Yi Zheng built Hithink RoyalFlush from early brokerage-software work and a 2001 startup into one of China's largest financial-data and securities-software platforms. [1][2]
He started writing securities software before finishing college
Forbes says Yi took gig jobs and began developing analytics software for local brokerages before graduating from college, giving him an early customer-driven entry into financial technology rather than an inherited software company. [1]
Bloomberg says Yi graduated from Zhejiang University with an electrical-engineering degree in 1993 and had already been invited by a Hangzhou securities company to develop an analytical system before graduation. [2]
Forbes says he co-founded his first information-technology company in 1994 and then Hithink predecessor Shanghai Hexin in 2001, establishing the operating platform that would later become the main source of his fortune. [1]
Founder ownership compounded as Hithink became a national platform
Hithink RoyalFlush later listed in Shenzhen and expanded into financial data, trading tools and analytics used by investors and securities firms. Forbes says the company serves more than 90% of China's securities firms and has tens of millions of monthly users on its free software. [1]
Bloomberg attributes the majority of Yi's fortune to a direct stake of roughly 36% in Hithink. The wealth-producing asset therefore remains founder equity in a software company he helped create and scale rather than an inherited operating business. [2]
Sources for background
Sources reviewed Oct 4, 2026.
- Yi Zheng · Forbes · Mar 10, 2026
- Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Yi Zheng · Bloomberg
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