Co-Founder, Executive Chairman of the Board, Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Xu Li (徐立) is our Co-Founder, Executive Chairman of the Board, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. He was appointed as a Director on December 15, 2015 and re-designated as an Executive Director on August 23, 2021. He is primarily responsible for our Group’s vision strategy, business development and daily operations. He has been an adjunct professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University since December 2018. Before joining our Group, Dr. Xu Li was a research scientist at Lenovo Group Ltd. From August 2013 to March 2015, and a postdoctoral fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from October 2010 to July 2013. Dr. Xu Li obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering in July 2004 and his master’s degree in computer engineering in March 2007 from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大學), and his Ph. D. degree in computer science and engineering in December 2010 from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he focused on research on computer vision and computational imaging. Dr. Xu Li was ranked top ten in Fortune’s Global List of 40 Under 40 in 2018, an annual ranking published by Fortune featuring the most influential young people in the business sector. He was also listed on Fortune China’s 40 Under 40, a list featuring 40 young business elites in China, for five consecutive years from 2017 to 2021. He was named as the Technology Category Winner of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year China 2018 and the Hong Kong InnoStars Award (香港創新領軍人物大獎) by Our Hong Kong Foundation (團結香港基金) in 2019.