Guan Wang

Most recently, Guan was head of Business Unit Group Class at VIPKID, one of world’s highest valued education technology startups. Guan joined VIPKID in 2016 to drive innovations and new business incubation. He then went on to build a new innovative product line and business, and built up a full fledged organization including R&D, operations, sales, and customer service. Under Guan’s leadership, the business grew rapidly to become the biggest group class tutoring service in scale in China, and attained the highest retention/renewal rates in the industry.

Prior to joining VIPKID, Guan had a number of stints – as entrepreneur, and product leader in online and education enterprises. He was the founder and CEO of Seed – backed by Sinovation Ventures, and was selected as one of the top startups by ChinaBang Awards in 2015, and featured by Apple as best new app. Between 2011-2014, Guan was the global product lead for EF English Live, the world leading online platform for English learning for adults, powered by EF Education First.

Guan holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology. Guan has always worked in a cross cultural setting, and lived in five different countries. He speaks Chinese, English, and Swedish fluently.

Education

• KTH Royal Institute of Technology - M.Sc, Engineering in Information and Communication Technology 2002 - 2006
• Stockholm University - Business Administration and Management 2007 - 2008
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Exchange student program