Robin Li
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. As of June 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$8.6 billion by Forbes.
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 李彦宏 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李彥宏 | ||||||||||||
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Li studied information management at Peking University and computer science at the University at Buffalo. In 1996, he created RankDex. 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.
Li is a member of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
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.