# YuanJie Zhang

> YuanJie Zhang is the Co-founder and COO of Conflux Network, with professional experience in investments, capital markets, and business operations.

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- Created: 2023-07-18T22:12:06.835Z
- Last updated: 2023-09-19T15:41:04.211Z
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**YuanJie Zhang** is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of [Conflux Network](https://iq.wiki/wiki/conflux), a public Layer 1 network that allows users to exchange digital assets and record transactions. [\[1\]](#cite-id-a3bvgm92qcq)[\[3\]](#cite-id-17q0dshiiq7i)  
  
  
# Education  
  
YuanJie Zhang attended Fudan University, Shanghai, China, and obtained a Bachelor's degree before proceeding to obtain a Master's Degree from Brandeis University, Massachusetts. [\[1\]](#cite-id-a3bvgm92qcq)  
  
# Career  
  
Prior to joining [Conflux](https://iq.wiki/wiki/conflux) as a founding member, YuanJie gained professional experience at Huatai Private Fund of Funds, UNC Endowment Management Company, and Novus on Wall Street. YuanJie's interest focuses on investments, capital markets, and business operations.[\[1\]](#cite-id-a3bvgm92qcq)[\[2\]](#cite-id-gkmo0wzjyv)  
  
## Conflux  
  
YuanJie Zhang joined [Conflux](https://iq.wiki/wiki/conflux) as the founding member alongside [Ming Wu](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ming-wu) and [Fan Long](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fan-long) in September 2018. Conflux is a permissionless layer-1 [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) made to power [decentralized applications](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-application) (dApps), e-commerce, and [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) infrastructure by being more scalable, decentralized, and secure. [\[4\]](#cite-id-97h785e562e)  
  
Zhang describes Conflux as a consensus protocol and a blockchain system aiming to achieve high throughput without compromising decentralization. [\[5\]](#cite-id-x04ffhij32o)  
  
In December 2018, the Conflux [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) project raised $35 million from backers including Sequoia and Baidu. [\[6\]](#cite-id-wzw54g36g6h)  
  
> "My little achievement is I raised about 35 million dollars for this project in the first round. That's my job" - YuanJie Zhang mentioned in an interview[\[5\]](#cite-id-x04ffhij32o)  
  
YuanJie Zhang is also a public speaker whose primary interest is in [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain), [NFTs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/non-fungible-token-nft), and business operations. [\[2\]](#cite-id-gkmo0wzjyv)[\[3\]](#cite-id-17q0dshiiq7i)