Overview
- Yi He, co‑founder and co‑CEO of Binance, was named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business list on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
- She was formally appointed co‑CEO in December 2025 alongside Richard Teng to pair her product and founder experience with his regulatory and operational focus.
- Binance and its press release say Yi He holds a reported 10% equity stake that would make her a multibillionaire, but that claim is company‑reported and not independently verified in these articles.
- The company also reiterated self‑reported scale figures, including more than 310 million registered users and $34 trillion in trading volume in 2025, which reporters presented as company statements rather than confirmed data.
- Her Fortune listing signals growing mainstream acceptance of crypto executives and could prompt greater institutional engagement and sharper scrutiny of Binance’s governance and claims as the firm continues to recover from CZ’s 2023–2024 legal troubles and a $4.3 billion US settlement.