Robin Li Net Worth, Biography and Achievements

Robin Li Net Worth  $13 billion

Robin Yanhong Li is a successful software engineer and internet entrepreneur from China. He is best known for being the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the website Baidu Inc., well-known in China as the Chinese-language equivalent of Google.

Li He studied information management at Peking University and completed a master’s program at UB, where he studied at CEDAR (Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition), learning about vector space models used in the interpretation of word recognition results, and currently oversees the overall strategy and business operations of Baidu.

Early Life: Childhood, Education

He was born Robin Li Yanhong on 17 November 1968 in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, China. Both of his parents worked in a production factory and were able to cater to the needs of their five children through their jobs.

He attended Peking University where he studied information management before attending the University of Buffalo in the United States for a Ph.D. in computer science. He decided not to continue with his doctorate studies and left the institution with a master’s degree in 1994.

Professional Life: Entrepreneurial Career

Immediately after completing his studies at the University of Buffalo, Robin joined IDD Information Services, a division of Dow Jones and Company in New Jersey, where he helped develop software for the online version of The Wall Street Journal.

He contributed to improving algorithms for search engines as well, maintaining his job at IDD Information Services from 1994 to 1997. In 1996, while at IDD, he created RankDex, a web search engine with site-scoring and page-ranking algorithms.

Four years later, he co-founded Baidu with Eric Xu. He has been the chief executive officer of this company since January 2004. In 2005, the company became a NASDAQ-listed business and continued to witness tremendous growth from there.

Since creating Baidu in January 2000, the businessman has guided the company efficiently and has turned it into the largest Chinese search engine, with more than 80% market share by a search query. It is also considered to be the world’s second-largest independent search engine.

Two years after successfully completing its IPO on NASDAQ, Baidu became the first Chinese company to be listed in the NASDAQ -100 Index.

Achievements: Awards & Honors

For his business accomplishments, this businessman has received many honors in the United States and China, including accolades for his business leadership from Fortune magazines and BusinessWeek.

TIME Magazine once named him one of the World’s Most Influential People, and his alma mater, UB, bestowed on him 2006, its George W. Thorn Award, presented to graduates under 40 who have made significant contributions to their fields.

In 2011, the Asian Scientists Magazine listed Li as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch. In 2014, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, appointed him a co-chairperson of the Independent Expert Advisory Group on Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.

In 2007, his name was included in CNN Money’s list of “50 people who matter now”. He has also received numerous recognitions such as one of the “Chinese Top Ten Innovative Pioneers”, one of the “IT Ten Famous Persons”, and one of the ten “Chinese Software Outstanding Young Persons”, among others. He received the “ASEAN Youth Award” in the year 2004 and was honored with the “CCTV 2005 Chinese Economic Figures of The Year” award the following year.

He was also named the “World’s Best Business Leader” by the American Business Weekly in 2006.

Personal Life: Wife, Children, Private Interests

Robin Li is married to Dongmin Ma. His wife also works for Baidu. The couple resides in Beijing, China, along with their four children. He dedicates most of his work to his occupation and has never been known to take his duties at the company lightly.

His contributions to Baidu and his constant push for greatness have been identified as some of the key ingredients that have contributed to helping the company, listed as one of the world’s most successful businesses, to reach its peak.

Robin Li Net Worth: Salary, Income Sources, Assets

The salary of this successful Chinese businessman is currently not given. He is known as one of the wealthiest internet entrepreneurs of all time with a fortune that has been estimated at 13 billion dollars.

Born in Yangquan, Shanxi, China, Robin Li graduated from Peking University with his bachelor’s degree, earned his Master’s degree at SUNY-Buffalo in the United States, and went on to start his first real job with IDD Information Services.

Mr. Li, who has been featured in multiple publications and has won many awards for his business triumphs, got his breakthrough after he founded Baidu, one of the largest search engines in the world which has permanently remained in the record books as the first company launched in China and belonging to a Chinese citizen to be part of the NASDAQ-100.