Kai-Fu Lee (simplified Chinese: 李开复; traditional Chinese: 李開復; pinyin: Lǐ Kāifù; born December 3, 1961) is an information technology executive and a computer science researcher.
He became the focus of a 2005 legal dispute between Google and Microsoft, his former employer, due to a one-year non-compete agreement that he signed with Microsoft in 2000 when he became its corporate vice president of interactive services.
He is one of the most prominen...
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Kai-Fu Lee (simplified Chinese: 李开复; traditional Chinese: 李開復; pinyin: Lǐ Kāifù; born December 3, 1961) is an information technology executive and a computer science researcher.
He became the focus of a 2005 legal dispute between Google and Microsoft, his former employer, due to a one-year non-compete agreement that he signed with Microsoft in 2000 when he became its corporate vice president of interactive services.
He is one of the most prominent figures in the Chinese internet sector. He was the founding president of Google China, serving from July, 2005 through September 4, 2009. His personal blog is widely followed in China and he runs a popular website (www.kaifulee.com) to help young Chinese people achieve careers in IT.
Lee was born in Taipei, Taiwan, the son of Tien-Min Li, a legislator and historian from Sichuan, China.
In 1973, Lee immigrated to the United States and attended high school in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University (where he...
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