Introduction of inspirational figures: Kai-Fu Lee

Date of birth: 196 1. 12.3 Nationality: China Graduate School: Columbia University (Computer Department) (Law School) Employer: innovation works Position: President Experience: 196 1 Born in Taiwan Province Province, China. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University, obtained a doctorate in computer science, and later served as an associate professor. Working in Apple for six years, responsible for the multimedia department of the company; He used to be the president of SGI's multimedia software subsidiary Co * * * O Sofare. /kloc-0 joined Microsoft in July, 1998, 165438 10 became the president of Microsoft China research institute (now Microsoft Asia research institute) in October; In 2000, he was promoted to vice president of the company and transferred back to the headquarters to be responsible for natural face. Kai-fu Lee is an internationally renowned expert in speech recognition technology. He was an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University and was awarded the title of "the most important scientific innovation of the year" by Business Week 1988. On September 4, 2009, he left Google. The voice dialing function used on mobile phones now was developed by Dr. Li of Carnegie Mellon University. Kai-fu Lee is an executive in the information industry and a researcher in computer science. He used to be the global vice president of Microsoft Corporation, the president of Microsoft Asia Research Institute (formerly Microsoft China Research Institute), the former president of Greater China and the global vice president of Google Corporation. Because of the legal dispute between his former employer Microsoft and Google in 2005, he became the focus of the public. Kai-Fu Lee was born in Taipei City, Taiwan Province Province, and his ancestral home was in Sichuan Province. Kai-fu Lee currently lives in Beijing.

Life Experience Now I live in Seattle, USA with my wife (Xie Xianling) and daughter (Li Dening and Li Deting). Primary school in Taiwan Province province 1972- 1979. Junior high school in Tennessee, USA. Senior High School 1979- 1983 Bachelor of Computer Science, new york, USA 1983- 1988 Doctor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 1988- 1990 Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA/KLOC-. Apple Computer Company (Voice Group Manager, Director of Multimedia Lab, and Global Vice President of Interactive Multimedia Department) 1996- 1998 SGI Computer Company (Global Vice President of Network Products Department and President of Co *** o Subsidiary) 1998-2004 Microsoft Company (President of Microsoft China Research Institute and Global Vice President of Natural Interaction Department). In 1988, the most important invention award of Businessweek (speech recognition) 198 1 1, Dr. Kai-fu Lee was appointed as the vice president of Microsoft Corporation, responsible for the company's natural interaction service department, and devoted himself to developing technologies and services that make the user interface simpler and more natural. In July 2005, Kai-fu Lee left Microsoft and joined Google in a flash. And served as the president of Google China. Kai-Fu Lee, former global vice president of Google and president of Greater China, officially resigned on September 4th, 2009 to start his own business, and will set up a venture capital fund to support young entrepreneurs in China. Google did not explain why it left. In September 2009, Kai-Fu Lee left Google. In September 2009, Dr. Kai-fu Lee founded the innovation works in Beijing, China.

Achievement: 1. As a teaching assistant at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, he was famous for his profound and creative research results. Here, he creatively developed the world's first "speaker-independent continuous speech recognition system" by using statistical principles, and was awarded the "most important scientific innovation award" by Business Weekly that year, which established his leading position in the field of information technology research. 2. From 65438 to 0988, Business Week awarded the system "the most important scientific innovation award". Kai-fu Lee also developed the "Othello" man-machine game system during his school days, and became famous by defeating the world champion of human black and white chess with 1988. Dr. Li graduated with the highest honors from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in computer science. Kai-fu Lee is also a member of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 3. As the president of Co *** o Sofare, a multimedia software subsidiary of SGI, he is responsible for the research and development of 3D graphics and multimedia software for multi-platform and Internet. Before joining Google, Dr. Kai-fu Lee was the vice president of Microsoft's natural interactive software and services department, responsible for developing various advanced technologies and services to make the human-computer interface more simple and natural. The technologies and products developed by this department include voice, natural language, brand-new search and online services. The mission of natural interactive software and services department is to make all these technologies better serve Microsoft customers. 5./kloc-0 joined Microsoft in July, 1998, and 10 became the president of Microsoft China Research Institute (now Microsoft Asia Research Institute). Kai-fu Lee enjoys a high reputation in the fields of speech recognition, artificial intelligence, three-dimensional graphics and network multimedia. Under his leadership, Microsoft China Research Institute conducts basic research with new generation multimedia, new generation user interface and new generation information processing technology as the main direction.

