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Lin Bin
Born1968 (age 55–56)
NationalityChinese
Alma materSun Yat-sen University
Drexel University

Lin Bin (born 1968) is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder and vice chairman of Xiaomi.[1]

Lin graduated from the radio electronics department of the Sun Yat-sen University. Later he received a master of science in Computer Engineering from Drexel University.[1][2]

After graduation, Lin started at Microsoft, where he worked on Internet Explorer.[1] From 2006 to 2010, he worked as an engineering director at Google and served as Vice President of Google China’s Engineering Research Institute.[3] In 2010 Lin co-founded Xiaomi together with Lei Jun and five other individuals, serving as president of the company.[4] After previously stepping down from his role, in 2019 he became the vice chairman of the company.[5]

Lin Bin made the 2024 Forbes Billionaires List with an estimated wealth of $7.1 billion and occupied the 436th position.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Lin Bin". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  2. ^ Russell Flannery (2015-03-04). "2015 Forbes Billionaires China Shout-Out: Xiaomi's Bin Lin". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  3. ^ Shu, Catherine (29 August 2013). "Xiaomi, What Americans Need To Know". TechCrunch. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  4. ^ Clover, Charles (11 November 2014). "Chinese tech: Selling to the next billion". www.ft.com. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. ^ Anmol Sachdeva (2019-12-02). "Xiaomi Co-founder Lei Jun Steps Down as China President Amid Leadership Reshuffle". Beebom. Retrieved 2022-04-21.