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Driving with Dunne

Brian Gu - Xpeng Vice Chairman - On Building An EV Startup To Compete With Tesla

Apr 7, 2021
39:02
Xpeng Motors is one of China's most impressive EV startups. The company was founded in 2014 by billionaire He Xiaopeng. Mr. He sensed an opportunity to bring his expertise in technology and software to the automotive arena. In 2018, Mr He Xiaopeng persuaded Brian Gu to leave his prestigious position as Chairman of JP Morgan Asia Pacific and join Xpeng. Mr. Gu quickly got to work preparing Xpeng for an IPO in New York. Xpeng's market listing in August 2020 generated more than $5 billion in new funding. Mr Gu joins Winning in Asia to share his personal journey from his native Shanghai to school at Yale to work at JP Morgan and Xpeng. He also gives us an inside look at Xpeng today and the company's vision for the future, including ambitions to export Xpeng EVs to markets across the world.

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