Analyse Asia #151: The LeEco Group with Wang Boyuan
Is the LeEco Group a house of cards or a real media disruptor with free hardware?
Episode Synopsis: Wang Boyuan from Technode & TechCrunch China joined us in an interesting discussion the LeEco Group. He began with the vision, mission and team behind the company and break down the intriguing web of business structures within the group. Last but not least, he also discussed whether the LeEco can survive their ongoing crisis and offer his perspectives whether LeEco is truly disrupting the industry or a house of cards.
Here are the three interesting points which we discussed during this episode:
- Wang Boyuan discussed the vision, mission and focus of the LeEco Group in China, and the charismatic founder, Jia Yueting.
- We discussed the reasons why LeEco acquired Vizio and Faraday Future, and explained the complicated business structure of the company from the management team and board of directors which has surprisingly no technology but financial expertise.
- We examined the revenue streams of the group and its recent troubles with the stock market and LeEco’s future in 2017.
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