Liu Qing (businesswoman)
Jean Liu | |
|---|---|
| 柳青 | |
 Liu in 2016 | |
| Born | Liu Qing 1978 (age 46–47) Beijing, China |
| Education | Peking University (BS) Harvard University (MS) |
| Occupation | Business Executive |
| Known for | President of Didi Chuxing |
| Relatives | Liu Chuanzhi (father) |
Liu Qing (Chinese: 柳青; pinyin: Liǔ Qīng, born 1978 in Beijing) or Jean Liu, is a Chinese business executive. She is the President of DiDi, a Chinese mobile transportation platform. She worked at Goldman Sachs Asia for 12 years before joining to DiDi as chief operating officer in July 2014.[1]
After joining Didi Dache, she led the strategic merger between Didi Dache and its main competitor Kuaidi Dache which then created the car hailing company named Didi Kuaidi (later rebranded as Didi Chuxing) in 2015.[2]
In 2017, Liu was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.[3] She forced Uber out of the Chinese market when she, and Cheng Wei, got Uber to sell its China operation. [4]
Early life and education
Liu was born in 1978 in Beijing. She is the daughter of Chinese businessman and Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi, and the granddaughter of Liu Gushu, a senior executive banker at the Bank of China.
She received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Peking University, and a master's degree in Computer Science at Harvard University.[5] She received an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science from New York University. [6]
Personal life
Liu is the daughter of Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi.[1]
In October 2015, Liu announced that she was being treated for breast cancer at the age of 37.[7] In early December 2015, she posted on her Weibo that she would return to work by the end of December after a two-month treatment.[8]
Liu currently lives in Beijing. She is married and has three children. [4]
References
- ^ a b Wang, Yue (November 5, 2014). "Tencent-Backed Didi Dache Pursues Buses, Government Cars After Daughter of Lenovo's Liu Chuanzhi Joined". Forbes.
- ^ Clover, Charles; Hook, Leslie (August 5, 2016). "Jean Liu: Splashing the cash". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ^ "Jean Liu: The World's 100 Most Influential People". Time. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ a b "Jean Liu". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ "Jean Liu | Harvard University - The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences". gsas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Communications, NYU Web. "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Speak at NYU's 186th Commencement". Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ "Boss of Didi Kuaidi in mainland China gets treated for breast cancer". 4 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ^ Li, Danielle (2015-12-08). "Didi Kuaidi's president Jean Liu plans to return to work by the end of December - AllChinaTech". Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2016-09-08.