Lei Jun

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Lei Jun
雷军
Lei Jun 2024-09-13.jpg
Lei in 2024
Born (1969-12-16) 16 December 1969 (age 55)
Xiantao, Hubei, China
Alma mater Wuhan University, BEng (1991) [1] [2]
Occupation(s)Founder, Chairman & CEO of Xiaomi [2]
Chairman of Kingsoft
Chairman of UCWeb Inc. [2]
Chairman of YY.com [2]
Chairman of Shunwei Capital
Known forFounder of Xiaomi [2]
Board member of Kingsoft
SpouseZhang Tong (张彤)
Children2
Website Lei Jun's Weibo Page
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  3. "Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Lei Jun". Bloomberg L.P.
  4. Lucas, Louise (22 June 2018). "Lei Jun hits another wall in bid to take Xiaomi public". Financial Times .
  5. CAMBELL, CHARLIE (12 July 2018). "Lei Jun Wants to Be india's Answer to Steve Jobs. But Trump's Trade War Is Getting In His Way" . Time .
  6. "Lei Jun, Founder Of Xiaomi, Might Just Be 'China's Steve Jobs'". HuffPost . Reuters. 7 December 2012.
  7. "Childhood stories of the top 5 Chinese tech bosses". Yahoo! . 2 June 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Chinese Billionaire Lei Jun's Long, Twisting Road At Kingsoft". Forbes . 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017.
  9. "Amazon.com to Acquire Joyo.com Limited" (Press release). Amazon.com. 19 August 2004.
  10. He, Laura (27 November 2012). "Chinese Billionaire Lei Jun Sees Hundred-fold Return After YY IPO". Forbes .
  11. "Alibaba, UCWeb Team Up In Mobile Search". Forbes . 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017.
  12. Mozur, Paul; Wang, Shanshan (15 December 2014). "The Rise of a New Smartphone Giant: China's Xiaomi". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  13. Pan, Che (14 April 2023). "Ukraine calls Xiaomi a 'war sponsor' over smartphone sales in Russia". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  14. "Here's why Xiaomi is China's most important tech company". Tech In Asia . 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015.
  15. "In communist China, CEOs acquire more political clout". The Economic Times . 17 March 2013.
  16. "雷軍開法拉利 網民猜小米汽車將出「法拉米」 (02:19) - 20241022 - 兩岸". 明報新聞網 - 即時新聞 instant news (in Traditional Chinese). 22 October 2024.
  17. Onawole, Habeeb (26 April 2017). "Lei Jun, Xiaomi CEO and Billionaire Hero Gets Honored". Gizmo China.
  18. Flannery, Russell (3 November 2021). "China's Tech Tycoons Spread The Wealth As Beijing Pushes For 'Common Prosperity'". Forbes .
  19. "CBN丨World's first supply chain expo opens in Beijing, highlighting stability in global supply chains | GDToday". www.newsgd.com. Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi's founder Lei Jun has donated 1.3 billion yuan to its alma mater Wuhan University on the 130th anniversary of its founding, the highest-ever donation a Chinese university has received from an individual contributor.
  20. "Xiaomi Billionaire Gifts Record $182 Million to China University". Bloomberg.com. 29 November 2023. Lei gifted the school 1.3 billion yuan ($182 million), the biggest ever cash donation to a Chinese university from an alumnus.
  21. "Forbes Asia Names Lei Jun As Businessman Of The Year In 2014". Forbes . 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017.
  22. Beech, Hannah (16 April 2015). "Lei Jun". Time .
  23. Strumpf, Dan (5 March 2021). "U.S. Blacklisted China's Xiaomi Because of Award Given to Its Founder" . The Wall Street Journal .
Lei Jun
Simplified Chinese 雷军
Traditional Chinese 雷軍
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Léi Jūn
IPA [lěɪ.tɕýn]