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About
Alex Zhang is Chief Executive Officer of Bel North America, a role he assumed in February 2026 with responsibility for the region's Purpose*Full Snacking strategy. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Impossible Foods and, before that, as President and Chief Operating Officer of Chobani.
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Experience
- Pharos NetworkCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- Pharos NetworkChief Executive Officer2024 — 2025
- Ant GroupChief Executive Officer of ZAN2023 — 2024Hong Kong, Singapore
- Ant GroupSenior Director2021 — 2024
- Ant GroupSenior Staff Engineer2017 — 2021Hangzhou-Shaoxing Metropolitan Area
- AntChainChief Technology Officer2019 — 2023
- NEC Laboratories America, Inc.Department Head2016 — 2017United States
- NEC Laboratories America, Inc.Senior Researcher2013 — 2016United States
- NEC Laboratories America, Inc.Researcher2005 — 2013United States
- University of Southern CaliforniaResearch Assistant2001 — 2005
- University of Southern CaliforniaResearch Assitant2002
- Bell LabsResearch Intern2004
- Stanford UniversityVisiting student2004
Skills & more
BlockchainAlgorithms25Distributed Systems17Data Analysis3Cloud Computing3Scalability2High Performance ComputingNetworking2C8Java2Linux2C++1
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PythonData MiningMachine LearningComputer ScienceSoftware EngineeringEmbedded SystemsMatlabLaTeXOptimizationLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Zhang?
- Alex Zhang is Chief Executive Officer of Bel North America, a role he assumed in February 2026 with responsibility for the region's Purpose*Full Snacking strategy. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Impossible Foods and, before that, as President and Chief Operating Officer of Chobani.
- Where does Alex Zhang work?
- Alex Zhang is Founder of pharos and Founder at Pharos.
- What companies did Alex Zhang found?
- Alex Zhang founded pharos, Pharos.
- Where did Alex Zhang go to school?
- Alex Zhang studied at University of Southern California (Ph.D., Computer Science).
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Stanford University mafia1,934
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University of Southern California mafia349
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Marc BenioffB.S.B.A.Founded SalesforceGabriel PereyraBachelor's degreeFounded HarveyKent WakefordJuris Doctorate (J.D.)Founded Breaking +4Brian CruverBAFounded Xenex +2Francisco TolmaskyBachelorsFounded RunKit +2Erica BresciaBSFounded Bitnami +1
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Same school
Also attended University of Southern California968
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalMarc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Pharos Network2
Also worked at Ant Group14
Ombelle ZhangHead of HR, VP at Hashkey CapitalBryan ChaySenior Analyst, Venture Capital at Manhattan WestAobo YangSoftware Developer at SingAllianceWendy SunChief Brand Officer at BIT AsiaZhang YiHead of Product at Advance AIMark FlemingPartner at Passbook Ventures
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Also worked at NEC Laboratories America, Inc.5
Also worked at University of Southern California151
Alyssa TsenterSenior Associate at Flare Capital PartnersCoco DongDirector, Quantitative Applications at Deerfield Management CompanyJillian ShawVenture Partner at Magnetic VenturesZach PosnerManaging Partner & Co-Founder at LegalTechAndreas QuandtGeneral Partner at Data TechMatt MichelsonVenture Partner and Head of AI at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health
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