Born Jiangsu: China Other name: CZ Alma mater: McGill UniversityKnown above: Founder and CEO of Binance Net worth Increase : 1.9 billion short profileEARLY LIFE Zhao was born in Jiangsu Province, China. In the late 1980s, Zhao moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Zhao's father was a professor in China before being branded a “pro-bourgeois intellectual” and expelled from the country. During his youth, Zhao helped support his family by working several jobs in the service industry, including as a McDonald's employee. Zhao attended McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he majored in computer science.