LeEco appoints Anthony Gao as APAC president

LeEco has appointed Anthony Gao (Gao Jun) as president of LeEco APAC and CEO of LeEco Hong Kong. Responsible for operational management and meeting various business targets, Gao will report directly to YT Jia, founder and CEO of LeEco Global.

Gao has extensive experience in the technology industry. Before joining LeEco, Gao spent 17 years in Huawei in various senior executive positions including CEO of Huawei Device in China, president of Global Sales and Technical Service and president of Global Strategy and Marketing Department.

Gao currently heads LeEco’s VR and AR company as well as MFL (Made for LeEco), LeEco’s initiative for open smart hardware ecosystem.

In another development, LeEco has secured a $600 million of funding from major Chinese institutional investors today. The first half of the funding will be transferred to LeEco within November and it will support LeEco Global and LeEco’s electric vehicle business.

“Although there are doubts surrounding LeEco, true innovative entrepreneurs can see the investment value of LeEco and its enormous growth potential in the future,” said Hank Liu Hong, co-founder and vice chairman of LeEco.