Zhou Hongyi was born in Huanggang, Hubei on October 4, 1970. Since his parents were surveying and mapping engineering technicians, he moved to Henan when he was a child and grew up in Zhengzhou.

Zhou Hongyi was born on October 4, 1970 in Zhumadian City, Henan Province. He graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University and is an entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of 360 Company. In October 1998, Zhou Hongyi founded 3721 Company. He previously worked for Founder

Group; established an angel investment fund in February 2006; served as a director of Qihoo in March 2006; on April 21, 2020, Zhou Hongyi no longer served as the chairman of Beijing Qibu Tianxia Technology Co., Ltd., but remained the chairman of 360 Finance;

In 2023, he was elected as a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; in June of the same year, he was admitted to the Department of Computer Science and Technology of Tsinghua University, majoring in electronic information, to study for a part-time, targeted employment doctoral degree; in 2024, the two sessions

During this period, Zhou Hongyi suggested researching and formulating a large-model safety standard system to promote the implementation of more scenario applications.

When he was a middle school student, Zhou Hongyi showed "awesome" characteristics. He has won many awards in national physics and mathematics competitions. Also because of his parents' work, Zhou Hongyi started to get in touch with computers at an early age. He recalled, "I don't know any programming.

I just thought it was fun; in July 1999, Zhou Hongyi met Wang Gongquan, a senior partner of IDG, and received an investment of US$250,000 from him; with this investment, Zhou Hongyi was confident and his path gradually broadened; in October 1999

The cover report of "IT Manager World" wrote: "Zhou Hongyi and his 3721 website stood out from the new generation of Internet entrepreneurs and became one of the most watched in China's Internet economy this year." In early 2000, 3721 conducted a second round of financing and obtained

Three venture capital companies invested more than US$2 million. Two years later, in 2002, 3721’s sales reached 200 million yuan, with a gross profit of 60 million yuan.