LeSee Co-Founder Says He’s Not Leaving Faraday Future

(YicaiGlobal) Dec. 30 — The co-founder and global chairman of LeSee has said he is not resigning and plans to go on leading the advancement of LeEco’s electric vehicle production plan with his team. His denial comes after a media report said he had quit as head of Faraday Future, in which LeEco has invested.

“Ding Lei, a top executive at Chinese tech giant LeEco and ‘global CEO’ of Faraday Future, has stepped down from overseeing Faraday Future, sources tell The Verge,” the US tech, science and culture website reported yesterday.

The Verge also said that Ding may join NextEV, a start-up electric vehicle company headquartered in Silicon Valley.

“Faraday Future never had an official CEO — the company has gone almost two years without naming one — but sources tell The Verge that Ding helped run things from his perch at LeEco, a major investor in FF,” the report said.

The other day, Faraday Future’s Marco Mattiacci, in charge of global market brands and marketing, and Joerg Sommer, vice president in charge of products and development, confirmed their resignations.