Yaoyao Liu is leaving commodity trading giant Vituo Group. His career has had its ups and downs, earning the company billions of dollars through oil derivatives trading. According to people familiar with the matter, Liu, who is now 39, stopped participating in daily transactions around the middle of this year. When he left his job, his team's trading books had been showing significant loss positions for two consecutive years. However, before this year's trading turbulence, he began planning his retirement as early as 2025.

Yaoyao Liu is leaving commodity trading giant Vituo Group. His career has had its ups and downs, earning the company billions of dollars through oil derivatives trading. According to people familiar with the matter, Liu, who is now 39, stopped participating in daily transactions around the middle of this year. When he left his job, his team's trading books had been showing significant loss positions for two consecutive years. However, before this year's trading turbulence, he began planning his retirement as early as 2025.