About

William Peng Zuo is a successful entrepreneur and skilled IT developer with over fifteen years of experience in financial informatization and financial technologies. He is the founder and CEO of Gingkoo, a well-established fintech company and one of the eleven companies certified by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) for blockchain technology development. Under William's leadership, Gingkoo has become one of the top providers of blockchain solutions in China's fintech industry. The company has a project portfolio that includes over 80 global banks and top financial institutions in the world, such as China UnionPay CUPS core system, Citibank, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, HSBC, Deutsch Bank, BNP Paibas, British Barclays Bank, and UBS Securities. Gingkoo is the No.1 in market cap of China International Cross-border Payment System (CIPS) issued by China Central Bank. William is a lodestar for the entire Chinese Blockchain industry and has an impeccable record of accomplishments. He was the only Chinese guest invited to make a statement in the SME Finance Forum held by the World Bank in 2017. Gingkoo became a publicly listed company on China's NEEQ stock exchange in July 2016. In December 2016, William concluded China's largest funding round related to blockchain worth RMB 160 million (approximately $23 million at the time of the transaction). Gingkoo has received the annual award for High-Tech Enterprise and Nationally Recognized Software Enterprise for 2016. Gingkoo was the only blockchain company to be ranked among 2017 Top 20 Innovative Enterprises in Shanghai. In addition to his entrepreneurial endeavors, William has been helping the Chinese government establish Blockchain standards long before the country has revved up its efforts to digitalize its economy entirely. He is a member of the China National Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Standardization Committee and the expert team of the MIIT Blockchain Technical Standards. MIIT currently ranks every blockchain project, and as of 2018, William is working on the establishment of a blockchain technical standardization committee and overseeing the future implementation of blockchain as the basis of the digitalized economy in the country. William holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Hehai University and an Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His tech stack includes Blockchain, Smart Contract, and Research Scientist.