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Tony Han

Founder, Chairman and CEO of WeRide; previously Chief Scientist of Baidu's autonomous-driving unit and a tenured professor at the University of Missouri. PhD from UIUC.

Chinese · 1 current role · 1 founding

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Baiduverified→
Former Chief Scientist, AV unit
Chinese AI and internet company (NASDAQ: BIDU; HKEX: 9888) that operates Apollo Go, the largest autonomous ride-hailing (robotaxi) operation in the Eastern hemi
Apollo Pre-IPO Strategic Round · $1.5B7 verified deployments · Apollo RT6 at Dubai →4 incidents2 models
WeRideverified→
Founder
Global autonomous-driving company (NASDAQ: WRD; HKEX: 0800), founded 2017, operating one of the world's most internationally diversified robotaxi businesses acr
Series D · $310M5 verified deployments · Robotaxi GXR at Dubai →1 incident1 model

Current roles (1)

WeRide Founder, Chairman & CEOSecondary-verified

Foundings (1)

WeRidefounded 2017-01-01sole

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Co-founders (1)

Yan Li co-founded WeRide2017-01-01

Board seats (1)

WeRide chair

Former / Previously (1)

Baidu Chief Scientist, AV unitSecondary-verified

Education (1)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign PhD, ECE

Sources (1)

https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=1867729

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