William Zhao
赵鹏岚
William Zhao (赵鹏岚) is a partner at BAI Capital, where he has become one of the firm's most active investors in cross-border opportunities — notably spending much of the past two years traveling to Mexico to build out BAI's presence there . He led BAI's investment in Mexican digital bank Stori in 2019, seeing it as aligned with both the firm's thesis and the aesthetic standards of BAI's founding and managing partner Long Yu . In industry recognition, he has ranked among the most voted-on investors in 暗涌Waves surveys .
The bundle also contains references to a "William" in other contexts — most prominently William Du (杜知恒), a former hedge fund manager and Sequoia China public markets fund employee who founded AI infrastructure company Xiaosu Technology in 2024 . These appear to be distinct individuals.
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Stori also announced the official launch of the Stori digital credit card in Mexico, adding a market-leading fully online application and usage experience to its existing physical credit card that can be used on global credit card networks.
