Rumor has it that Gao Lin Venture Capital partner Yan Wentao joined DeepSeek as CFO

The Zhitong Finance App learned that according to reports, on September 21, Gao Lin Venture Capital partner Yan Wentao officially joined DeepSeek. He has already reported to the company, and his new job ended DeepSeek's continuous vacancy of CFO positions for three years since its establishment.

As early as last week, news broke that Yan Wentao would become DeepSeek's CFO. According to the report, in fact, in the past two months, many young partners of leading VCs have also participated in DeepSeek's CFO job competition.

According to data, Yan Wentao was born in 1991 and graduated from Fudan University. From 2013 to 2020, he worked for Tencent Investment and H Capital. Joined Gao Lin Venture Capital in 2020 and is a representative of post-90s investors in the industry. In 2025, he was selected for the investment community's “F40 Chinese Young Investors” list 36 krypton.