Lei Jun

About

Chinese billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist known for founding the consumer electronics company Xiaomi. He also served as CEO of Kingsoft from 1998 to 2007. He has made a number of large donations to charitable causes, including a donation of $2.2 billion in Xiaomi shares in 2021.

Before Fame

He received a Bachelor of Arts in computer science from Wuhan University in 1991.

Trivia

Forbes named him Businessman of the Year in 2014. He promotes Xiaomi products on his leijun_xiaomi Instagram account, where he has earned more than 190,000 followers.

Family Life

He and his wife Zhang Tong have two children.

Associated With

He was pictured standing next to Sundar Pichai in a photo posted to his Instagram account on December 21, 2017.