Robin Li

Robin Li is a Chinese software engineer and the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Baidu, overseeing the company's overall strategy and business operations. Li previously served as the company's president. Since founding the company in January 2000, Li has led Baidu to be China’s largest search engine.

Prior to founding Baidu, Li worked as an engineer for Infoseek, a pioneer in the search industry, and as a senior consultant for IDD Information Services. He received a US patent for a system of hyperlink analysis in 1999, one of the inventions that has helped shape today's search technology.

As one of the trailblazers and leading figures in China’s Internet industry, Li and his achievements have been widely recognized. Among his many honors, Li topped Forbes’ 2012 list of “China’s Best CEOs” and was named in Forbes’ list of "World’s Most Powerful People" three years in a row. Magazines such as BusinessWeek and TIME have repeatedly put Li on the lists of “Best Business Leaders in the World” and “China’s Most Influential Business Leaders.”

Li serves on the board of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc., a private educational services provider in China. He received a bachelor’s degree in information science from Peking University and a master’s degree in computer science from the State University of New York at Buffalo.