Lei founded Envision Energy in 2007. Over the ten years, he has led Envision Energy to its current position as the world’s largest Energy IoT platform with 100GW energy assets under management and the global leader of wind turbine. Zhang Lei was named one of the "Top 10 Sino-U.S. Innovators of the Year" by Forbes and "China Business Leaders 2016" by CBN, and was selected as a model entrepreneur embodying the "Chinese Dream" by the country.