Ren Zhengfei is a Chinese entrepreneur and engineer, best known as the founder and CEO of Huawei Technologies. Located in Shenzhen, China, Huawei has grown under his leadership to become the world's largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and the second largest manufacturer of smartphones.

Born on October 25, 1944, in Zhenning County, Guizhou, Ren Zhengfei spent his primary and junior high school years in a mountain village.