CEOI MEMBER SINCE 2023

Yuanqing Yang joined the Lenovo Group in 1989 and has played a key role in its transformation into a US $70 billion global technology powerhouse employing 82,000 people and serving customers in 180 markets worldwide. Under his leadership, Lenovo completed the acquisition of the IBM PC business in May 2005 and the acquisitions of the IBM x86 server business and Motorola Mobility in October 2014. After leading the company to become the world’s largest PC company, Mr. Yang has built new growth engines, including infrastructure, mobile, solutions, and services, transforming the company from a device provider to a solution provider, charging full speed ahead toward its vision of smarter technology for all. Mr. Yang has recieved multiple awards and industry accolades. He was on Barron’s Best CEOs list from 2013 to 2015 and in 2014 won the Edison Achievement Award. And he has been named one of China’s Most Influential Business Leaders by Fortune (China) magazine every year for the past decade. Mr. Yang received a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Science and Technology of China and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is a member of the International Advisory Council of Brookings Institution and is a director of Baidu Inc. and TaiKang Insurance Group.