Ren Zhengfei

Ren Zhengfei
任正非
Ren in 2012
CEO of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Assumed office
15 September 1987
ChairmanLiang Hua(梁华)
Vice Chairman of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
In office
15 September 1987 – 22 November 2019
ChairmanSun Yafang(孙亚芳)
Succeeded byMeng Wanzhou(孟晚舟)
Representative of the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
1 September 1982 – 11 September 1982
ChairmanHu Yaobang(胡耀邦)
Personal details
Born (1944-10-25) 25 October 1944 (age 80)
Zhenning County, Guizhou,  Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Spouse(s)Meng Jun (former)
Yao Ling (current)
ChildrenMeng Wanzhou
Yao Anna
Ren Ping[1]
Alma materChongqing Jianzhu University (now Chongqing University)
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1970–1982
UnitPLA Capital Construction Engineering Corps
Scientific career
FieldsAerodynamics
InstitutionsLiaoyang Petroleum Chemical Fiber General Factory
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinRén Zhèngfēi
IPA[ɻə̌n ʈʂə̂ŋféɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYahm Jingfēi
JyutpingJam6 Zing3-fei1
IPA[jɐm˨ tsɪŋ˧fej˥]

Ren Zhengfei (Chinese: 任正非; born 25 October 1944) is a Chinese entrepreneur and engineer who is the founder and CEO of Huawei Technologies, which is located in Shenzhen, China, and is the world's largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and second largest manufacturer of smartphones.[2] Ren is dedicated to the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party.[3]: 11 

  1. ^ Wakabayashi, Daisuke; Rappeport, Alan (5 December 2018). "A Top Huawei Executive Is Arrested in Canada for Extradition to the U.S." The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Ren Zhengfei". Forbes. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. ^ Marquis, Christopher; Qiao, Kunyuan (2022). Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise. Kunyuan Qiao. New Haven: Yale University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv3006z6k. ISBN 978-0-300-26883-6. JSTOR j.ctv3006z6k. OCLC 1348572572. S2CID 253067190.