Founder · Global sourcing · Finance · New York创始人 · 全球采购 · 金融 · 纽约

Alex Bao

I find better goods at better prices in China, and deliver them to buyers on four continents.在中国找到更好的货、谈到更好的价,交付四大洲的买家。

Founder of Shanghai GainOptic Co., Ltd. and China Procurement Representative for Interinvest Sàrl, Geneva. I love this work and bring that energy to every team I join, owning each order from the factory floor to final payment.Shanghai GainOptic Co., Ltd. 创始人,日内瓦 Interinvest Sàrl 中国采购代表。我热爱这份工作,也把这份热情带进每一个团队:从工厂一线到最终结算,每一单都负责到底。

Education教育
NYU Stern, B.S. Business + M.S. Accounting纽约大学斯特恩商学院,商科学士 + 会计硕士
Languages语言
Mandarin, English, Spanish (B1)中文、英语、西班牙语(B1)
Beyond work工作之外
Water polo, singing on stage打水球、上台唱歌
Portrait of Alex Bao
Alex Bao with a European client at the Canton Fair
Canton Fair广交会With a European client与欧洲客户
Alex Bao in a visitor vest beside fermentation tanks
Site visit实地考察Winery, fermentation hall酒庄发酵车间
in closed orders across two companies两家公司累计成交额
$8M+
export markets on four continents出口市场,覆盖四大洲
8
sectors, from optical fiber to wine采购行业,从光纤到葡萄酒
6
sourcing from China, since 2022深耕中国采购,始于2022年
4 yrs4年

Experience at工作经历

  • Interinvest Sàrl
  • UN Trade and Development联合国贸发会议
  • Matrix Partners China经纬中国
  • Roland Berger罗兰贝格
  • KPMG毕马威
  • ByteDance字节跳动

Network全球足迹

Everywhere I've sourced, shipped and worked.我采购、出货和工作过的地方。

Amber is where I source, navy where my orders ship, teal marks other projects, and the dark squares are cities where I've worked and studied.琥珀色是采购地,深蓝色是出货市场,青色是其他项目,深色方块是我工作和学习过的城市。

  • Sourcing base: China采购基地:中国
  • Developing, not yet active: Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia开拓中、尚未开通:越南、柬埔寨、印度尼西亚
  • Export markets出口市场
  • Other projects: Ghana, Nigeria, Japan其他项目:加纳、尼日利亚、日本
  • Cities I've worked in工作过的城市

Highlight a market查看市场

Sourcing采购

China中国
Active: partner factories in six sectors合作中:六大行业的合作工厂
Vietnam越南
Textile and garment factory contacts; not yet active已有纺织与服装工厂资源,尚未开通
Cambodia柬埔寨
Exploring its garment factories考察当地服装工厂
Indonesia印度尼西亚
Potential partners; not yet active潜在合作伙伴,尚未开通

Other projects其他项目

Ghana加纳
Used-car import pilot: a first few vehicles二手车进口试点:已进口少量车辆
Nigeria尼日利亚
Learning visit to a family lithium-mine project随家族锂矿项目实地学习考察
Japan日本
Real-estate development projects房地产开发项目

Where I've worked工作与学习过的城市

New York纽约
NYU Stern · UN Trade and Development · KPMG纽约大学斯特恩商学院 · 联合国贸发会议 · 毕马威
Shanghai上海
Shanghai GainOptic · ByteDanceShanghai GainOptic · 字节跳动
Beijing北京
Matrix Partners China · Tsinghua University经纬中国 · 清华大学
Guangzhou · Geneva广州 · 日内瓦
Canton Fair · Interinvest Sàrl (remote)广交会 · Interinvest Sàrl(远程)

On the ground一线现场

I go to the factory floor before I sign.签约之前,我先去工厂。

Through Shanghai GainOptic and my work for Interinvest, I spend my time where the goods are made: factories, trade fairs and buyer visits. Partner factories are shown without their names.通过 Shanghai GainOptic 和 Interinvest 的工作,我常年在一线:工厂、展会、买家接待。合作工厂不具名展示。

Trade fairs & buyers展会与买家

Canton Fair and buyer visits广交会与买家接待

I walk the Canton Fair in Guangzhou to meet factories and brands, and I host overseas buyers in person when they come to source.我在广州跑广交会,对接工厂与品牌;海外买家来华采购时,我亲自接待。

With a European client at the Canton Fair在广交会与欧洲客户合影
Hosting a Colombian buyer on a sourcing trip to Shanghai在上海接待来华采购的哥伦比亚买家
Canton Fair, Guangzhou广交会现场,广州
Visiting luggage brands at the fair在广交会考察箱包品牌

