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Robin Li
Co-founding Baidu and developing technology for ranking web search results.
RankDex · Baidu search
- Born
- 17 November 1968
- Birthplace
- Yangquan, China
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Robin Li
Robin Li is a Chinese engineer and entrepreneur who helped build Baidu into a major search company. His earlier RankDex research used links to assess the importance of web pages.
Early life
Shanxi upbringing
Grew up in Yangquan as one of five children of factory workers.
Information science
Studied at Peking University before earning a computer-science master's degree at Buffalo.
Career
- 1994
Engineering in the United States
Joined IDD Information Services, working on online information and search.
- 1997
Infoseek
Joined the search-engine company as an engineer.
- 2000
Baidu
Co-founded the company with Eric Xu.
- 2005
Public listing
Baidu listed on Nasdaq after its early growth in Chinese search.
Companies & projects
RankDex
Developed a link-based approach to ranking pages.
Baidu search
Co-founded the Chinese-language search business.
UN data panel
Co-chaired an expert group on using data for sustainable development.
Beyond work
Family
Married Dongmin Ma; they have four children.
Education governance
Has served on the board of the education company New Oriental.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Baidu management biography ↗Photo: 中国新闻社. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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