Yong Zhang is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 5 different companies and presently occupies the position of Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Alibaba Group (US), Inc. and Chairman of Shenzhen OneTouch Enterprise Service Co., Ltd. (both are subsidiaries of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.), Chairman of Intime Retail (Group) Co. Ltd. and Chairman of Sun Art Retail Group Ltd. Yong Zhang is also on the board of The Consumer Goods Forum, Zhejiang Ant Financial Services Group Co., Ltd., Weibo Corp. and Paytm E-Commerce Pvt Ltd. and Member of The Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

In his past career Yong Zhang occupied the position of Chief Financial Officer for Taobao.com, Chief Financial Officer for Taobao Marketplace, Chief Financial Officer at Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd., Principal at Arthur Andersen Southern China, General Manager of Tmall.com and Senior Manager-Audit & Business Advisory Division at PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP.

He received an undergraduate degree from Shanghai University of Finance & Economics.