exposures  in  various  famous  local  funds,  covering  deep-tech,  TMT,  and consumer sector.

Mr.Xiang holds a Bachelor's degree in BEcon from Sun Yat-sen  University and a Master degree in Finance from MIT.

Dr. Zhang serves as an Associate at Rockets Capital. 

Dr. Zhang has years of academic experience in the field of environmental science and sustainable development, and has academic achievements on the topics of urban carbon emission and sustainable energy utilization.Before joining RocketCapital, Dr. Zhangworkedat Country Garden Venture Capital and focused on the field of new and renewable energy.

Dr. Zhang holds Master and Bachelor Degree from Tsinghua University of Engineering and a PhD in Evironmental Science from Kanazawa  University  (National  University  of  Japan).

Mr. Zhang is experienced in finance management and fund operations in private equity industries (PE/VC/Real Estate Fund/Mezz Fund). He specializes in reporting, valuation, tax management, cash management and post investment management of whole lifecycle of private equity fund. Before joining Rockets Capital, he worked at KPMG, Hony Capital and ByteDance.

Mr. Zhang graduated from Jilin University with a Master’s degree in Accounting and a Bachelor’s degree in Management.

Mr. Lin serves as an Associate at Rockets Capital.

Mr. Lin develops his expertise in new energy sector. Before joining Rockets Capital, he worked at CATL and was responsible for overseas investment projects across the supply chain. Prior to CATL, Mr. Lin worked as an Investment Associate at China Investment Corporation (CIC), covering private market investment opportunities globally. 
Mr. Lin holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Sun Yat-sen  University, Masters degree in Finance from London Business School and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Mr. Zhang serves as an Analyst at Rockets Capital.

Mr. Zhang has a background in the EV industry and emerging technology. He graduated from the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University and the School of Automotive Studies at Tongji University. Prior to joining Rockets Capital, Mr. Zhang interned at several venture capital firms, including Capital Today, SourceCode Capital, and Yunqi Capital, where he participated in investment projects spanning various fields, including EV, Autonomous Driving, and Robotics.

Mr. Zhang holds a Bachelor's degree from Tongji University of Automotive Engineering and a Master degree in Management from Tsinghua University.

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