Robin Li (simplified Chinese: 李彦宏; traditional Chinese: 李彥宏; pinyin: Lǐ Yànhóng; born November 17, 1968) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of China's most popular search engine Baidu. He is the richest man in China with personal wealth estimated to be $10.2 billion.
Li studied information management at Peking University and the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. In 2000 he founded Baidu with Eric Xu (徐勇). He ...
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Robin Li (simplified Chinese: 李彦宏; traditional Chinese: 李彥宏; pinyin: Lǐ Yànhóng; born November 17, 1968) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of China's most popular search engine Baidu. He is the richest man in China with personal wealth estimated to be $10.2 billion.
Li studied information management at Peking University and the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. In 2000 he founded Baidu with Eric Xu (徐勇). He has been the CEO of Baidu since January 2004, which was listed on NASDAQ in August 2005. Li has been listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011.
Li was born in the city of Yangquan in Shanxi Province, China, where he spent most of his childhood. Both of his parents were factory workers. Li was the fourth of five children, and the only boy among the five.
Li was admitted by Yangquan First High School by achieving the second highest grades in the entrance exam. In high school, Li enjoyed computer...
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