Su Hua (

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: 宿一华, born 1982 in

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) is a Chinese billionaire internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and

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of the video platform

Kuaishou Kuaishou ( zh, c=快手, l=quick hand) is a users short video-sharing mobile app, a social network, and video special effects editor, based in Haidian District (Beijing), developed in 2011 by Beijing Kuaishou Technology, by engineers Hua Su (宿� ...

, which is known outside of China under the name Kwai. In April 2021,

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estimated his personal wealth at $17 billion.

Early life

Su comes from a simple family from a village in the west of

, which only received electricity in 1998. He learned to code on a children's learning program age 12. He is a graduate of

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

Career

He worked as a software developer first for

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in the United States and later for

Baidu Baidu, Inc. ( ; , meaning "hundred times") is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products and artificial intelligence (AI), headquartered in Beijing's Haidian District. It is one of the la ...

. In 2011, together with Cheng Yixiao, he founded the mobile app Kuaishou, which was initially intended for sharing GIF images. Kuaishou later became an app for short videos and live streaming.

Tencent Tencent Holdings Ltd. () is a Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimedia companies in the world based on revenue. It is also the w ...

was one of the early investors.

References

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