Peng Shen
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Peng Shen is our founder and has served as the chairman of our board of directors and chief executive officer since our inception, and is responsible for overseeing the overall strategy and business operations of Waterdrop. Prior to founding Waterdrop in 2016, Mr. Shen joined Meituan (HKSE: 03690) in January 2010 as one of its earliest management members. From July 2013 to April 2016, he was one of the founding team members of Meituan Waimai, where he was responsible for the early design of internet R&D, formulating operational rules, and establishing and managing the business system, helping Meituan Waimai develop into a leading on-demand delivery service application in China. In honor of Waterdrop’s contributions to China’s insurtech industry, digitally empowering innovative pharmaceutical development and other fields, Mr. Shen was awarded the Zhongguancun High-end Leading Entrepreneurial Talent Certificate by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission in 2019, named to Fortune China’s “2021 40 Under 40 in China”, the World Economic Forum’s “2022 Young Global Leaders”, and Forbes China’s 2024 “New Era Influential Founders”, received the “2024 Outstanding Alumni Award” from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and “2025 Peking University Education Contribution Award”. Mr. Shen currently serves as Director of the 6th Council of the Central University of Finance and Economics Education Foundation, Executive President of the Beijing Chaoyang District High-tech Enterprise Association, President of the Beijing Alumni Association of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Vice President of the Hong Kong New Quality Entrepreneurs Association, the Industry Mentor at the School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics, and the Industry Mentor at Institute of Future Technology, Peking University. Mr. Shen has served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of J&T Express (HKSE: 01519) since October 2023, and also served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Nanjing Silicon Intelligence Technology Group Co., Ltd. since October 2025. Mr. Shen received an EMBA from Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, studied Hotel and Tourism Management in a program jointly offered by Zhejiang University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and obtained Doctoral degree in Hotel and Tourism Management, and received the Graduation Certificate of the First Cohort of the Tsinghua-Tencent Future-Tech Entrepreneur Program, jointly organized by Tsinghua University and Tencent.
