He Xiaopeng

On June 22, 2026, Ant Group disclosed that He had been named an independent director of its board as part of a broader reshuffle that also added Tsinghua School of Economics and Management dean Bai Chongen and former Deloitte China CEO Tsang Shun-fu; existing directors Laura Cha and AI scholar Zhang Hongjiang retained their seats.

He Xiaopeng — founder profiled in the Chinese Founder Ledger — is documented as follows: alibaba-linked entrepreneur (sold his prior company UCWeb to Alibaba) who leads electric-vehicle maker Xpeng as chairman and CEO, personally took over Xpeng's robotics division in June 2026 ahead of mass production of its humanoid robot 'Iron,' and joined Ant Group's board that same month. The profile is grounded in the 2 sources indexed for this founder.

CnEVPost frames He's Ant board appointment as significant given his 'deep ties to Alibaba and Ant,' referencing his history selling a prior company (UCWeb) to Alibaba, though the full detail of that history was not captured in the fetched excerpt.

He Xiaopeng's role is documented as: chairman and CEO, Xpeng; as of June 10, 2026, also took direct charge of Xpeng's robotics unit ahead of imminent humanoid-robot mass production; as of June 22, 2026, appointed an independent director of Ant Group's board Reuters confirmed he was 'the chief executive of Xpeng' as of June 10, 2026, and CnEVPost confirmed his Xpeng chairman-and-CEO title in its June 22, 2026 report on his Ant Group board appointment (research date: 2026-08-23).