Telecom & AI infrastructure通信与AI基础设施

Optical fiber光纤

Optical fiber for telecom networks and the data centers being built for AI. At the plants I work with, every spool is screened and must pass each check before it ships.为通信网络和AI数据中心建设采购光纤。合作工厂的每一盘光纤都经过筛选检测,各项合格才能出厂。

  • Telecom networks通信网络
  • AI data centersAI数据中心
  • Every spool screened逐盘筛选检测
Draw tower, clean room洁净车间里的拉丝塔
Spools on their way to screening光纤盘转入筛选
Each spool carries its own screening card每盘光纤都附有筛选流程卡

Metals金属

Steel and aluminum钢材与铝材

Steel billets for industrial buyers. Partner factories include a mill that rolls aluminum coil and foil.为工业客户采购钢坯;合作工厂包括一家铝卷、铝箔轧制厂。

Rolling mill: 20-tonne crane and work rolls轧制车间:20吨行车与轧辊
Aluminum coils on the mill floor车间里的铝卷
Foil roll and packing crates铝箔卷与包装木箱

Building materials建材

Flooring, glass and decoration materials地板、玻璃与装修建材

Flooring, glass and decoration panels from partner factories I visit in person.合作工厂的地板、玻璃与装修板材,我都实地走访过。

Packed flooring ready to ship打包待发的地板
Timber at a flooring plant地板厂的木料
Wall and floor panel samples墙地板样品展厅

Beverages酒水

Wine葡萄酒

Helping a friend's wine business reach buyers in new markets. I toured a sparkling-wine house from fermentation to riddling and bottling.帮朋友的葡萄酒生意开拓新市场的买家;实地考察了起泡酒酒庄从发酵、转瓶到灌装的全过程。

Fermentation tanks发酵罐
Riddling racks起泡酒转瓶架
Bottling line灌装线

Textiles & apparel纺织服装

Fabrics and garments面料与服装

Fabrics and garments from China today, with supplier networks in development in Vietnam and Cambodia, two of Asia's garment hubs.目前从中国采购面料与服装,同时在亚洲服装产业重镇越南和柬埔寨开拓供应商网络。

  • Active合作中China中国Fabrics and garments面料与服装
  • In development开拓中Vietnam越南Contacts at textile mills and garment factories已有纺织厂与服装厂资源
  • Exploring考察中Cambodia柬埔寨Garment factories服装工厂
  • Exploring考察中Indonesia印度尼西亚Potential partners潜在合作伙伴
ELEYOLO

Founder · ELEYOLO创始人 · ELEYOLO

A backpack brand, from drawing to sample.一个背包品牌,从图纸到样品。

In 2025 I founded ELEYOLO, brought the team together and built its China supply chain myself: drawings with every dimension, factory selection, unit-cost negotiation, sampling, production and quality control. When we closed the company, I returned all of my partners’ initial capital in full.2025年我创立 ELEYOLO,组建团队,亲手搭建中国供应链:标好每个尺寸的结构图、工厂筛选、单位成本谈判、打样、生产和质量控制。公司关闭时,我把伙伴们的初始资金全部退还。

Founded创立
2025
Trademarks商标
U.S. and China中国、美国
Following粉丝
1,000+ on social社交媒体1,000+
Go-to-market推广
University campuses大学校园
The ELEYOLO teamELEYOLO 团队

Drawing to render从图纸到效果图

Badminton backpack, 710 × 270 × 120 mm羽毛球双肩包,710 × 270 × 120 毫米

My drawing: shoe compartment, shuttlecock tube and racket sleeve结构图:鞋隔层、球筒隔层和球拍隔层
The render built from it据此做出的效果图

Render to sample从效果图到样品

Tote backpack: six colours, one production sample托特双肩包:六个配色,一件生产样品

ELEYOLO tote backpack production sample in navy, front and back
Production sample · Navy生产样品 · 藏蓝
Daily-carry test日常装载测试
Sample and colour cards样品与色卡

The collection产品系列

Flap backpack翻盖双肩包
Flap backpack翻盖双肩包
Buckle flap扣带翻盖款
Felt backpack毛毡双肩包
Mini backpack迷你双肩包
Padded backpack软包双肩包
Shoulder bag皮质肩包

