Zhang Yiming, who was born in the 1980s in 1983, can be said to be the most outstanding alumnus of Nankai University in the Internet industry.
As for choosing Nankai as a university, Zhang Yiming himself said: “When I applied for my senior year of high school, I set four standards for myself: First, it must be a well-known comprehensive university, not like the University of Science and Technology of China, which has a male-to-female ratio. There is a serious imbalance between supply and demand, and it is too difficult to find a girlfriend; secondly, it must be close to the sea because I like to eat seafood; thirdly, it cannot be close to home, lest my parents always find the dormitory downstairs; fourthly, in winter It will snow. I am from Fujian and I have never seen snow before. I really want to play." Haha.
The combination of several dimensions is: a place where it snows in winter, there are many beautiful girls, a coastal metropolis... After filtering, I found that there are no other schools that meet the above conditions, only one - —Nankai University. The picture shows Zhang Yiming naming and unveiling the first "alumni lamp" of Nankai University
Zhang Yiming majored in microelectronics while studying at Nankai University. As a science and engineering man who did not participate much in group activities, he mainly relied on repairing computers and Program and build websites to stay social. Unlike now, complete PCs were not yet popular back then, so he spent many years hanging out on Anshan West Road in Tianjin's Silicon Valley, helping everyone choose accessories.
He has installed dozens of computers, and most of them have been installed for female classmates. Not only does he help install computers, but he also often performs maintenance on them. In the end, repairing computers brought him a major gain in life - his girlfriend at the time and now his wife. The accompanying picture shows Zhang Yiming listed on the 2019 list of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
After graduating from Nankai University in 2005, Zhang Yiming has participated in the founding of Kuxun, Fanfou, and 99fang. The most successful one is ByteDance, which was founded in 2012. In 2013, he was selected into Forbes' "China's 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30" and Fortune's "China's 40 Business Elites Under 40". In March 2019, Zhang Yiming ranked 2019 with a wealth of US$16.2 billion. Ranked 70th on the Forbes list of global billionaires.