# Shihao Zhou

> Shihao Zhou, also known as Cash Zhou, is the founder and CEO of YQN Logistics, a Shanghai-founded digital freight business. After beginning in international trade and entering logistics in 2005, he built YQN around a practical idea: global shipping becomes more useful when prices, bookings, documents, tracking, and fulfillment can be connected and standardized. His career has moved from running a traditional logistics company to building a transaction platform with 25-plus branches, more than 1,500 employees, and operations across several regions.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at YQN Logistics
- **Organizations:** YQN Logistics
- **Education:** International Trade
- **Known for:** Built YQN from early shipping tools into a transaction and fulfillment platform for international logistics., Led YQN through seven reported financing rounds and more than $300 million in total financing by late 2021., Expanded YQN to more than 25 branches, over 1,500 employees, and operations across North America, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Began his entrepreneurial career, according to a later Chinese media profile.
- **2005** — Entered the logistics industry and later operated a logistics company.
- **2012** — Recognized that freight pricing, matching, and fulfillment suffered from weak information systems and limited standardization.
- **2014** — YQN's early shipping social tools reached a crisis; Zhou contacted Source Code Capital founding partner Cao Yi through Weibo and redirected the company toward transactions and fulfillment.
- **2015** — Launched YQN as a one-stop international logistics transaction platform.
- **2019** — YQN completed a $70 million Series C led by HSG and Coatue, with Source Code Capital participating.
- **2021** — YQN completed major Series D financing; public reports describe a $100 million round in May and a further $150 million raise later that year.
- **2022** — YQN acquired California-based COPE to extend cross-border e-commerce and last-mile capabilities for bulky goods.
- **2023** — Zhou said YQN operated 25 global branches, including 10 overseas, with more than 1,500 employees and 13 foreign warehouses.
- **2025** — At the China International Import Expo, Zhou delivered a keynote on taking Chinese logistics overseas as YQN signed a strategic memorandum with Malaysia's Port Klang Free Zone.

## Achievements

- Built YQN from early shipping tools into a transaction and fulfillment platform for international logistics.
- Led YQN through seven reported financing rounds and more than $300 million in total financing by late 2021.
- Expanded YQN to more than 25 branches, over 1,500 employees, and operations across North America, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
- Developed a partner network that YQN says includes more than 300 shipping and airline companies and over 3,500 suppliers.
- Led YQN's push into overseas warehousing and last-mile services, including the 2022 acquisition of COPE.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — YQN signed a strategic cooperation memorandum with Malaysia's Port Klang Free Zone at CIIE, where Zhou delivered a keynote on the globalization of Chinese logistics.
- **2025-01** — Zhou published commentary on practical uses and limits of AI, IoT, blockchain, and automation across container tracking, ports, warehouses, and specialized cargo.
- **2024-07** — Zhou outlined YQN's shift from rapid overseas expansion toward deeper operations in existing markets, while naming Europe, Australia, and the Middle East as future targets.

## Links

- Website: https://www.yqn.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/%E8%AF%97%E8%B1%AA-%E5%91%A8-a57b09235
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/yqnlink1
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/yqnlink

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Last updated: 2026-09-27