Background
Mr. Jun Lei co-founded Xiaomi Inc. in 2010 and is its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Jun Lei co-founded Xiaomi Inc. in 2010 and is its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The cofounder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Inc., electronics maker. The company has success in the Chinese market due to focusing on online sales and advertising through social media. Xiaomi Inc. within five years had become the world's third largest smartphone manufacturer.
In 1992 Lei Jun joined software company Kingsoft Corp.
In 1998 he became its CEO.
In 2007 he organized IPO (initial public offering) of the company. Kingsoft was listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Nevertheless Lei Jun left it shortly after IPO.
For a few years ran a venture capital fund.
In 2010 Le Jun founded Xiaomi Inc. with several partners, among which was Lin Bin, former Google executive.
He invested in many successful start-up companies as an angel investor.
Quotations: "Even a pig can fly if it stands at the center of a whirlwind"
Lei Jun sits on the board of Wuhan University.
Lei Jun is considered to a man of honour.
He believes that Social Networking, E-Commerce and Mobile Internet will be the driving force in the coming future.
He takes customer satisfaction as the highest priority.
He's married to Zhang Tong and has two children.