Robin Li | |||||||||||||
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李彦宏 | |||||||||||||
.png) Li in 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Education | Peking University (BMgt) University at Buffalo (MS) | ||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Software engineer, internet entrepreneur | ||||||||||||
| Title | Co-founder and CEO of Baidu Chairman of iQIYI | ||||||||||||
| Board member of | Education & Technology Group Inc. | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Dongmin Ma | ||||||||||||
| Children | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李彦宏 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李彥宏 | ||||||||||||
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Robin Li Yanhong (Chinese: 李彦宏; pinyin: Lǐ Yànhóng; born 17 November 1968) is a Chinese software engineer and billionaire internet entrepreneur who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Chinese multinational technology company Baidu.[1] As of June 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$8.6 billion by Forbes.[2]
Li studied information management at Peking University and computer science at the University at Buffalo. In 1996, he created RankDex.[3] In 2000, he founded Baidu with Eric Xu. Li has been CEO of Baidu since January 2004. The company was listed on NASDAQ on August 5, 2005.[4][5]
Li is a member of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[6]
During his tenure as CEO of Baidu, Li has been criticized for a number of controversies, including the death of Wei Zexi, advertising of unqualified hospitals on Tieba, and ad fraud.[7]
- ^ Campbell, Charlie (2023-09-07). "Robin Li CEO, Chairman and Co-Founder, Baidu". Time. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- ^ "Forbes profile: Robin Li". Forbes. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "About: RankDex", rankdex.com; accessed 3 May 2014.
- ^ "Baidu mesmerizes Wall Street - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 7 August 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "The Ultimate List Of 15 Asian Scientists To Watch – Robin Li". AsianScientist.com. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ 政协委员李彦宏:高薪挖著名教授成为不了优秀大学. China Internet Information Center. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ Huang, Zheping (2016-05-02). "Baidu, China's version of Google, is "evil," a growing number of users say". Quartz. Retrieved 2023-06-10.