Li Kaifu's Complex with China University Students Li Kaifu's close contact with China University Students began at 1990, when he gave a two-week speech in China at the invitation of the United Nations. He went to many colleges and universities, and every time after the speech, the students in the room were reluctant to leave. They keep throwing questions and want to know how to become a talent recognized by the world's top companies like Microsoft. "Be sure to help them." Li Kaifu said that he was moved by the enthusiasm of college students to become talents. After that, as long as the students write to him or invite him to give a speech, he will spare no effort to do it. Kai-Fu Lee also founded the Kaifu Student Network for China students, which has been changed to our learning network. Now there are not only the most valuable experts in Kaifu and the community, but also many enthusiastic experts and scholars from all walks of life who are active in communicating with students in various versions of the website community. In the website forum, Kaifu insists on communicating with students for a long time and answering their questions online. As he said, "I hope to use this website as a platform to provide students in China with all kinds of resources to help them grow up, including relevant educational articles and website learning resources, as well as the introduction and exchange of experiences of college students around the world, so as to help students in China grow up. I also hope that through this website, I can establish friendship with my classmates in China, share my growth experience and experience with you, and discuss life planning and development together. When you encounter setbacks, use measurement, courage and wisdom to help you tide over the difficulties. Kai-Fu Lee wrote many letters to students in China. In April, 2000, Kai-Fu Lee returned to Microsoft headquarters as the global vice president after serving in China. On a whim, he wrote "My View on Talents" and "A Letter to Students in China" on the Internet of China University Students. Soon, two articles were widely circulated in domestic networks and universities. Read in detail: A letter to students in China: Start with honesty. In February 2003, after writing a letter to students in China, Kai-fu Lee wrote a second letter to students in China, which focused on the important qualities of leaders. Read in detail: The Second Letter to China Students: From Excellence to Excellence In May 2004, after learning about the Ma Jiajue incident in Yunnan University, Kai-fu Lee wrote the third letter to China students. This letter was written for those students who are eager for success but feel that success is out of reach, eager for self-confidence but always feel sorry for themselves, and eager for happiness but don't know what happiness is. Read in detail: The Third Letter to China Students: Success, Self-confidence and Happiness In February 2005, Kai-fu Lee replied to the1000th question since the opening of Kaifu Student Network, among which a letter from a graduating student gave way to the idea of writing a fourth letter. This fourth letter is addressed to those college students who want to wake up from ignorance as soon as possible, those who have never been sleepy, and those who are about to enter the university threshold. "Read in detail: the fourth letter to students in China: four years of college should be spent like this, the fifth letter to students in China: You have the right to choose, and the sixth letter to students in China: the wisdom of choice. In February, 2005, Kai-fu Lee wrote in his seventh letter to China students-21century's seven most needed talents. Read in detail: The Seventh Letter to China Students-21Seven Talents Most Needed in the Century In July 2005, Kai-fu Lee left Microsoft and joined Google, which became the focus of media and public attention and comments. Let's take a look at how Kai-fu Lee himself talked about this "job-hopping incident". Read in detail: Google and China-Follow My Heart's Choice Related Information: In February 2008, Mr. Kai-fu Lee delivered a speech at the forum "Business Opportunities in the Financial Tsunami-IT Promotes Business Transformation": "Google Achieves the Best Search Engine through Cloud Computing" Celebrity Name: Kai-fu Lee 2. Kai-fu Lee's blog revealed that his college life has been shattered by many boring things. Before he went to college, his dreams of Harvard, law and mathematics were shattered. I have such a dream, first, because of the aura hanging over Harvard University, and also because I have always regarded studying law as my goal and mathematics as my "backup", and Harvard's two majors are the best in the United States. 