2016年05月12日
Kai-fu Lee, Ex-Google China Chief, Diagnosed With Cancer
Kai-fu Lee, chief executive officer of Innovation Works, is diagnosed with cancer, confirmed by Innovation Works spokesman Wang Zhaohui.
Kai-fu Lee, 51, founder and CEO of Innovation Factory and former president of Google GOOG +0.89% China, has been diagnosed with lymph cancer. Co-founder of Innovation Works Wang Zhaohui confirmed the news, Sina Technology reported. Li’s latest post on his Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, says “although lymph cancer doesn’t sound optimistic and it makes family and friend concerned, this is just life: it comes as a surprise, but I should face it calmly. Pain is part of life, I will face the ups and downs of life with a more positive attitude.”
Born in Taipei, Lee has been working in the internet and technology industry in the U.S. and China for the past two decades. With computer science degrees from Columbia University and Carnegie Melon University, Lee worked for Apple AAPL -0.7%, SGI and Microsoft MSFT +0.13% before joining Google in 2005 to lead the company’s China operations. Less than a year before Google announced its withdrawal from the Chinese market, Lee left the company to start his own Innovation Works, an angel investing firm that offers financial and logistical support for young Chinese entrepreneurs in the internet industry.
Lee has been active on his public accounts, in particular Weibo and Wechat, where he often offers life advice for young people and comments on hot topics that have turmeric powder broad political and social impact in China.
Kai-fu Lee, 51, founder and CEO of Innovation Factory and former president of Google GOOG +0.89% China, has been diagnosed with lymph cancer. Co-founder of Innovation Works Wang Zhaohui confirmed the news, Sina Technology reported. Li’s latest post on his Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, says “although lymph cancer doesn’t sound optimistic and it makes family and friend concerned, this is just life: it comes as a surprise, but I should face it calmly. Pain is part of life, I will face the ups and downs of life with a more positive attitude.”
Born in Taipei, Lee has been working in the internet and technology industry in the U.S. and China for the past two decades. With computer science degrees from Columbia University and Carnegie Melon University, Lee worked for Apple AAPL -0.7%, SGI and Microsoft MSFT +0.13% before joining Google in 2005 to lead the company’s China operations. Less than a year before Google announced its withdrawal from the Chinese market, Lee left the company to start his own Innovation Works, an angel investing firm that offers financial and logistical support for young Chinese entrepreneurs in the internet industry.
Lee has been active on his public accounts, in particular Weibo and Wechat, where he often offers life advice for young people and comments on hot topics that have turmeric powder broad political and social impact in China.
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