# Yi Wang

> Yi Wang is the co-founder and CEO of Liulishuo (LingoChamp / LAIX), the Shanghai-based company that built one of the world's first AI-powered English teachers. A Princeton PhD and ex-Google product manager, he returned to China in 2011 and shipped an app that climbed to the top of China's App Store within months, eventually serving tens of millions of learners and taking the company public on the NYSE in 2018.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Liulishuo (LAIX / LingoChamp)
- **Organizations:** Liulishuo, LAIX Inc., LingoChamp, Google (former), Princeton University (alumnus), Tsinghua University (alumnus)
- **From:** China
- **Nationality:** Chinese
- **Education:** PhD, Computer Science, Princeton University, B.E. and M.S.E., Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University
- **Known for:** Built Liulishuo into one of China's largest mobile English-learning platforms, reportedly 70M+ users., Took LAIX public on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2018., Named one of Shanghai's Top 10 Young Leaders in IT.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Earned PhD in Computer Science from Princeton; joined Google as a product manager in Mountain View.
- **2009-2011** — At Google, worked on cloud infrastructure and Google Analytics features including dashboards and widgets; holds a patent on virtual router migration.
- **2011** — Left Google and returned to China.
- **2012** — Co-founded Liulishuo in Shanghai with Hui Lin and Ben Hu.
- **2013** — Launched the Liulishuo app; climbed to the top of China's Apple App Store within months.
- **2017** — Raised roughly $100M in funding; user base passed 50 million.
- **2018** — Named to CB Insights' AI 100; LAIX Inc. IPO on NYSE on September 27, raising about $71.9M.

## Achievements

- Built Liulishuo into one of China's largest mobile English-learning platforms, reportedly 70M+ users.
- Took LAIX public on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2018.
- Named one of Shanghai's Top 10 Young Leaders in IT.
- Recognized in CB Insights' AI 100 list in 2018.
- Holds a US patent related to virtual router migration from his Google days.

## Latest updates

- **2018-09** — LAIX Inc. listed on NYSE; raised about $71.9M in IPO.

## Links

- Website: https://www.liulishuo.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morphyi/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/lingochamp
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/lingochamp

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