1April, 979, a rejection letter broke my dream. As for the reason, I guess it's because my SAT English score is too poor, only 550 points. When I applied for a university, I knew that I was not qualified enough to guarantee which university I would go to, so I applied to 12 school. In this way, I feel that I can take the initiative in my own hands. At that time, my teachers probably hated me, because the application materials required teachers to write letters of recommendation to students, but for me, I had to write so many letters at a time (there was no computer at that time, and every letter of recommendation needed to be written by teachers themselves). Finally, I entered Columbia University, which is a very good school, and the departments of law and mathematics are also famous. Columbia University gives students a lot of room for development and allows them to study a wide range of courses. When I was a freshman, I spent most of my time studying art, history, music, philosophy and other professional courses, and I was exposed to many things. I think this is an opportunity to find my own interests. To this day, I still remember what an old professor of philosophy said: "Do you know what it means to make a difference? Imagine that there are two worlds, one with you and the other without you, so the difference between them is the biggest. This is the meaning of your life. "Let's talk about my brother's legal dream. At that time, I mainly studied "political science", which was a "pre-law" major. However, after a few "political science" classes, I found that I was not interested in it, and I was so depressed that I couldn't come to class every day. One of the classes is so boring that I have to sleep in almost every class. The only choice is to sleep in the classroom or dormitory. I slept until the middle of the semester, and my average score was barely enough to get a C. I quit this course the day before the deadline to avoid the disaster of canceling my grant because my average score was less than 3.0. When I mentioned the anguish of studying law to my family, they all encouraged me to change my major. My sister said, "Didn't you finish high school math and win the state math championship?" Why didn't you transfer to the math department? "However, this brought me my second distress. After entering the university, the school arranged for me to join a "math genius class", where all the top math students in Columbia University are concentrated, and there are only 7 students in one class. But soon, I found that my math suddenly changed from "the best" to "the worst". At this time, I realized that although I am a "state champion", my state is Tennessee, which is the so-called "country". When I met these real "mathematical geniuses" from California or new york, I was not only inferior to others, but also timid when I asked questions, for fear that my classmates would see that my "state champion" was not really outstanding. As a result, I fell behind more and more, and I still have a little knowledge of this course today (this is another proof that "silence is not golden"). When I finished this course, I deeply realized that those "mathematical geniuses" were obsessed with it because of its beauty, but I was not. On the one hand, I envy them for finding their favorite; On the other hand, I regret to find that I am neither a mathematical genius nor obsessed with its beauty, because I don't want the meaning of my life to be to understand the beauty of mathematics. In this way, I bid farewell to Harvard, my chosen law, and my proud mathematics. Because I know computers and become a big shot on campus, I lost Harvard, law and math. Where will my future go? Fortunately, there is a computer. In fact, I was very interested in computers when I was in high school. I was lucky in high school. I have an old-fashioned IBM machine at school. At that time, it was 1977, and the computer needed to punch in (that is, punch holes in one card at a time, and then input this pile of punched cards into the computer). One weekend, I wrote a program, solved a complex mathematical equation, and then printed out the results. Because the machine was running very slowly, I finished writing the program and went home. When I went back to school on Monday, I was suddenly called by the teacher and scolded, saying, "You know, all our papers were printed out by you!" " "There are countless solutions to this mathematical equation. Since I left on Friday, the program has been running and the results have been printed out. At that time, printing paper was a thick stack of paper connected together, so a box of paper might cost the school dozens of dollars. As a result, all my programs were used up, and of course the teacher was angry. When I was a freshman, I was surprised that I could use the computer without typing cards. What surprises me even more is that such fun things can also be regarded as "majors". So I took a computer course and got my first "A+" after I entered the university. In addition to winning the praise of teachers and classmates, I also felt a shock: can this technology think in the future? Can we make humans more efficient? Will computers replace the human brain one day? Solving such a problem is the meaning of a lifetime! At the end of my freshman year, I got a job in a computer center. They will give me some money as a reward on time, although it is not much, it is also an encouragement. Students will come to me to solve any computer problems, and at that time, "knowing computers" was a very fashionable thing in school, and everyone thought this person was too cool. Even then, my ID was different from others: most people's IDs were "department name+name", such as "cs.kaifulee" for computer majors, "ps.kaifulee" for political majors and "cu.kaifulee" for mine. Cu stands for Columbia University and Columbia+Kai-fu