About me关于我

One person, many roles, full commitment.一人多能,全力以赴。

I'm energetic and hands-on, and I treat the company's goals as my own. Work with me and you get a colleague who answers fast, goes to the factory and stays with a problem until it's solved.我热情、肯干,把公司的目标当成自己的目标。和我共事,你会得到一个反应快、肯下工厂、问题不解决不放手的伙伴。

Passion热情

I love this work真心热爱这份工作

I started sourcing for family friends in my first year of college. Finding the right factory and closing a good deal still excites me every time.大一我就开始帮家里的朋友找货。到今天,每找到一家对的工厂、谈成一单好生意,我依然兴奋。

Dedication奉献

Your goals become mine把公司的目标当成自己的

I own each order from search to payment, and I stay with problems until they're solved, across time zones and on the factory floor.从寻源到结算,每一单我都负责到底;跨时区也好,下工厂也好,问题不解决我不放手。

Value价值

One person, many roles一人多能

Sourcing, negotiation, quality control, logistics and finance: I cover them all, so the team moves faster. My M.S. in Accounting means I read costs like a finance team.寻源、谈判、质检、物流、财务分析都能上手,让团队跑得更快。会计硕士的训练,让我像财务团队一样算账。

Team团队

I bring people with me能带人,也能带团队

I brought the ELEYOLO team together. At GainOptic I run each new category myself first, then hand it to my team.ELEYOLO 的团队是我组建的;在 GainOptic,每个新品类我先亲自跑通,再交给团队。

How I run an order我如何跑完一单

  1. Search寻源
  2. Qualify资质审核
  3. Compare比价
  4. Negotiate谈判签约
  5. Produce下单跟单
  6. Inspect验厂验货
  7. Export出口物流
  8. Deliver & settle交付结算

My path我的经历

From favors for family friends to a sourcing company.从帮家里朋友的忙,到创办采购公司。

  1. 2022

    It started with friends从帮朋友开始

    In my first year at NYU I began matching my family's friends abroad with Chinese suppliers.大一起,我开始为家里在海外的朋友对接中国供应商。

  2. 2024

    First deals closed开始成交

    Buyers began placing real orders through me.买家开始通过我下真实订单。

  3. 2025

    Going professional走向专业

    Joined Interinvest as China Procurement Representative and founded ELEYOLO.出任 Interinvest 中国采购代表,创立 ELEYOLO。

  4. 2026

    $5M+ closed, and a team成交超500万美元,组建团队

    Closed $5M+ in orders for Interinvest. My own company, Shanghai GainOptic, has passed $3M+ and runs with a team.为 Interinvest 成交超过500万美元;我自己的公司 Shanghai GainOptic 成交已超过300万美元,并组建了团队。

Experience履历

What I've built, and where I've trained.我创办的事业,和我受过的训练。

Founder & procurement创业与采购

Since 20222022年起Shanghai · New York上海 · 纽约

Shanghai GainOptic Co., Ltd.

Founder创始人

  • Closed $3M+ in orders through my own company since the first deals in 2024.自2024年首批成交以来,通过自己的公司成交超过300万美元。
  • Match overseas buyers with Chinese manufacturers in telecom, metals, building materials, textiles and wine, and run each order from factory to delivery.为海外买家对接通信、金属、建材、纺织和酒水等行业的中国工厂,从工厂到交付全程负责。
  • Open each new category myself, then hand it to the team to run.每个新品类我先亲自跑通,再交给团队执行。
  • Ship to the U.S. (Seattle, Atlanta), Canada, Colombia, France, Switzerland, Poland, Malaysia and South Korea.出口至美国(西雅图、亚特兰大)、加拿大、哥伦比亚、法国、瑞士、波兰、马来西亚和韩国。

Apr 2025 – Oct 20252025年4月 – 2025年10月New York · Beijing纽约 · 北京

ELEYOLO

Founder创始人

  • Built the brand's China supply chain: qualified manufacturers, negotiated unit costs, and managed sampling, production and quality control.搭建品牌的中国供应链:审核制造商、谈判单位成本,管理打样、生产和质量控制。
  • Registered U.S. and China trademarks and built a 1,000+ social following through campus marketing.在中美两地注册商标,通过校园推广积累社交媒体粉丝1,000+。
  • Wound down the company and returned all of my partners’ initial capital in full.公司关闭后,把伙伴们的初始资金全部退还。

Jun 2025 – Present2025年6月 – 至今Geneva, CH (remote)瑞士日内瓦(远程)

