Jake Yihai Zhu

Group Strategy at PayPay

Jake Yihai Zhu, CFA, currently serves in Group Strategy at PayPay株式会社 since September 2024. Prior to this, Jake held the position of Senior Strategy Manager for GTM strategy at Airwallex from May 2022 to August 2024 and worked at McKinsey & Company from April 2019 to April 2022, progressing through various roles including Junior Engagement Manager, Associate, and Research Analyst. Additionally, Jake completed an IRDP summer internship at Johnson & Johnson in 2018 and a summer associate role at McKinsey & Company in the same year. Earlier experience includes serving as Director/Senior Relationship Manager at First Abu Dhabi Bank from October 2014 to June 2017, co-founding and serving as COO and CFO at Zipango Middle East, and managing product lines at Citi in Japan. Jake holds an MBA in Finance and Management from Columbia Business School, complemented by an exchange program at IESE Business School, as well as a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a double major in Finance and Economics from the University of Toronto.

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PayPay

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PayPay, a fintech company, that achieved more than 55M users within around 3 years since its launch in 2018 has hugely diversified employees who are from about 50 different countries. The number of employees by now is more than 1,000 staff members, and yet the company is still incomplete and at a growing stage.


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Tokyo, Japan

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51-200

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