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How a business was started, the founding insight, and the conditions that shaped its first chapter.
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2026 · Investor/Pass Founder Ledger
Lei Jun — Founder Ledger Overview
Lei Jun — founder profiled in the Chinese Founder Ledger — is documented as follows: wuhan University computer-science graduate who joined Kingsoft as an engineer in 1992, later became its CEO, founded Xiaomi, and has since transformed it into a technology conglomerate spanning smartphones, electric vehicles, and chips. The profile is grounded in the 3 sources indexed for this founder.
2025 · South China Morning Post
Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun stays on as honorary chairman at Chinese software firm
Founded Xiaomi and later steered the company into new segments including electric vehicles and chips.
2024 · Wikipedia
Lei Jun
Lei joined Kingsoft as an engineer in 1992, became its CEO in 1998, led it to a 2007 Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPO, then resigned as president and CEO on December 20, 2007, citing health reasons.
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