February 10, 2021

From Insurance Giant to Tech Platform: The Story of Ping An

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51 minutes

From an insurance giant to an incubator of cutting-edge tech companies, Ping An’s evolution is impressive and unique. Chief Innovation Officer Jonathan Larsen joins Azeem Azhar to explore how the China-based holding conglomerate has managed such agility at immense scale.

They also discuss:

Why being founder-led has enabled bold movement into new markets.

How Ping An created the world’s largest telemedicine platform from scratch.

Why innovation must come from the company’s core culture and leadership.

Why Ping An’s success is linked to pivoting the entire group to a self-built cloud platform.

@PingAnTech

@azeem

@ExponentialView

Further resources:

“How Ping An, an insurer, became a fintech super-app” (The Economist, 2020)

“Ping-An, the tech giant masquerading as a finance company” (FinTech Brain Food, 2020)

“Ping An on building a fintech ecosystem in China” (McKinsey, 2019)

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February 10, 2021

From Insurance Giant to Tech Platform: The Story of Ping An

Listen Later

51 minutes

From an insurance giant to an incubator of cutting-edge tech companies, Ping An’s evolution is impressive and unique. Chief Innovation Officer Jonathan Larsen joins Azeem Azhar to explore how the China-based holding conglomerate has managed such agility at immense scale.

They also discuss:

Why being founder-led has enabled bold movement into new markets.

How Ping An created the world’s largest telemedicine platform from scratch.

Why innovation must come from the company’s core culture and leadership.

Why Ping An’s success is linked to pivoting the entire group to a self-built cloud platform.

@PingAnTech

@azeem

@ExponentialView

Further resources:

“How Ping An, an insurer, became a fintech super-app” (The Economist, 2020)

“Ping-An, the tech giant masquerading as a finance company” (FinTech Brain Food, 2020)

“Ping An on building a fintech ecosystem in China” (McKinsey, 2019)

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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