The story often repeated about BYD’s founder, Wang Chuanfu, not holding a driving license has become an interesting discussion point in business education. Whether treated as a verified biographical fact or as a useful leadership anecdote, the story carries a valuable lesson: strategic leaders do not always need to be direct end-users of the products they build. What matters is their ability to understand #technology, #systems, #markets, and long-term social change. This arti
