In this regard, Ant Group replied to 36Kr that the situation was true, and the board of directors agreed to this request based on personal wishes, thanking Hu Xiaoming for his efforts and dedication to the company.
According to the data, Hu Xiaoming joined Alibaba Group in June 2005, and in February 20 19, Hu Xiaoming became CEO of Ant Financial (later renamed Ant Group), reporting to the chairman Jing Xiandong.
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The "financial warriors" all ran away.
The first two CEOs of Ant Group were Peng Lei and Jing Xiandong respectively.
Peng Lei, one of the eighteen arhats of Ali, has been in charge of Alipay for 8 years. She is the first CEO of Ant Financial and is known as Ma Yun's most trusted woman. On the occasion of the second anniversary of 20 16 10 ant financial service, Jing Xiandong, then president of ant financial service, took over the baton of CEO of ant financial service from Peng Lei and later became the chairman of ant group. Since then, the post of President of Ant Financial Services has been vacant until Hu Xiaoming took up his new post.
Hu Xiaoming, with a financial background from Zhejiang University, joined Ali in 2005 and is the No.3782 employee of Ali. He started his business in Ali, founded Ali Finance and merged into Ant Financial. Previously, he worked in China Construction Bank, China Everbright Bank and other financial institutions, and has rich working experience in corporate and personal financial services, small and micro enterprise financing, and online credit information system.
At the end of 20 14, Hu Xiaoming, who was born in finance, took over Alibaba Cloud from Wang Jian, the first president of Alibaba Cloud. During his four-year tenure, the business line he was responsible for grew significantly and was promoted rapidly. Under his leadership, Alibaba Cloud became the first public cloud platform in China.
After leaving the post of President of Alibaba Cloud, Hu Xiaoming returned to the familiar financial battlefield, participated in and led the creation and development of many businesses of Alipay and Ant Group, and held important positions such as President of Ant Financial, Chairman of Tian Hong Fund Company and Chairman of Online Merchant Bank.
20 19 12, Hu Xiaoming became CEO of Ant Financial, responsible for the company's business and reporting to Jing Xiandong. Now he has only been in office for more than a year. Previously, Hu Xiaoming, as the head of Ali Small Loan, made a promise that "if the project fails, he will leave Ali Small Loan".