#36 Billionaire
Lei Jun
$42.0B
$-1.21B
(-2.8%)
CN
· Age 56
Source of wealth: Smartphones, automobiles
Industry: technology
Organization: Xiaomi, Founder and CEO
Residence: Beijing, CN
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"bio": [
"Lei Jun is cofounder, chairman and CEO of Hong Kong-listed Xiaomi, one of the world's most popular smartphone brands.",
"Best known for its value-for-money devices, Xiaomi has also been trying to crack the high-end market.",
"In March 2024 Xiaomi launched its SU7 electric vehicles, three years after Lei announced plans to make EVs.",
"Lei is also the chairman of Hong Kong-listed software firm Kingsoft and an investor in JOYY Inc., a Nasdaq-listed live-streaming and social media platform formerly known as YY.com."
],
"about": [
"Lei's first success was selling online retailer Joyo.com to Amazon in 2004 for $75 million."
]
}
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