Weiqiang Huang
黄伟强
Weiqiang Huang is the founder and CEO of Liran (理然), a men's grooming brand that has raised multiple nine-figure RMB rounds from 5Y Capital, including a nearly RMB 150 million Series B in early 2021 and a nearly RMB 300 million Series B+ later that same year . Before founding Liran, he served as e-commerce CEO and brand lead for Okamoto (冈本) in China, and was previously co-founder and CMO of Sexy Salad (好色派沙拉), a healthy-food startup that landed him on the 2017 Forbes China 30 Under 30 list at age 26 . In 2022, he was named to Fortune China's 40 Under 40 business elite list . In a 2024 5Y Capital dialogue, Huang described men's personal care as a "hard-first, easy-later" market requiring long-term investment in product R&D and brand building .
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