Chinese entrepreneur Liang Wenfeng has transformed traditional views about artificial intelligence (AI) and quantitative finance through his visionary leadership. Liang started his enterprise by investigating algorithmic trading potential when he was 23 years old during the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Liang Wenfeng launched High-Flyer in 2015 and guided the hedge fund toward becoming a prominent management center which secured 100 billion yuan ($13.9 billion) worth of assets in its first six years. High-Flyer succeeded because Liang combined AI and machine learning technologies with his unconventional talent recruitment process that selected innovators and diverse minds over industry veterans.
Liang dedicated himself to the continuous improvement of technology which prompted him to shift his focus from finance into AI. Liang created DeepSeek in 2023 as an AI research facility to develop complex large language and reasoning technologies. DeepSeek-R1 became DeepSeek’s leading product which threatened OpenAI’s advanced systems and produced a global impact on the AI market while leading to stock market turmoil for chip companies. Liang used his forward vision regarding AI investments to create the Fire-Flyer 2 supercomputer and develop extensive computational resources which established him as a leading figure in AI research.
Liang Wenfeng demonstrates true Black Swan behavior through his path from crisis management to AI leadership by displaying resilience while creating advanced technologies outside standard limitations. His journey demonstrates successful transformation of technology along with finance while changing the direction of their future development. 
