Robin Li — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-founder of Baidu in 2000, which completed its IPO on NASDAQ on August 5, 2005.
Serves as CEO of Baidu since January 2004.
Created the RankDex site-scoring algorithm for search engine page ranking in 1996.
Earned a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University at Buffalo in 1994.
Was a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2013 to 2018.

Biography

Robin Li Yanhong is a Chinese software engineer and internet entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder and chief executive officer of Baidu, a multinational technology company. Born on November 17, 1968, in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, Li pursued a Bachelor of Management with a major in information management from Peking University. He later earned a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University at Buffalo in 1994.