Lei Jun is known as Steve Jobs the Chinese or the founder of China’s version of Apple. His name may not be familiar to many, but he is in fact one of the most important

رجال الأعمال في مجال التكنولوجيا في العالم اليوم، وهو مؤسس شركة شاومي “Xiaomi” التي تعد رابع أكبر صانع للهواتف الذكية في العالم،

where he serves as chairman and CEO.

Lei Jun was born on December 16, 1969, in Hubei Province, China. He graduated from Mianyang Middle School in 1987 and then enrolled at Wuhan University

as a computer engineering student, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1991. Lei was fascinated by Steve Jobs and spent most of his time reading books about

his life, dreaming of becoming like him one day. He was also convinced that he needed a university education to gain the knowledge and understanding required to start a world-class business,

and set himself one goal after graduation: to find a job that perfectly matched what he had learned at university.

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انضم عام 1992 إلى شركة “Kingsoft” مهندسا وأصبح تدريجياً الرئيس التنفيذي للشركة في عام 1998 وقادها نحو الاكتتاب العام، ولكنه استقال

من منصب الرئيس والمدير التنفيذي لأسباب صحية في 20 ديسمبر 2007، وعاد إليها رئيساً في عام 2011. وأثناء فترة عمله في “Kingsoft”

he decided to start his own business and founded an online bookstore in 2000. It grew tremendously, became well known, and attracted millions of people

online. By 2004, Amazon had expressed interest in buying it and paid Lee $75 million. In addition,

John was a savvy investor who invested in many Startups والناجحة منها “Vancl.com“، “YY“، “UCWeb“.

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On April 6, 2010, John founded Xiaomi Technology, a company that manufactures smartphones andMobile applications other consumer electronics.

Xiaomi was co-founded by Lin Bin, deputy head of Google China’s engineering institute; Dr. Zhou Guangping, senior director at Motorola;

بكين  R&DLiu De, head of industrial design at the University of Science and Technology Beijing; as well as Li Wanqiang, Wong Kong, and Hong Feng.

The company introduced a diverse range of products, from phones, televisions, routers, and earphones to water and air purifiers, as well as robots

and scooters. Through his company, John invested in more than 70 startups and planned to expand Xiaomi and develop its ecosystem. In 2014,

Xiaomi raised more than US$1 billion to increase the company’s capital, and is now valued at more than US$45 billion.

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The company has grown significantly over the past decade to become Brand the world’s most trusted brand for its high quality and powerful smartphones,

thanks to the leadership of Lin Bin and Lei Jun. Forbes named Lei Jun the most prominent entrepreneur of 2014, and he was later ranked

87th on the list of the world’s richest businesspeople in 2015. Today, his net worth is estimated at more than US$10 billion.