Internet tycoon who loves growing vegetables - Robin Li Age: 1968.11.17
Birthplace: Yangquan, Shanxi
Family ranking: fourth child
Education: Department of Information Management, Peking University, PhD in Computer Science, State University of New York at Buffalo
Experience: Dow Jones consultant, Infoseek engineer
Book: "Silicon Valley Business War"
Patent: Web page hyperlink analysis method
2005 China Rich List Ranking: Forbes 17, Hurun 18
Personal wealth: 4.3 billion yuan (approximately NT$17.2 billion)
Leisure hobby: growing vegetables
Robin Li graduated from Peking University in 1991 with a major in information management, and then went to the State University of New York at Buffalo to complete a master's degree in computer science. During his 8 years in the United States, Mr. Robin Li successively served as a senior consultant for Dow Jones, a designer of the real-time financial information system for the online version of the Wall Street Journal, and a senior engineer at the internationally renowned Internet company INFOSEEK. He is an authority in the field of new generation Internet technology. expert. The real-time financial system he designed for Dow Jones is still widely used on the websites of major Wall Street companies, including the online version of the Wall Street Journal.
Robin Li first created ESP technology and successfully applied it to the INFOSEEK/GO.COM search engine. GO.COM's image search engine is another of his technological innovations that has great application value.
In 1996, he first solved the problem of how to perfectly combine ranking based on web page quality and ranking based on relevance, and thus obtained a U.S. patent;
In 1998, Mr. Robin Li Based on their experience of working and living in Silicon Valley, they published the book "Silicon Valley Business War" in mainland China, which won praise from all walks of life;
At the end of 1999, Robin Li and Xu Yong brought US$1.2 million in venture capital from Silicon Valley in the United States. After returning to China, he co-founded Baidu Network Technology Co., Ltd.; at the beginning, Baidu set its goal to build the Chinese people's own Chinese search engine, and was willing to work tirelessly for this goal.
In May 2000, Baidu provided search technology services for the portal website Silicon Valley Dynamics for the first time, and then quickly occupied the Chinese search engine market and became the most important search technology provider.
In 2001, Robin Li was selected as one of the "Top Ten New Entrepreneurs in China";
In August 2001, the Beta version of Baidu.com search engine was released, shifting from back-end services to independent provision. Search services, and pioneered the bidding ranking business model in China;
The Baidu search engine was officially released on October 22, 2001.
In 2002, Robin Li won the title of the first "Top Ten People of IT";
In 2003, Robin Li won the title of "Top Ten People of IT" again;
2004 On January 15, 2019, Robin Li was elected to the second session of the "Thirteen New Talents in Beijing".
On August 5, 2005, Baidu was listed on NASDAQ in the United States, becoming the most eye-catching listed company in the global capital market in 2005. Baidu has entered a new stage of development.