# Wen Han

> Wen Han is the founder, chairman and CEO of Windrose Technology, a battery-electric heavy-duty truck company founded in March 2022 and headquartered in Antwerp. A Williams College graduate and Stanford MBA, he previously worked at Bridgewater Associates, GSR Ventures and autonomous driving company Plus. His public activities also include university scholarship support with his wife Jessie Jia and a directorship at Windrose Giants Antwerp.

- **Role:** Founder, Chairman and CEO at Windrose Technology
- **Organizations:** Windrose Technology, Windrose Giants Antwerp, Plus, GSR Ventures, Bridgewater Associates
- **Nationality:** Chinese
- **Education:** BA; mathematics and economics; company biographies also list Spanish, Williams College, MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Williams at the end of his junior year in 2012., Credited in public biographies with raising more than $380 million for Plus., Founded Windrose Technology with Haoli Chen.

## Career timeline

- **2013–2016** — Worked at Bridgewater Associates.
- **2018–2019** — Worked at GSR Ventures.
- **2019–2022** — Chief Strategy and Financial Officer at Plus.
- **2022** — Founded Windrose Technology in March.
- **2024** — Windrose announced a $110 million Series B round; Han and Jessie Jia publicly pledged $15 million for a Stanford fellowship.
- **2025** — Kettering announced a $1 million gift from Han and Jia on behalf of Windrose.
- **2026** — Published E700 engineering models and explained the initiative as a way to support long-term repairability.

## Achievements

- Elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Williams at the end of his junior year in 2012.
- Credited in public biographies with raising more than $380 million for Plus.
- Founded Windrose Technology with Haoli Chen.
- With Jessie Jia, pledged $15 million for a Stanford fellowship.
- Kettering announced a $1 million gift from Han and Jia on behalf of Windrose in February 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Windrose published E700 base-model engineering files; contemporary coverage reported models for 1,023 components.
- **2026-05** — Outlined plans for final assembly, battery integration and quality checks at Aertssen facilities near Savannah and Tacoma by the end of 2026; completion was not established by this announcement.

## Links

- Website: https://www.windrose.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wenwindrosetrucks/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whan6023/

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Last updated: 2026-10-24