李红京 Li HongjingLi Hongjing

Carnegie Mellon University graduate. Serial entrepreneur: first founded Autel Tech (Daotong Keji) for automotive diagnostics/electronics, which listed on STAR Board 2020. Entered drones 2014 targeting industrial applications. In 2017, traded 17% of Autel Tech shares for 600M yuan to fund drone business. X-STAR (2016 consumer), KESTREL (2018 industrial tiltrotor). Autel Robotics became DJI's biggest global competitor, especially in North America. 2024: added to US Commerce Entity List. 2025: added to DoD Chinese Military Company list. Despite US sanctions, continues strong global sales. Planning Hong Kong IPO.