Lin Bin
Chinese-American billionaire entrepreneur
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Lin Bin (born 25 March 1961) is a Chinese-American billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder and vice chairman of Xiaomi.[1]
Lin Bin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 March 1961 |
| Citizenship | United States[1] |
| Alma mater | Sun Yat-sen University (BEng) Drexel University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Lin studied Electrical Engineering graduating from the radio electronics department of the Sun Yat-sen University. Later he received a master of science in Computer Engineering from Drexel University.[1][2]
After graduation, Lin started at Microsoft, where he worked on Internet Explorer.[1] From 2006 to 2010, he worked as an engineering director at Google and served as Vice President of Google China’s Engineering Research Institute.[3] In 2010 Lin co-founded Xiaomi together with Lei Jun and five other individuals, serving as president of the company.[4] After previously stepping down from his role, in 2019 he became the vice chairman of the company.[5]
Lin Bin made the 2025 Forbes Billionaires List with an estimated wealth of $18.1 billion and occupied the 115th position worldwide.[1]
