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Kai-Fu Lee

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Kai-Fu Lee (traditional Chinese: 李開復; simplified Chinese: 李开复; pinyin: Lǐ Kāifù; born December 3, 1961) is a Taiwanese computer scientist, investor, and author. He was the founding director of Microsoft Research China, later Microsoft Research Asia, serving from 1998 to 2000, and served as president of Google China 2005 to 2009. In 2009, Lee founded the venture capital firm Innovation Works, later renamed Sinovation Ventures. In 2023, he founded 01.AI, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Kai-Fu Lee is the 586th most popular businessperson (down from 545th in 2024), the 40th most popular biography from Taiwan (up from 41st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Taiwanese Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Kai-Fu Lee ranks 586 out of 847. Before him are Erick Thohir, Sam Panopoulos, Eben Moglen, William McGregor, Marc Randolph, and Giovanni Ferrero. After him are Andrea Stella, Güler Sabancı, Hiro Matsushita, Wang Chuanfu, Josef Neckermann, and Ginni Rometty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Kai-Fu Lee ranks 332. Before him are Sally Yeh, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Andrea Pollack, Steven Moffat, Fabio Biondi, and Unsuk Chin. After him are Paul McCrane, Hiro Matsushita, Doc Rivers, Bam Bam Bigelow, Anri, and Yuri Milner.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Kai-Fu Lee ranks 40 out of 116. Before him are Ko Wen-je (1960), Han Kuo-yu (1957), Jolin Tsai (1980), Chi Cheng (1944), Peter Chen (1947), and Sally Yeh (1961). After him are Vivian Hsu (1975), Ruby Lin (1976), Joey Wong (1967), Justin Yifu Lin (1952), Chang Chen (1976), and Richie Jen (1966).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Taiwan

Among businesspeople born in Taiwan, Kai-Fu Lee ranks 6. Before him are Jensen Huang (1963), Terry Gou (1950), Jerry Yang (1968), Steve Chen (1978), and Lisa Su (1969).

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