Yibo Ling

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Yibo Ling is the Chief Business Officer at Binance. Yibo was previously the Chief Financial Officer at Bird, where they built the finance team from the ground up and led go-public efforts. Prior to that, they were the Director of Corporate Development at Uber, where they worked on select deals including the divestiture of UberChina to Didi, the divestiture of Uber's Russia and CIS businesses to Yandex, and the divestiture of Uber's Southeast Asia businesses to Grab. Yibo also oversaw Uber's acquisition of e-bikes startup JUMP and its strategic partnership with Lime. Before joining Uber, Yibo worked as a Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, where they served clients across industries and topics. Yibo started their career as a Research Associate at IBM and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Yibo Ling's educational career includes obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a BSE in Biomedical Enginering from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature/Letters from the University of Michigan.

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