Yang Yuanqing
Yang Yuanqing | |
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| Born | November 12, 1964 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Citizenship | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Shanghai Jiao Tong University University of Science and Technology of China |
Yang Yuanqing ([杨元庆] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: Hans (help), born 1964) is the current chief executive officer of Lenovo.[1]
Lenovo
In 1989, Yang joined Legend, as Lenovo was then known, as a salesman. Since then, Yang has moved up the ranks quickly. Yang travelled to meet distributors throughout China and used his technical knowledge to help build an outstanding sales record. This caught the attention of Liu Chuanzhi, who promoted Yang to head Lenovo's personal computer business at just 29 years old. Yang was elevated to CEO of the whole company when Liu retired in 2001. Liu described Yang as "A man who moves forward, takes risks and aims to innovate."
Yang Yuanqing was chairman of Lenovo's board from 2004 to 2008. In February 2009,Yang re-assumed the position of CEO at Lenovo. One of his major achievements has been making Lenovo the best-selling PC brand in China since 1997. In 2001, Business Week named him as one of the rising stars in Asia.
Early life and career
Born on November 12, 1964 to parents who are both educated surgeons, Yang Yuanqing grew up poor in Hefei, Anhui.[1]
He received his undergraduate degree in computer science from Shanghai Jiaotong University and graduated with a masters from University of Science and Technology of China in 1988.
References
- ^ a b Hamm, Steve (December 11, 2006). "China's First Global Capitalist". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
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