Interinvest Sàrl

China Procurement Representative中国采购代表

  • Run orders end to end for European clients, from supplier qualification to delivery and payment: over $5M closed.为欧洲客户负责订单全流程,从供应商审核到交付结算,成交超过500万美元。
  • Source glass, flooring, steel billets, optical fiber, fabrics and garments, confirming certificates before comparing quotes.采购玻璃、地板、钢坯、光纤、面料和服装,比价前先核实认证。
  • Negotiate prices, payment terms and exclusive supply agreements, and coordinate forwarders, legal counsel and customs.谈判价格、付款条款和独家供货协议,协调货代、法律顾问和海关。

Internships & projects实习与项目

Oct 2026 – Present2026年10月 – 至今UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)联合国贸发会议(UNCTAD)Economic Affairs Intern, New York经济事务实习生,纽约
Oct 2026 – Present2026年10月 – 至今China General Chamber of Commerce – U.S.A.美国中国总商会Project Consultant, 2027 Annual Business Survey项目顾问,2027年度商业调查
Oct 2025 – Jan 20262025年10月 – 2026年1月Matrix Partners China经纬中国Research & Deal Team Intern, Venture Capital研究与投资团队实习生,风险投资
Jun 2025 – Jan 20262025年6月 – 2026年1月Tsinghua University清华大学Finance & Data Analytics Research Intern金融与数据分析研究实习生
Jun 2025 – Aug 20252025年6月 – 2025年8月Future StandardFinance Intern, Fund of Funds金融实习生,母基金
Mar 2025 – May 20252025年3月 – 2025年5月Roland Berger罗兰贝格Management Consulting Intern, Infrastructure & Energy管理咨询实习生,基础设施与能源
Jan 2025 – Feb 20252025年1月 – 2025年2月KPMG毕马威M&A Tax Intern, Insurance并购税务实习生,保险行业
May 2024 – Jul 20242024年5月 – 2024年7月ByteDance (TikTok)字节跳动(TikTok)Revenue Operations Intern收入运营实习生
Jul 2023 – Dec 20232023年7月 – 2023年12月Sunrise CapitalFinancial Analyst Intern, Private Equity财务分析实习生,私募股权

Education & credentials教育与资质

Aug 20262026年8月NYU Stern School of Business纽约大学斯特恩商学院B.S. in Business and M.S. in Accounting商科学士 + 会计硕士
2026Publication, sole author独立作者论文“Financial Risk Transmission and Regulatory Policies in the AI Investment Bubble,” Proceedings of Business and Economic Studies《Financial Risk Transmission and Regulatory Policies in the AI Investment Bubble》,Proceedings of Business and Economic Studies
Leadership领导力World Economic Forum Global Shapers, New York世界经济论坛全球杰出青年社区(纽约)Leading a tax-credit project for immigrant families and business owners in Queens牵头帮助皇后区移民家庭和小企业主申领税收抵免的项目

Beyond work工作之外

I’d rather try and hear no than never ask.宁可敲门被拒,也不愿从不敲门。

Sourcing is one of the things I do well. Here is more of who I am.采购只是我的亮点之一。这里是更完整的我。

Courage勇气

Two doors I knocked on我敲过的两扇门

  • TYOSoftBank, Tokyo · 2023软银 · 东京 · 2023
  • HKGHong Kong香港

In 2023, in my second year at NYU, I made a special trip to SoftBank’s Tokyo office, hoping to meet Masayoshi Son and ask him who his hero was as a child. I also went to Hong Kong hoping to meet Li Ka-shing. Neither meeting happened, but I showed up and tried.2023年大二时,我专程去了软银的东京办公室,想拜访孙正义,问问他小时候的偶像是谁。我也去过香港,想拜访李嘉诚。两次都没有见到,但我去了,也努力争取了。

Team sport团队运动

Water polo水球

I play water polo, a sport where you never stop moving and no one wins alone.我喜欢打水球:一项一刻不能停、也没有人能单独取胜的运动。

Stage舞台

Singing on stage上台唱歌

I love getting up on stage to sing. Give me a microphone and an audience and I’m in my element.我喜欢上台唱歌。给我一支麦克风和一群观众,我就很自在。

Since high school从高中开始

Museum docent club博物馆讲解社

In high school I founded a docent club for a Shanghai museum. It grew to 50+ members and 200 alumni.高中时,我为上海一家博物馆创办了讲解员社团,发展到50多名成员、200名校友。

Giving back回馈社会

Tax help for Queens families帮皇后区家庭申领税收抵免

With the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers in New York, I lead a project helping immigrant families and business owners in Queens claim tax credits.在世界经济论坛全球杰出青年社区(纽约),我牵头一个项目,帮助皇后区的移民家庭和小企业主申领税收抵免。