Chinese software engineer and billionaire internet entrepreneur (born 1968)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li (李).
Robin Li
李彦宏
Li in 2010
Born
(1968-11-17) 17 November 1968 (age 55)
Yangquan, Shanxi, China
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
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Lǐ Yànhóng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Lii Yannhorng
Wade–Giles
Li Yenhung
IPA
[lì jɛ̂nxʊ̌ŋ]
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]
^www.baidu.com
^"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.
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