Lee, just like the president. How awesome! Of course, I also did a lot of boring things, such as programming to guess other people's passwords. At that time, people didn't know that passwords could be cracked. I hacked someone else's account, so I sent some prank letters in his name. Once, I used a male classmate's account to post a "single lady seeking friends" notice on BBS, which led him to receive a bunch of love letters inexplicably. This classmate also works in Beijing now. I don't think he knows today. Next time I see him, I must remember to tell him that I sent the notice. At that time, the law department of Columbia University ranked third in the United States, and the computer department was only a newly established major. If I choose a computer major with a weak foundation, the future doesn't look very clear. If I choose law department, my future can be predicted: being a judge, being a lawyer, running for parliament and so on. Because there are many templates in front of me, I can follow the plan. When I chose computer major, I couldn't even think of what I would do in the future. At that time, there was no such profession as software engineer. However, I think more about "the meaning of life" and "my interest" (how boring and frustrating it is to do a job that I don't like! ), did not let these real employment problems affect me. So in my sophomore year, I switched from "political science" to "computer science". At that time, a classmate of physics department joked: "If any subject needs to be suffixed with' science', it is definitely not real science. Look at you, jumping from one' fake science' to another' fake science', jumping around still can't be a scientist. " The Seventh Letter to Students in China —— Introduction of Seven Talents Most Needed in the 20th Century (2 1) Thomas, who won the Pulitzer Prize three times? Thomas l. friedman recently published a book called The World is Flat: A Brief History of 2 1 Century. China occupies a considerable part in this book, and several pages specifically mention the legend of me and Microsoft Research Asia. The book jumped to the top of the charts only a few weeks after its publication. In the book, Friedman highly praised the talents and perseverance of China people. He also believes: "After the scientific and technological revolution and worldwide cooperation, the historical trend has completely eliminated the barriers between all parts of the world. If you don't try to catch up with the trend of the times, you will eventually be abandoned by history. " When I decided to return to China, I met Thomas once? Friedman had an in-depth conversation. I said: I admire his view of "flat world". In fact, a "flat world" needs the same talents, whether you are in the United States, China or Indian. I agree with him that American youth need progress in order not to be abandoned by the times. However, I suggest that the problems mentioned in his book seem to have perfected the education in China and India. I think the education and youth in China need the same encouragement and progress to become indomitable talents in the 2 1 century. At the same time, he also agrees that he may have emphasized and deepened the seriousness of the problem in order to awaken American youth and educators. Therefore, the content of my seventh letter to overseas students in China mainly revolves around "What kind of talents are most needed in 2 1 century". We are in a "flat world"-21century, and the best talents needed anywhere in the world should have the characteristics of internationalization and modernization; 2/kloc-successful multinational enterprises in the 20th century need talents from all over the world. Although they have different cultural backgrounds, their personal qualities are equally excellent and meet the requirements of the times. Therefore, this letter is written not only to the youth in China, but also to the youth in the world, and to anyone who wants to succeed in the 2 1 century. The standard of talents has never been fixed. In the Warring States period in the East and the chivalrous era in the West, the most important thing is invincible warriors and eloquent counselors; In China's imperial examination era, the champion was the easiest to get ahead by rote memorization and stereotyped writing. In the days when the western industrial revolution is surging, inventors who are good at changing the world with the power of machines and engineers who are proficient in their professions and work hard have become the best among all talents; Even in the last 20th century, most enterprises' requirements for talents remained at the personal level of concentration, diligence, honesty and obedience ... But time flies, 2 1 century has quietly come to us. In today's world where opportunities are fleeting and the environment is changing rapidly, more people have the right to choose and make decisions, more people need to improve themselves through continuous learning and innovation, and more people have enough space to display their talents and ambitions ... Most people's work is no longer repetitive mechanical labor, nor is it a single-handed invention. People need more independent thinking and decision-making, and people also need to communicate and cooperate with others more closely.

