Yang Yuanqing - Chief Executive Officer
(chinadaily.com.cn)
2010-10-12 17
Yang Yuanqing
Chief Executive Officer
Yang Yuanqing is the chief executive of Lenovo, returning to this role in 2009, having held the job from 2001 to 2005. In between terms as CEO, he served as chairman of the board of Lenovo Group Ltd. Yang joined Lenovo in 1989. Under his leadership, Lenovo has been China's best-selling PC brand since 1997. In 1999, Lenovo ranked first in PC sales in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) and has maintained this position ever since.
He holds a master's degree from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Science and Technology of China. Yang is also a member of the National Youth Association Committee, director of China's Entrepreneurs Association, a guest professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, and a member of the New York Stock Exchange's International Advisory Committee.