Biography

Photo of Jun Lei Chairman of the Board and Non-executive Director

Jun LEI

Chairman of the Board and Non-executive Director

Jun LEI, aged 56, is a non-executive Director, the chairman of the Board, the chairman of the Nomination Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee and the co-founder of the Company. Mr. LEI has been employed by us since 1992 and has played a key role in developing the operation of our Group and expanding our business operations. He had been our CEO since 1998, and under his leadership, we further expanded application software businesses into utilities software, internet security software and online games. He also played a major role in transforming our Group from a traditional software company into an on demand software company which extensively utilizes the internet. In December 2007, Mr. LEI relinquished his position as CEO, chief technology officer and president of the Company. In August 2008, Mr. LEI was re-designated from an executive Director to a non-executive Director. Mr. LEI was appointed as the chairman of the Board of our Company on 5 July 2011. Mr. LEI is also a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company.

Mr. LEI co-founded Xiaomi Corporation (a company listed on the Stock Exchange in July 2018, Stock Code: 1810) with other partners in 2010, and currently is an executive director, the chairman, the CEO and a member of the Remuneration Committee. Since December 2011, Mr. LEI has served as a director of Kingsoft Office (SSE STAR Market: 688111). Mr. LEI served as the chairman of the board of Kingsoft Cloud (a company listed on the Stock Exchange, Stock Code: 03896 and NASDAQ: KC) from April 2015 to March 2026.

Mr. LEI graduated from Wuhan University (武漢大學) in July 1991 and received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. He has been a member of the board of Wuhan University since 2003.

Mr. LEI is also a famous angel investor in China.