Founder Profile
Wei Jianjun (Jack Wey)
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Wei Jianjun (Jack Wey)?
Wei Jianjun (Jack Wey) is a founder of Haval, which was founded in 2013.
- Company founded
- Haval
- Founded
- 2013
Background
Wei Jianjun took over a struggling Baoding vehicle factory in 1990 and spent the next two decades building it into China's leading pickup maker, which gave him the manufacturing base used to launch Haval.
Founding Story
Wei Jianjun (Jack Wey), born in 1964, became head of Great Wall Motor in 1990 at age 26. He shifted the company toward pickups and SUVs instead of sedans, took it public in Hong Kong in 2003 and in Shanghai in 2011, and made Haval a standalone SUV brand in 2013. He remains GWM's chairman and controlling shareholder and is one of China's richest auto executives.
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