Qi Ji is an entrepreneur and businessperson who founded 6 companies, including: Trip.com Group Ltd., Homeinns Hotel Group and Huazhu Group Ltd. and who has been at the helm of 6 different companies. Presently, Mr. Ji holds the position of Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Huazhu Group Ltd. (which he founded in 2007), Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Hanting Hotels, Inc. (which he founded in 2012) (a subsidiary of Huazhu Group Ltd.) and Chief Executive Officer at Powerhill Holdings Ltd. Qi Ji is also on the board of 5 other companies.

In his past career Mr. Ji held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Shanghai Sunflower High-Tech Group (he founded the company in 1997), Chief Executive Officer for Homeinns Hotel Group (he founded the company in 2001) and Head-East China Division at Beijing Zhonghua Yinghua Intelligence System Co. Ltd. (he founded the company in 1995).

Mr. Ji received an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and an MBA from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.