In 2009, Mr. Kai-fu Lee visited Le Hui! As a Ph.D. graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Kai-fu Lee's career can be said to be quite enviable, from assistant professor of Carnegie Mellon University to vice president of interactive media business of Apple Computer Company, from vice president and general manager of SGI Company to global vice president of Microsoft and the first president of Microsoft China Research Institute. Kai-fu Lee, who is now the global vice president of Google, is still a star in the IT field. "I think joining Google is a huge challenge and a test of values. Especially when other Internet companies are gradually disappearing in China, can Google still have a place? " In the face of his career in the past four years, Kai-fu Lee sent such feelings to reporters. Fortunately, after four years of consolidation, Google's development in China is also improving day by day. Statistics from third parties show that at present, Google's share in China search market is close to 30%.

Li Kaifu's four-year inventory of the Google incident 1, 2005-2006: Joining Google caused a lawsuit. On September 13, 2005, the King County High Court ruled that Li Kaifu violated the non-competition agreement: Li Kaifu could work for Google immediately, but his scope of work would be restricted. This restriction remained in effect until the trial in June 2006. 12 On February 22nd, Microsoft terminated its lawsuit against Google and Kai-Fu Lee. 2.2006-2007: Large-scale recruitment promotes talent localization. On April 12, 2006, Google's global Chinese name "Google" was officially released in Beijing. On September 4th, 2006, Google officially entered the Google Building in Tsinghua High-tech Park. This year, Li Kai vigorously promoted the localization of talents, won the trust of Google headquarters through the recruitment work in colleges and universities, and gained a great reputation in China. Since September, 2005, Kai-Fu Lee has been preaching in universities all over the country, and finally recruited more than 70 employees in China. These employees started work in July and August 2006. 3.2007-2008: Vigorously develop alliance partners. Since the first half of 2007, Google has frequently released new products and search integration functions, and has released more than 10 new products such as maps, books, hot lists, life, input methods, and financial Onebox, as well as partial optimization of search functions such as search suggestions and related searches. At the same time, the alliance of Google Front is still expanding. The more members in the alliance, the more Google can get rid of the disadvantage of one-sided public opinion. Because of this, Li Kaifu's four-step theory: talent, technology, flow and income, which has been repeatedly said on various occasions, will eventually come to the last step. 4.2008-2009: Localization of defensive counter-attack operation By the end of 2008, Google China held 26 SME marketing forums. This year, Baidu was exposed by CCTV, which made many agents and customers of Baidu switch to Google China, which is trying to open up the market and flaunting "don't be evil", and also made Google's performance in China advance by leaps and bounds. According to the data of iResearch, in 2008, the revenue of Google China reached 65.438+43.2 billion yuan, up 6% year-on-year, and the market share gap between Google and Baidu was shortened by nearly 8%.

Li Kaifu, president of Google China, resigned and started his business. According to sources, Kai-Fu Lee, Google's global vice president and president of Greater China, will officially resign today, ending his four-year term. Google China officials and the world have not commented on this news. The latest news shows that Google China will announce Kai-Fu Lee's departure this morning or at noon. In the past four years, there have been many news about Kai-Fu Lee's resignation, but they were all denied in the end. The news of this resignation has also been circulating in the industry for several days. It is reported that Kai-Fu Lee will start his own business after leaving his post. At present, it is impossible to know the impact of his departure on Google China. In July 2005, Kai-Fu Lee, then vice president of Microsoft, jumped to Google and became the president of Google China. Subsequently, Microsoft sued Kai-Fu Lee to stop him from jumping ship. But eventually the two sides reached a settlement. Kai-fu Lee joined Google in June 2005. After returning home, Kai-Fu Lee delivered a speech to form a team and said that he would lead Google to launch better products in China. In the past four years, Google China has suffered many crises. It is not clear who will succeed him. (Tencent Technology later learned that Liu Yun, Google's global vice president, will temporarily take over as the president of Google Greater China.) On September 4, 2009, he officially announced his resignation from Google. September 4, 2009 19:4 1:54 Source: Netease Technology Report Interview with Kai-fu Lee: The new company will be established next week as a platform for youth entrepreneurship.

Mr. Kai-Fu Lee announced the new company as "innovation works". On September 7th, 2009, Kai-Fu Lee announced the name of the new company "innovation works" for the first time in his blog, and made a brief introduction to the new company, saying that "innovation works" is a new fusion of angel investment and innovative products. Finally, he confidently looked forward to the future of the company-a brand-new model, a road without choice. Innovation works is a brand-new business model, which is a mixture of angel investment, business incubator and entrepreneurial guidance.

