Qiu Xingya

Born in April 1968 in China; studied industrial management at the University of South China from 1985. Worked at Wuxi Building Materials Instrument Machinery Factory (1989-1991), then as planning manager at Guangzhou Pulin Circuit (1991-1995) and general manager of Guangzhou Kuaijie PCB (1995-1999). Founded Fastprint (then Xingsen Kuaijie) in March 1999 and has been chairman and general manager since July 2005. Took the company public on the Shenzhen SME board in June 2010, and from 2012 committed close to RMB 1 billion to IC package substrates, a business that turned profitable only after years of losses. Donated RMB 20 million to his alma mater.