The founder of Yunda Express is Nie Tengyun.

After the death of STO founder Nie Tengfei in 1998, his younger brother Nie Tengyun left STO and set up Yunda Express on his own in 1999. It is equivalent to the founders of Yunda Express and STO Express being brothers and a family.

Nie Tengyun, chairman of Yunda Freight, is a 1995 graduate of Zhejiang Commercial Vocational and Technical College majoring in business management. In August 1999, Shanghai Yunda Freight Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai (the registered trademark is "Yunda Express").