Robin Li
Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Baidu
The co-founder and CEO of Baidu, China's leading search company, which has become one of the country's largest AI developers.
Biography
Robin Li is a Chinese software engineer and internet entrepreneur, co-founder and chief executive officer of Baidu. Born in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, in 1968, he studied information management at Peking University and computer science at the University at Buffalo. In 1996 he created RankDex, an early search ranking approach, and in 2000 he founded Baidu with Eric Xu. He has been Baidu's CEO since January 2004, and the company was listed on NASDAQ on 5 August 2005.
Li was a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2013 to 2018, and in 2014 the UN Secretary-General appointed him co-chair of the Independent Expert Advisory Group on Data Revolution for Sustainable Development. TIME named him to its 2023 list of the 100 most influential people in AI.
Notable contributions
Founded Baidu
Founded Baidu in 2000 with Eric Xu; the company was listed on NASDAQ in August 2005 and Li has been CEO since January 2004.
Created RankDex
Created RankDex in 1996, an early search ranking approach that preceded Baidu.
Named to the TIME100 AI list
Named one of the 100 most influential people in AI by TIME in 2023, as CEO, chairman and co-founder of Baidu.