Robin Li

Robin Li
Robin Li at the 7th Annual Web 2.0 Summit in 2010
Native name	李彦宏
Born	(1968-11-17) 17 November 1968 (age 48) Yangquan, Shanxi, China
Residence	Beijing, China
Nationality	Chinese
Alma mater	Peking University State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo
Occupation	Chairman and CEO, Baidu Inc. Board of Director, Education & Technology Group Inc.
Net worth	US$14.3 billion (December 2015)
Children	4 children

Robin Li or Li Yanhong (Chinese: 李彦宏; pinyin: Lǐ Yànhóng; born 17 November 1968) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur. He co-founded the Chinese search engine Baidu and is ranked as the seventh richest man in mainland China with a net worth of US$9.6 billion as of September 2015. He is ranked as 119th richest man in the world, according to the Hurun Report Global Rich List 2014. In addition, Li also serves as the member of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Li studied information management at Peking University and computer science at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In 2000 he founded Baidu with Eric Xu. Li has been CEO of Baidu since January 2004. The company was listed on NASDAQ on August 5, 2005. Li was included as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011.

On August 29, 2014, Robin Li has been appointed by the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, as co-chair of the Independent Expert Advisory Group on Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.

Li was born in Shanxi Province, China, where he spent most of his childhood. Both of his parents were factory workers. Li was the fourth of five children, and the only boy.