Investor profile
Jia Yueting
Founder / Co-founder, Faraday Future
Jia Yueting is a Chinese entrepreneur best known for founding LeTV/Le.com (later part of LeEco) and for co‑founding the U.S. electric‑vehicle company Faraday Future. He was born on December 15, 1973, in Xiangfen, Shanxi, China, and has been known as YT Jia. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2017, he has focused on developing Faraday Future. He served as Faraday Future’s CEO from 2017 to 2019, then as Chief Product and User Ecosystem Officer, and in April 2025 was appointed Co‑CEO of the company. He filed for personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States in October 2019.
Current roles include Founder / Co-founder at Faraday Future, Co-Global Chief Executive Officer at Faraday Future, and Chief Product and User Ecosystem Officer (CPUO) at Faraday Future. Based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Earlier roles include Chief Executive Officer at Faraday Future, Chief Executive Officer at Le.com (Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp., Beijing), and Chairman at Le.com (Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp., Beijing). Personal investments include Lucid Motors (formerly Atieva).
Career
Career history and operating roles assembled from public biographies and company records.
- Apr 2025 - PresentCo-Global Chief Executive OfficerCurrentExecutiveFFaraday FutureApr 2025 - PresentCo-Global Chief Executive OfficerCurrentExecutiveFFaraday Future
- PresentChief Product and User Ecosystem Officer (CPUO)CurrentExecutiveFFaraday FuturePresentChief Product and User Ecosystem Officer (CPUO)CurrentExecutiveFFaraday Future
- PresentFounder / Co-founderCurrentFounderFFaraday FuturePresentFounder / Co-founderCurrentFounderFFaraday Future
Portfolio Companies
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- LLucid Motors (formerly Atieva)Undisclosed roundDate not publicAmount not publicundisclosed
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Jia Yueting - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
“| **Jia Yueting** ( Chinese : 贾跃亭 ; born 15 December 1973, **YT Jia** ) <sup>[[ 2 ]]()</sup> <sup>[[ 3 ]]()</sup> is a Chinese businessman who is the founder of Leshi Holding Group and the former CEO of Faraday Future . <sup>[[ 4 ]]()</sup> <sup>[[ 5 ]](.com-5)</sup> <sup>[[ 6 ]]()</sup> He previously founded LeEco and the Le.com subsidiary LeSports , and is the former chairman and CEO of Le.com as well as the former chairman of both Coolpad Group and Sinotel Technologies. Jia has”
Jia Yueting（Founder of LeEco Holding Group and global chairman of the LeEco Auto Ecosystem.）_Baiduwiki
baike.baidu.com
“Jia Yueting, male, Han ethnicity, was born on December 15, 1973, in Xiangfen County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province . He graduated from Shanxi Finance & Taxation College . He is the founder of LeEco Holding Group, the Global Chairman of LeEco Auto Ecosystem, and the founder, Chief Product and User Ecosystem Officer, and Co-CEO of Faraday Future.”
Faraday Future Announces that Company Founder YT Jia is Appointed Co-CEO of FF, Targeting Tens of Thousands of FX Units to Be Sold Within Two Years of Production. | Faraday Future
investors.ff.com
“Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) (“Faraday Future”, “FF” or the “Company”), a California -based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, today announced that FF Founder and current Chief Product and User Ecosystem Officer (CPUO), YT Jia, has been appointed Co-CEO of the Company.”