Ren Zhengfei

Ren Zhengfei (任正非 b. 1944 in Guizhou, China (贵州)) is the president of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd (华为技术有限公司), headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Forbes magazine listed Mr. Ren as the 190th richest person in China, with private assets of approximately $124 million USD [cite news| url = http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/74/Name_9.html | work = Russell Flannery |title = The 400 Richest Chinese |date = January 25, 2006 | publisher = Forbes Magazine ] .

Biography

Ren's grandfather was from Jiangsu (江苏) province and was a masterchef who was an expert in curing ham in neighbouring Zhejiang province (浙江). His father (任摩逊) failed to complete university studies when his grandfather died a year prior to his graduation.

During the Japanese occupation, his father migrated to down south to Guangzhou(广州) to work in the KMT party's arms factory as an accounts clerk. The eldest of seven children, his mother was a senior teacher at the local secondary school.

After completing secondary school, he attended Chongqing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture , and then joined an army research institute to work as a military technologist. Due to his parent's social background, he was excluded from joining communist party for most of his career in the military. During this time, Ren was responsible of a numbers of technology achievements that was recognized at various levels. For this reason, Ren was selected as a delegate from PLA to attend the National Science Conference in 1978. 1982, Ren was forced to leave the army due to a large round of PLA force reduction which impacted 500,000 active duty personnel. After becoming a civilian, Ren moved to Shenzhen and worked in electronics business.

Huawei Technologies

In 1988, Ren founded Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, a company which specializes in the development, production, sales of telecom equipment, and is its CEO. The company is a leading player in the global telecommunications market, with an annual revenue of $8.2 billion USD, and over 44,000 employees in 2006.

Time Magazine included Ren Zhengfei in its list of 100 most influential people of 2005 [cite news| url = http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/subscriber/2005/time100/builders/100zhengfei.html | work = Matthew Forney |title = Ren Zhengfei Modeled After Mao |date = April 18, 2005 | publisher = Forbes Magazine ] .

Communist party ties

Ren Zhengfei is a former officer of the People's Liberation Army. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1978, and is member of the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Among his other accomplishments, Ren is responsible for developing cooperative programs with businesses in China’s interior regions.

External links

* [http://home.donews.com/donews/article/5/55943.html Ren's commemorate article of his parents and his upbringing] (in Chinese)

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