Robin Zeng’s high-stakes bets—from quitting his first job to founding CATL—have reshaped the global EV battery market.

China's CATL makes more than a third of electric vehicle batteries sold worldwide and also supplies VW and Toyota.

Hong Kong-traded shares in CATL, the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, have jumped after the company raised around $4.6 billion in the biggest initial public offering globally