Kai-fu Lee, from the Microsoft R&D Center in Zhichun Road to the Google Company in Wudaokou, is only 20 minutes' drive from Google, but it took Kai-fu Lee more than half a year to complete this journey. In order to prevent Kai-Fu Lee from joining Google, Microsoft filed a lawsuit against Kai-Fu Lee. Although the lawsuit ended in a settlement, it delayed Kai-fu Lee's joining Google for nearly half a year. After the lawsuit ended, Kai-Fu Lee officially became the president of Google Greater China in June 5438+February 2005. At that time, he put forward two major missions to Google: one is to hire the best talents; The second is to make the most China users satisfied with Google's products. What is special about the Internet in China is that compared with traditional industries, China companies are more likely to beat foreign companies on the Internet. Before Google announced its entry, both Yahoo and Yi Bei suffered a waterloo in the China market. To this end, Kai-Fu Lee opened a "localization" solution for Google headquarters. First of all, many people who go to Google to apply for a job find that the examiner is not the human resources director but Kai-fu Lee himself. Secondly, the news that he announced the recruitment of 50 closed disciples in China quickly attracted the media's attention to Google, which saved most of the advertising expenses and increased the media exposure for Google, which just entered the China market. On April 12, 2006, China team led by Kai-Fu Lee welcomed the inspection of Google CEO eric schmidt. On that day, Schmidt personally announced Google's Chinese name "Google". Although it attracted some criticism from the industry at that time, the name quickly replaced Google in the following years. In June 2006, a small incident became the first rumor in the industry that Kai-Fu Lee had left. At that time, there were foreign reports that Sergey Brin, the founder of Google, said that he would revalue China. Subsequently, domestic media speculated and wrote reports that Google would withdraw from the China market, and Kai-Fu Lee himself would leave. The truth of this incident is that Brin said in an interview with the media that Google is conducting a global policy evaluation and China will not leave. This statement was misunderstood by the media as Google will re-evaluate the China market. According to the data released by PCWorld a few days ago, Google and Baidu together account for 95% of the Internet search market in China. In the field of mobile search, Google and Baidu account for 26.6% and 26% respectively. In addition, although the market share ratio of Baidu and Google is still close to 3: 1, the income gap is similar. Although Google didn't succeed in expanding, through years of efforts, after Yahoo launched the China market, it won some markets that were annexed by its competitors.

Kai-Fu Lee-Personal Influence Kai-Fu Lee joined Microsoft in July 1998, and in October 165438/kloc-0 became the president of Microsoft China Research Institute (now Microsoft Asia Research Institute). Kai-fu Lee enjoys a high reputation in the fields of speech recognition, artificial intelligence, three-dimensional graphics and network multimedia. Under his leadership, Microsoft China Research Institute conducts basic research with new generation multimedia, new generation user interface and new generation information processing technology as the main direction. Before joining Microsoft, Kai-Fu Lee served as the president of Co * * * O Sofare, a multimedia software subsidiary of SGI. Before that, he worked in Apple for six years, in charge of the multimedia department of the company. During his tenure at Co *** o, Dr. Li was responsible for the research and development of multi-platform, Internet 3D graphics and multimedia software. Prior to this, he served as the vice president and general manager of SGI network products department, responsible for the development direction of multiple product series and the formulation of the company's network product strategy. Kai-fu Lee's last position during his six years at Apple was the vice president of its interactive multimedia department. Later, they developed QuickTime, QuickDraw 3D, QuickTime VR, PlainTalk and other products. Before joining Apple, Kai-Fu Lee studied at Carnegie Mellon University and received a doctorate in computer science. Later, he became an associate professor and developed the world's first "speaker-independent continuous speech recognition system". From 65438 to 0988, Business Week awarded the system "the most important scientific innovation award". At school, Kai-fu Lee also developed the "Othello" man-machine game system, which became famous by defeating the world champion of human chess with 1988. Dr. Li graduated with the highest honors from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in computer science. Kai-fu Lee is also a member of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.