Founder Profile
Henry Xia
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Henry Xia?
Henry Xia is a founder of XPeng, which was founded in 2014 with He Xiaopeng and He Tao.
- Company founded
- XPeng
- Founded
- 2014
- Co-founders
- He Xiaopeng and He Tao
Background
Chinese automotive engineer.
Founding Story
Henry Xia (Xia Heng) co-founded XPeng in 2014. As a former senior R&D executive at GAC Group, he provided the absolutely critical, deeply complex mechanical engineering expertise required to actually manufacture a physical car, bridging the gap between Xiaopeng's software vision and physical reality.
Henry Xia was born in 1983. Education: Tsinghua University.
Xia Heng, known as Henry Xia, was born on November 7, 1983.