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# Pinduoduo

2026-10-19

Duan Yongping: How China's Most Elusive Product Godfather Built Subor, BBK, OPPO, and vivo—and Mentored Pinduoduo's Founder—by 'Daring to Be Late'

Ranked #34 in '100 Product Managers Who Changed the World': Duan Yongping (OVR 90.15: Business 95, Insight 93, Vision 92, Originality 87, Taste 86, Scale 86). In an industry obsessed with first-mover speed, he turned 'Benfen' (integrity), a 'Stop Doing List,' and deliberate second-mover execution into a multi-hundred-billion-dollar hardware and e-commerce dynasty.

2026-10-08

100 Product Managers Who Changed the World · #24: Colin Huang

In 2015 Alibaba and JD had already divided China's e-commerce market, and almost nobody thought there was room for one more. Colin Huang built an app where you send a product link to friends and the price drops once enough people join. Five years later Pinduoduo had more annual active buyers than Alibaba. #24 of the 100 product managers who changed the world, scores 93/96/82/95/93/86.